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Malawi Protesters Reject Former President's Call for Dialogue

Lameck Masina

   BLANTRYE, MALAWI - Malawi protesters have rejected a call by former
   President Bakili Muluzi to suspend street action to allow for talks to
   end further election-related clashes. Protesters have been calling
   forthe Malawi Electoral Commissionchairperson to resign over alleged
   fraud since President Peter Mutharika's May re-election.

   Muluzi,who was Malawi's president from 1994 to 2004, urged protesters
   late Tuesday to halt months of demonstrations so he could mediate with
   government authorities over May's contested presidential election. He
   invited the main protesters' group, the Human Rights Defenders
   Coalition, to his home in Blantyre to discuss the issue.

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