Joyce 班达 Sworn In As Malawi President

Malawian Vice President Joyce 班达 was sworn in as president today, ending two days of political uncertainty after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, 有线电视新闻网 正在报告。老女人’的激进主义者在首都利隆圭举行的仪式上宣誓就职’第一任女总统。

班达’的提升受到争议，即使马拉维’s constitution states the vice president is the first in line to succeed the president in an emergency. 班达’执政党的失败引起了人们对权力斗争的恐惧。最初不确定她是否可以当总统。在与穆塔里卡（Mutharika）有关使他的兄弟成为他的最终继任人的努力发生纠纷之后，她于2010年被开除党籍。后来她成立了自己的反对党人民’党，但仍然是副总统。

担任马拉维的帕特里夏·卡利亚蒂（Patricia Kaliati）’s information and civic education minister, initially raised doubt on 班达’的继承。她说“the conduct of the honorable (Joyce) 班达 in forming her own opposition party precludes her from being eligible to succeed the presidency.”

但是国际社会敦促马拉维’政府观察该国的继承过程’的体质。政府最终决定听取并遵守宪法中列出的条款。

撰写人： 卡伦·贝纳德洛（Karen Benardello）