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This is the only news I'm Gene Randall
tens of millions of Americans this weekend

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will basically be in lockdown as 3 large
stage play severe restrictions on people's

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ability to move around it is

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a heavy action aimed at stemming the spread
of the new coronavirus in the United

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States California was the 1st state to act
and it's being followed this weekend by

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Illinois and New York the stay at home
orders affect upwards of 70000000 people and

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untold numbers of businesses 2 more states
Connecticut and Oregon appear ready to

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make

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a similar move all of this as the covered
1000 pandemic leaves its mark on the u.s.

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Where the number of cases is approaching
900000 at least 260 people have died New

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York has the highest number of cases in the
country over 10000 the majority in New

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York City worldwide estimates of confirmed
coronavirus cases range up 227-5000 more

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at

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a cost of more than 11000 lives Spain said
today it's recorded almost 5000 new cases

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making its total count some 25000 the virus
the death toll in Spain tops 1300 but

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very has become the 1st German state to
order its people to stay at home except for

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travel to work or to buy food Colombia is
the 1st nation in South America to issue

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the same directive in Africa 40 of the
continent's 54 countries are admitting they

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have coronavirus cases things are different
in China authorities there say they

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have there have been no homegrown cases
of covert 19 for the 3rd straight day and

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there are signs of a society returning
to some degree of normalcy with

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a slow lifting of movement restrictions
Beijing this focus now on dealing with

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Corona virus being carried into the country
from the outside which could set off

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a new wave of infections 41
such cases were reported during

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a 24 hour period early in the weekend the
Chinese semi-autonomous territory of Hong

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Kong reported 35 imported cases of
covert 1000 as well Italy is the current

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epicenter of the pandemic officials. 6627
more people in the country died of the

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virus on Friday from
Washington this is v.o.a.

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News Britain is asking 65000 retired nurses
and doctors to return to work to help

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fight the coronavirus the U.K.'s caseload
stands of close to 4000 and with 177

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deaths infectious diseases consultant Dr
Sarah Logan says doctors in Britain as

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elsewhere are working to flatten the curve
of new covered 1000 cases the shape of

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the back of is what we've been doing
very hard to change working very hard to

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changing the way and because
the impact on the n.h.s.

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If a peak of that nation's in

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a peak of people getting the virus only
thing timing would overwhelm any test

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has
ordered his country's pubs and restaurants

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to shut down he had been criticised for
not taking the action earlier other

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closures are expected to follow u.s.

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Vice president Mike Pence
as press secretary says

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a staffer in Mr Pence's office has
tested positive for the virus maybe

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Correspondent Mike Ross has

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a report that spokeswoman Katie Miller
said Friday the staff member who was not

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named did not have close contact with either
the vice president or president Donald

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Trump the individual's contacts are being
traced in accordance with guidelines

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issued by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention hence has been the point

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man for the trumpet ministration in the
fight against Kobe had 19 that was

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a ps Mike Rossiya were continues on

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a coronavirus aid package which is being
negotiate here in Washington by the White

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House in the Us Congress at
stake is a plan to put at least

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a trillion dollars into an emergency rescue
blueprint to help people and businesses

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weather the economic distress brought
on by the pandemic and to shore up the

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economy itself work continues today
President Trump meanwhile is clearly been

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angered by what he considers criticism of
his leadership during the health crisis

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here

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a soccer Magali we haven't been given the
credit that we deserve he started the week

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on

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a somber note. And ended it come bad going
after reporters who he says are too critical

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and asking about medical supply and
testing shortfalls as to what he'd say to

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scared Americans the
president told one t.v.

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Correspondent he's a
terrible reporter it's

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a very bad signal that you're putting out
to the American people who he says are

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looking for answers and hope we're winning
and we're going to win this war breaking

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with his own health officials on the
outbreak science Saager Magni Washington

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Washington d.c.

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Has suffered his 1st death from
the new corona virus the victim

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a 59 year old man with

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a complicated medical history who
was admitted to the hospital

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a week ago people from around the world
normally descend on Washington this time of

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the year to enjoy the cherry blossoms
clearly this year is different Gene Randall

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you know news.

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From. The.

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Good evening and welcome to Nightline
Africa. From. All the Voice of America

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thanks for joining us I'm
Peter cruelty in Washington.

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Where yet so caught in the. Well this
is the cause I was going to keep

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going to instill in them
to keep the. Already

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full. To.

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Be sure you can embrace big. Screen
struggle for all governmental can show the

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signing of the alliance if you
like the response to the u.k.

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And Bob was so successful for so
colorful but above all this is

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a wide allow younger expected so Malawians
are grateful that they asked British

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shows I've been met by resigning over the.
Announcements including we're going to

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leave the alliance will be made in due
course. The Malawian main opposition party

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announces an alliance with incumbent
vice president don't leave me as u.t.m.

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I had the presidential election rerun the
security people came out but eventually

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under with great tending to kill us and
they told our good us to get out and they

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accused us over having been paid by that
but feel good friend now this was crazy

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because if we had been paid that particular
Dick friend would have provided some

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form of security. The Zambian agency for
persons with disabilities condemns an

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attack on its members by the security
detail of main opposition leader kind a.j.

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Lemma Those stories and more
coming up on Nightline Africa.

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This serial Union information minister says
the West African country has closed its

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airport to fly from coded 1000 infected
countries this after the president

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suspended all official for in trouble for
government officials until further notice

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Sarah Lewin has not yet
officially recorded

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a case of the coronavirus although the
country's immediate neighbors including

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Liberia and Guinea have patient cases
with the disease health experts say this

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re-union government acted promptly in
closing its airport but some also expressed

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concern that the virus could be brought by
cross border business activities and the

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movement of people but information
minister Mohammad Rahman story tells me

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President Julian's mother bureau has
deployed the military to the borders as part

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of the enforcement measure to combat
the disease. Writes So record on the

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visual incident Well this is part of the
precautionary steps we're taking as

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a government to ensure that
we keep. Out of our country

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already in the words of
His Excellency. Consul.

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In our neighboring countries Liberia
we don't want to call them.

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And we know there are Luna has some border.
With neighboring countries and with

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people moving freely back and forth how
is your government trying to address that

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challenge to. Interview of the
corporate 19 coronavirus disease.

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In

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a televised. Wednesday night deed ordered
the deployment which immediately

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fed me all and seaboard with neighboring
countries so ensure that the

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police the movement of people from into
this country that is diverse ignitor move

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because we want to ensure that we do not
leave any of God's ople to provide an

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opportunity to let anybody
as between 19 seem to us. So

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far how would you classify that operation
off your government in anticipation

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of this disease because sometimes some
people my not clearly display symptoms

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yet might be carrying the disease.
Because I still insist President Bill

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from

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a military person. Believes
in. Ahead of major disasters

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ladies been

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a lot of. Grampa Barry Sims recently
he went on to pass another segment

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of facilities. For military
brats Well we have

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a top not. Holding stand on it it means
into he also came over to the Fleet Center

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National Airport as the state of
readiness. So yes we have done

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a lot of our parish homes what's We also
mindful of the fact that given some of the

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most prepared contraries around the world
very sophisticated health care delivery

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systems being caught. Quite
by surprise this disease is

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rather Jean everybody so we are knowledge
and that is why in his state broadcast

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couple of days ago he called on Sarah.
Unions across the divide it's all rally

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around so that's will keep the coronavirus
out of the most likely event of us

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officers here we should be able to deal
with it until it decisively so when it

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ended the speech on

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a very optimistic note. He noted that
this is not the 4th time we have. We

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had

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a very debilitating Civil War We rallied
to get us our unions hard natural disaster

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we shall have hard. We tried to so
this is not going to be understood.

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The clarion call he made and you could
already see the manifestations. Are rallying

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You know so in

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a farm believe it. Will
never be defeated. How.

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Reacting to this new directive from the
government asked President view basically

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directed that all government official
government travels be suspended until further

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notice

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a spot on the air for the comeback this
disease. The cocktail of measures.

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So. The incidents of the virus in
Sierra Leone have been warmly welcomed

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by everybody including government officials.
Travels abroad have been suspended

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because everybody believes that's the 1st
priority and life is separate you have to

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look after life limb fast before any other
thing of course. Members of the public

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up also being advised to ensure that they
leave me travel is extremely compelling

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one's rights. Like

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a cocktail of whatever measures
public genes. Mohammad

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Rahman sorry is this oral Union information
minister he spoke with me from the

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capital Freetown civil society and opposition
groups in Guinea plan to undertake

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a nationwide demonstration to stop Sunday's
referendum attendee theory will soon

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money Baldy and member of the National
Front for the defense of the Constitution

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and president of the board of the Research
Institute on democracy and rule of law

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says the referendum is

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a plan by President Alpha Condi to change
the constitution to enable him seek

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additional terms in office after his 2nd
and final term expires this after the

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president postponed

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a legislative election and referendum
opposition and civil society groups plan to

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boycott Sunday's polls with nationwide
protests there are also calling on the

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international community to impose targeted
sanctions on the president and is in

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a Sakal For more about the plans by the
opposition and civil society groups to stop

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Sunday's referendum I reach Act 10 within
rules to money bounty and member of the

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National Front for the defense of the
Constitution and president of the board of

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the Research Institute on democracy and
rule of law all. Day tomorrow Sunday

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there will be

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a referendum postponed by the president
how civil society groups and

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opposition groups are reacting
to this referendum on Sunday.

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The general understanding of for them was

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a deal of Syrians idea organisation and
the political parties. Is to burgle up to

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the elections and to do whatever
it takes legally to put them them

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from happening. This is the idea. Since

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a Yesterday I mean how hot it
is and I asked for mom that's

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a good thing for foresees.
And also we have

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a holiday so I'll buy my lenses.
In different parts of their

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capital and clued in one of the
men me that he come in cannot be.

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So I have known no one knows how
things are will of all but the

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plans. For demography of civil society
organizations and political parties

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to do whatever it takes to prevent the
election from happening it's the idea

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but what specific actions will be taken
to prevent it from happening since the

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security officers will be deployed across
the country to assure that the referendum

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go smoke free on Sunday.
You have seen the full out

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day story when the people
decide the people mobilize

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no one and No 64 sees constant damn.

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Remember what they're called the peace of
the busty influence during that evolution

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and in so many other countries yes
they can use violence they can use

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force but when the people
decide they mobilize.

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No one can stop them no one can address
them so we helped up people really

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realize the importance of this is

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a struggle and they will
mobilize. Busy feeling and Im

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a number of that no one can only
stop them. In most of the cities in

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Guinea it's the only way that
we can stop this process at

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anything in a silly money bodies

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a member of the National Front for the
defense of the Constitution and president of

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the board of the reset is due to on democracy
and rule of law he spoke with me from

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the capital Conakry the main
opposition Malawi Congress party

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o m c pieces the official alliance with
incumbent vice president Dr Sollars

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chilliness United
transformation movement u.t.m.

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Will ensure victory in the upcoming
presidential election rerun the alliance also

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involves other smaller opposition parties
including that of former President George

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Brandis People's Party p p
analysts say the alliance poses

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a significant challenge to incumbent
president I thought Be term with Ericka's

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reelection prospects their alliance also
coincides with a new cabinet position and

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a move on Alyse appear to be calculated to
take away the appeal of the unity of the

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opposition parties to learn more about the
prospects of the newly announced plans

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of the opposition parties I reach Morey's
move the spokesperson for the main

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opposition Malawi Congress party and see.
Someone is how did the oafish ally has

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als door by the. C.p. And the u.t.m.

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Go. The signing of the alliance between
like Progress Party and the u.t.m.

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Party was so successful. It
was so colorful but above all

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this is

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a wide Malawians we're expecting so Malawians
are grateful that their aspirations

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have been met by the signing of
this alliance between 2 and where

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somehow people felt they are left in suspense
because there was no mention you know

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an announcement of who is going to lead
this alliance or who will be viewed on

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image but died here is not an issue
at all because what Malawians

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wanted was to hear that the alliance is
there and he does rear so by signing the

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alliance agreement yesterday Alliance I've
known that the alliance is really. Going

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to fight it with all the
parties that are together in

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a year in the alliance with the locals but
they are going to be working together

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with the you to him and all those
bodies which up together with u.t.m.

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So that is what I can see over now but gee
what the audience should expect you that

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a announcements including who is going
to lead the alliance will be made in due

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course so Maurice when Will Malawi's
know who will lead the alliance and

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who will be the partner I had on the
much anticipated presidential election

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rerun. What I did to a
principle of do it as

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a separate and daughter sort of stadium
have always said that this alliance does

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not prioritize the position as they say
including who is going to be the leader who

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is going to be the party despite the fact
that the 2 principals know together with

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our followers that there has to be

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a leader and I believe it has to be an
honest. But what we had to do yesterday was

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to do the face thing 1st and the 1st
thing was to assure Malawians that the

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alliance is real and that the 2 parties
together with or our allies are going to be

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working together towards the 19 me
2020 fresh election and beyond as

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to the leader of the alliance
and the party. The 2 principals

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together with all our followers know that
they are Jessie attached to this so we

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are not just going to be delaying the
announcement for the sake of it but we wanted

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to do the 1st thing 1st the announcement
is going to be made soon so modest doesn't

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mean the official unveiling
of the announcement that they

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u.t.m. And m.c.p.

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Are forming an alliance mean the official
beginning of campaigning all the joint

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forces between the u.t.m. And the m.c.p.

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In the run up to the presidential
election rerun. Of course the signing

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of the alliance itself has sent

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a strong message out there
and in itself it is

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a big campaign because this is what
Malawians have been waiting for. To hear

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that the 2 parties together with the other
parties that are in the alliance I want

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to be working together has sent a strong
signal that we are now headed for

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a new Malawi so the message has
gone but in regard to what form

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our campaign is going to take from now on
we are going to be deciding on that. As

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time goes on but

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a Suffice to say that already we
are company we are sending out in

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several forms. We will be announcing
each time we hold meetings as to what

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strategy and what form our company is
going to take you talked about other

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political parties apart from the u.t.m.

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How many political parties are there you
know alliance and to members of the ruling

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d.p.p.

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And they you deify lions are saying they
are not protected by this alliance and

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that they they won't the election 1st
round this by their norm and by the

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Constitutional Court what is your reaction
to that and this means therefore that

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the grand alliance has got to 9 parties or
together so all of the 4 was Supporters

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of the 9 parties are going to vote for one
candidate who is going to be announced

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to lead the Grand Alliance towards the
19 May 2020 lecture on and beyond.

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What the Constitutional Court said
in its ruling on 3 February 220

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was that the going to one man
29000 election was mad with it

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a good early days and that the
petition us had proof enough that the

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president was not due to
elected to that effect so

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if the d.p.p.

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Saying they wanted the election I think
they do not even know what the question

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quote would appoint And what of the judgment
and so for you saying so they didn't

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we get them to go did not win and that's
why we are going for fresh election on the

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stand again. So what should the people of
Malawi expect from this alliance because

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it appears is going to be

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a competitive election between one from the
ruling party and the alliance from the

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opposition what should be this petition
is of Malawians. Malawians should expect

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that through this grand alliance
they will have a leader

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a president who is going to be

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a servant of the people of Malawi are not
the boss somebody who is never going to

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dictate the terms on Malawians but

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a president who is ready to serve them from
this grand alliance and alliance would

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expect that we are all
going to be united where

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a small country and we're just one family
but right now we are so divided up into

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regions and tribes through these going to
Lyons people my 6 think that we're going

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to prosper given it will be

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a Malawi that is going to be fair for
everybody else the whole country is going to

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enjoy development and the national cake and
through this alliance there will be no

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corruption whatsoever I need to be

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a Mulai that is going to be corruption free
and above all everybody is never going

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to be above the law everybody must be under
the law so they will be rule over all

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in the Maras month Ali is the spokesperson
for the middle position Malawi Congress

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party m c p he spoke with me
from the capital Louis. This

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Sunday an agency for persons with
disabilities asked condemned an attack on it

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members by the security detail of
main opposition leader how kind of

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a challenge of the united party for
national development o u p a n

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d the group said one of its members was
injured when she was attacked with stones

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this as the group attempted to present

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a petition to the maid opposition leader
at his private residence local media

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reports that the group had no prior
appointment with opposition leader but I

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requested to be allowed to present the
petition they were then told to book an

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appointment with the opposition leader
another time they declined the advice and

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insisted the matter was added some Zambians
have expressed outrage towards what

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they described as the mistreatment of
the persons with disability others say

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reaction of the group appeared politically
motivated says they could have presented

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their petition at the secretariat of the
opposition party but Julian won't be

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president of the Zambian
agency for presidents with

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a disability tells me the
attack was outrageous and on

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a sceptical. And we understand
some of your. Attack

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yesterday when you went to the residence
of the main opposition leader tell me what

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happened here speech yesterday we
went to law as you know human rights

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don't come easily so we went to
law. To the President of you p.n.d.

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Mr Hucker in the chill Emma and the reason
why we went to his residence was because

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the issue was a time issue this
was before Parliament it was just

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a giant from the previous day to yesterday
so the aspect of trying to seek an

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appointment we thought this is too
time sensitive so let's go to this

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leader's house in and when we arrived at
the residence we're well aware that we

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didn't have an appointment so we asked the
guard to say we would like to see him

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and would like if he would
come out but that was in

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a way to say if you will allow us in we
will come we didn't have anything on us we

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didn't have security we didn't
have anything not even. 6

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a placard what we wanted to do was deliver

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a petition to him. If we had as we were
chanting slogans it would have been

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a different situation because then that
would have been combative but we went with

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just a petition to say
we need your support as

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a leader and knowing that right
now. Human rights are all

00:28:33
about equality and we needed that equal
representation in political and public life

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so we arrived to the gods a noise in

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a press conference so.
We'll have to ask the s.g.

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To come through and address you know
we got off our vehicles in we actually

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sat out we didn't get into his premises
we sat outside the gate on the

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lawn others were sleeping
others for us it wasn't even

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a 3 didn't think we were doing something
that would result in what actually

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happened so. We were
surprised as the media was

00:29:20
going out of the residence and they were
getting the interviews to say what what

00:29:25
are you actually for and
we're just giving them

00:29:28
a position to say no this is one of the
biggest leaders in the opposition and we

00:29:33
believe that we need to engage him if we
are going to have our rights realized

00:29:38
they'd security people came out violently
under with threatening to kill us and

00:29:44
they told us to get out they accused us of
having been paid by the patriotic friend

00:29:51
now this was crazy because if we had
been paid the Patriotic Front would have

00:29:56
provided some form of security because they
could have known that this is going to

00:30:00
turn political but you know it in

00:30:02
a sense we went there with this period
of that's what basically happened

00:30:09
so when we were told get out we started
mounting on vehicles because really it

00:30:14
wasn't confrontational and we believed
that if we are told go away go away so we

00:30:21
were ready to mount

00:30:22
a vehicle as they kept threatening and
that's how they picked up stones and started

00:30:27
hitting the vehicle and one stone
actually hit that woman so this is

00:30:34
basically what happened so were you
to finally present your petition to.

00:30:42
Any of. His residents Unfortunately
no we were not able to present the

00:30:49
petition we left without seeing any official
we were just talking to the security

00:30:55
people. Members of your group
now accusing. Perhaps the main

00:31:02
opposition you p.n.d.

00:31:03
. For people who. Are physically

00:31:09
challenged a lot of the reaction of

00:31:13
a lot of care comes from the sentiments
that. Have come from the u.p.a.

00:31:18
Indeed towards the same event which was
rather unfortunate the 1st comment we heard

00:31:24
that it wasn't true we hadn't been to the
residence and then today the secretary

00:31:30
general of the party u.p.a. N.t.

00:31:32
Says we should just wait for social cash
transfer as persons with disabilities when

00:31:37
I also understand. Your presence there
appear to be politically motivated by the

00:31:43
ruling party just to create
the impression. The.

00:31:51
The u.p.a.

00:31:52
And the leader in the party doesn't
care for the people with the physically

00:31:57
challenged and that. You should have booked
an appointment just like anybody else

00:32:02
and perhaps the u.p.a.

00:32:04
And the leader was not aware of what was
happening because you dealt with security

00:32:08
and the information was not relate to him
How do you respond to that my presence.

00:32:14
Could not have been politically engineered
I refuse that because if it was the

00:32:20
politics in this country very toxic they
should have provided me with security but

00:32:26
we went without that so that our sation or
that assumption should be gotten rid of

00:32:33
it's not the 1st time that I'm talking
about human rights in this country have

00:32:36
talked about the killing of our beanos
after talked about all the injustices so

00:32:40
it's not sure and then. They. Issue to say

00:32:47
he didn't get. The problem that was happening
and we dealt with security that one

00:32:54
could have been supported if the secretary
general didn't come out the way he has

00:32:58
come out. So what are you going to do now
because you still need representation you

00:33:05
still need your voice to be had you still
need the support from the government and

00:33:11
the opposition regarding the petition that
you are putting across saw your interest

00:33:16
to be saved in this. Effort
to amend the Constitution

00:33:23
what is your next line of action right
now parliament has been I joined and.

00:33:32
We hope to speak to.
Members of Parliament to

00:33:39
ensure that they are firm and

00:33:42
a truly understand what we
want but for the u.p.a.

00:33:47
Indeed we would rather not go back because
I think it has been clear enough where

00:33:53
they stand they believe persons with
disabilities should just wait for handouts and

00:33:58
they cannot be partners in the political
and public life yes. Wouldn't your current

00:34:05
stance of not working with the u.p.a.

00:34:08
And be the main opposition party defeat
your purpose of having support from own

00:34:14
institutions in the country both. Civil
society groups and the government

00:34:21
your quest to have your
rights. And respect

00:34:28
Peter the world over party or people
vying for political office do you have

00:34:34
principles and policies that they sell
out to people and we have not had

00:34:41
any. Presentation to us as persons
with disabilities by the u.p.a. N.d.

00:34:47
And they've never made

00:34:49
a comment about how they would care for
us so this is now just confirmed that

00:34:56
they're running all of government they do
not. I have an inclusive policy and they

00:35:03
don't believe in equality for persons with
disabilities but this would definitely

00:35:07
not affect anything it's just that
it opens our eyes that this is not

00:35:12
a party that we should us associate
ourselves we all rely on. Joining

00:35:20
me is the president of the zombie an agency
for persons with disabilities she spoke

00:35:25
with me from the Capitol moussaka.

00:35:47
Day in Washington d.c.

00:35:49
And coming up in this 2nd to have

00:35:50
a madeleine Africa they
started in music spot from

00:35:53
a collection of music from the continent.

00:36:11
Music from Africa.

00:42:41
It's missing.

00:53:48
The sex.

00:55:47
The but it.

00:55:55
Would.

00:56:17
Take

00:56:17
a quick fix. To.

00:57:11
Come. To.

00:58:31
Could.

00:58:56
Be. Thinking.

00:59:22
That was music from the continent
and we hope you enjoyed it.

00:59:30
Comes to your Saturdays and Sundays
at 1618 hours. From the service.

00:59:38
For the rest of the night 19 money
to get in touch. With music on the

00:59:45
ground and remember the elders
say when children. Are 50 times

00:59:52
they never think to themselves maybe this
isn't for me. I mean Peter Clottey in

00:59:58
Washington good evening Africa.

01:00:05
This is the only news I'm Gene Randall
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01:00:10
will basically be on lockdown as 3 March
takes place severe restrictions on

01:00:14
people's ability to be out and about it is

01:00:17
a dramatic action aimed at stemming the
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States California was the 1st state to act
and is being followed this weekend by

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thousands upon thousands of businesses 2
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