A delegation of three German aviation consultants arrived in Malawi on Sunday to start investigating the circumstances resulting in the crash of a army aircraft that killed Vice President Saulos Chilima and eight others on June 10.
Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu informed Anadolu that the arrival of the consultants is in response to a name made final week by President Lazarus Chakwera to the worldwide neighborhood for an unbiased investigation into the crash.
“This is an independent team of investigators. They will work independently from the government. The president has assured them that there will be no hindrance to their work. They will have access to the site, people, institutions and anything they will see necessary in their investigations,” Kunkuyu mentioned.
He mentioned that for the reason that army aircraft was made in Germany, “the delegation was best placed to establish what exactly led to the crash.”
Since the crash, there have been mounting calls from a various part of Malawi’s society for an unbiased investigation “whose findings would satisfy people’s curiosity for truth.”
“As the government, we would like these experts to help us establish the actual cause of this plane crash that claimed the lives of our sons and daughters, who included the country’s sitting vice president. We will provide these experts with support so that the truth can come out,” mentioned Kunkuyu.
The nation’s quasi-religious group the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has cautioned the federal government in opposition to interfering within the probe, saying that “would likely compromise and defeat the whole purpose of the investigation, which is to establish the truth.”
PAC spokesperson Rev. Gilford Matonga informed Anadolu that the end result of the investigation could be a “make or break” second for the nation.
“The government must let these experts do their work without any interference so that the outcome of the investigation can be trusted by all Malawians. The death of the country’s vice president has divided people. There is therefore the need for the government to let people know the truth about what really happened without any form of interference,” Matonga mentioned.
According to Kunkuyu, the US and Britain are additionally keen to ship some consultants to hitch within the investigation.
Source: www.anews.com.tr