Outgoing Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander General Vincent Nundwe has appealed to politicians to retrain from interfering in the work of the MDF as that compromises military personnel.
Nundwe said this after handing over a sword of command to the newly appointed Malawi Defence Force (MDF) Commander, General Paul Valentino Phiri.
“We are here to achieve government objective and not political objectives. These are two different things.
Politicians, I appeal to you please do not interfere or influence MDF personnel. I urge MDF officers to follow the Constitution and the Defence Act and don’t let politicians use you because your reputation is at stake and you will be compromised,” he said in his farewell speech.
Nundwe has also advised service members not to embrace or entertain homosexuallity in MDF.
“Let’s uphold morals and emulate what various churches did recently. God did not create John and James but Adam and Eve. Let’s maintain natural order and not this practice where women sleep with women and men sleep with men. This is not natural,” he said.
President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera appointed Phiri as the new Commander of the MDF last month.
