"There was a screening and there was a preparation of the elections, which did not allow other candidates than those who had been rubber-stamped by the government to actually contest, especially for the executive positions within the local authorities," he says. "If consensual democracy means that the political debate is actually handled before the electoral contest in such a way that it does not lead to a real competition then there is no democracy at all." 
“Panali kafukufuku komanso kukonzekera zisankhozo kumene sikunalole anthu ena omwe samaimila boma kupikisana nawo, makamaka oimila maudindo akuluakulu mu madera ang’onoang’ono.” Iwo anatero. “Ngati ufulu waaliyense ukutanthauza kuti kutsutsana pa ndale  kuchitika mpikisano wa zisankho usanachitike, mpaka kulepheretsa kuchitanso zisankho zenizeni, ndekuti palibe ufulu uliwonse.