In his column in the Nyasa Times, Malawi professor of law Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa said what President Mutharika did by giving money handouts to journalists at a news event was tantamount to bribery. 
Muchinyorwa chvo chakabuda mubepanhau reNyasa Times, muzvinafundo mune zvemutemo wemuMalawi Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa vakati zvakaitwa nemutungamiriri wenyika vaMutharika zvekutambidza mari kuvatapi venhau pachiitiko chenhau zvaange zvakafanana nefufuro.