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No constitutional amendments to allow third term

    JOHANNESBURG

    Malawi’s government has denied that either the cabinet or the ruling party’s elite have discussed constitutional amendments to allow the president to seek a third term, the SABC’s external service Channel Africa reported on Tuesday. The statement from the information ministry came after Malawi’s two largest churches issued separate letters warning President Bakili Muluzi against standing for re-election when his second mandate expires in 2004. The statement said no official decision to amend the constitution for this purpose had been made. Nor had a bill been prepared by the Malawian government to amend the constitution.

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