Aug 27, 2007Quickie Link: Scottish Politician Challenged on Malawi Appointment
By vanrozenheim
(UK) - Senior Malawian politicians have vowed to challenge Jack McConnell's appointment as their country's next high commissioner because of his support for Gay rights, it emerged yesterday. Friday Jumbe, presidential candidate for the main opposition party, the United Democratic Front, said Mr McConnell supported the repeal of Section 28, which banned teaching about homosexuality in schools, and oversaw the introduction of same-sex civil partnerships. Malawi is strongly anti-gay, criminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults. Earlier this year, its legal affairs committee rejected pleas from human rights lawyers to repeal the code.
