The Malawi government is yet to make an official announcement of its president's demise which is believed to have occurred on Thursday, the 5th of April 2012. Bingu Wa Mutharika who was serving his second term as president suffered a cardiac arrest early on thursday and passed away later in the afternoon. In the mean time till the next general election, the vice president, Madame Joyce Banda automatically takes over power as per constitutional requirement. But why the prolonged silence from the government?