Dad Says Had No Idea Madonna Adopting Son
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Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Monday, October 23, 2006 |
The father of the Malawian boy Madonna plans to adopt added a fresh twist to the saga, saying he never intended his son to be adopted by the pop diva, but only for her to raise the child on his behalf.
In an interview with Reuters Television in his home village of Lipunga on Saturday, Yohane Banda said Madonna asked that she be able to raise his one-year-old son on his behalf, rather than that the child should become her own.
Banda’s statement is a major shift from his earlier remarks last week when he railed against human rights groups that have gone to court to stop Madonna from adopting his son David.
“Had they told us that Madonna wanted to adopt my son and make him her own son, we would not have agreed to that,” Banda said in his local language of Chichewa.
“It would have been better for him to continue staying at the orphanage because I see no reason why my child should be given away forever when I can feed him,” he said, speaking at his village of Lipunga near the Zambia border late on Saturday.
Banda told Reuters he signed papers he could not understand, but government officials assured him that the agreement was similar to what he had with the orphanage — to nurture and educate the boy but not take him away for good.
“I cannot read and write so I relied on what the (government) officials told me that the papers said Madonna would look after the child the way the orphanage planned to educate him and then he comes back to me,” Banda said.
Asked if he had any copies of the agreements he signed with Madonna , Banda said: “I am still waiting to get my copies.”
He said the copies were still in the hands of the government officials who mediated the agreement. Banda said he would wait to see them before deciding what action to take after consultations with his mother and other family members.
Neither government officials nor Madonna ’s spokeswoman in London were immediately available for comment. source
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It is appalling that this man would rather succumb to the pressure of his ravaged country and have his son returned to an orphanage then let him have a better life. What the hell is wrong with him that he doesn’t have the child living with him!