He was arrested before he finished his speech at Lilongwe International Airport. By October 1992, this mounting pressure from within and from the international community forced Banda to concede to hold a referendum on whether to maintain the one-party state
Adamangidwa asanamalize zokamba zake pabwalo la ndege la Lilongwe. Pofika mwezi wa October 1992, chipwirikiti chokulirakuliraku chochokera m'mayiko ndi mayiko ena chinachititsa kuti a Banda avomere kupanga referendum kuti boma la chipani chimodzi lipitirirebe 