Atupele affirms Malawi presidential bid: UDF ‘new beginning’ not populist chants
President of United Democratic Front (UDF), Atupele Muluzi, who turns 40 this week, took his party to the rural heartland of Mangochi on Sunday drawing mammoth crowds after he reclaimed his position unopposed during a convention at Comesa Hall in Blantyre last week.
Atupele, who is Minister of Health in President Peter Mutharika’s Cabinet, said he is now gained political experience running in presidential elections and being in government and that his emphasis ahead of May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections is on a “new beginning” for the party and bring in new ideas.
Upbeat and energetic, Atupele said: “The change that sits within my plan is based on experience and understanding – not of populist chants.”
“I am all for ensuring that we establish policies that are based on the will of the majority, but at the same time, we need to ensure that we use resources we have to achieve real development, build real jobs and deliver effective and essential services for all,” added the young politician.
He hopes that, come 2019, his youth will be the force that propels him to election victory against all the odds.
“We are in a unique position and we must not waste it. We must now work together in a single direction – I would welcome the opportunity to lead you in that direction and guide us into once again governing Malawi with a stronger and more stable economy, real jobs for all and the provision of universal health care and education for all.
“Together we can make change happen and establish a new beginning for our country,” he said.
Atupele said the UDF convention was an important step as it provided the opportunity to establish its leadership for 2019 elections.
“We now have a national executive committee ready to take us beyond 2019, many of who are with me here today,” he said.
“The elections are only 9 months away. We have much to do to explain our plan to develop Malawi. At the heart of our vision is the need to establish real, sustainable and valued jobs. Jobs that will mean that we can feed our families, educate our children and care for our parents,” he said.
“No one wants to rely on handouts, on goodwill – it is not Malawian. We are a hardworking people that deserve to benefit from that hard work” said the UDF leader.
Atupele hopes to ride a wave of youthful optimism to victory, emulating Barack Obama, Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau.
He stressed that UDF seeks a new beginning and will launch a vigorous campaign better than 2014 when he drew mammoth crowds with the ‘Agenda for change’ crusade that is now reset with ‘new beginning’.
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Mwana uyu is well disciplined and can make good president .osati telala uja wokonda akazi a weni.Bravo AAM
First impression you get ukamva za Mangochi, Machinga, Balaka and Zomba ndi political bedroom ya UDF, Phalombe, Mulanje, Thyolo, Chiradzulu ndi nkhani ya DPP. Ntcheu and the whole central region political bedroom ya MCP, Northern region ndi political bedroom ya AFORD, take it leave it. kaya mwamva basi
Why divide the vote when UDF and UTM ideologies, pro-poor policies and developmental plans are all the same. The most sensible to do is doing forces and campaign as one party or in alliance. There is commonality between UDF and UTM than between UDF and DPP. Please young leaders, come to your senses and work as one unit and not be greedy with taking the presidential role. At this stage Chilima can be the torch bearer for the alliance party and then vice versa in 2024. Change the face of Malawi politics and not let it be about positions.
Atupele Austin Sasu Muluzi will not and can not be a running mate for inexperience frustrated greedy man who is after for president and even wishing APM could be dead before election which won’t and can’t happen to him. He is there to rule up to 2024 woooooo mwauponda……
I am very impressed with the crowd. Mind you this is not a party launch meaning all there were genuine UDF supporters. They didn’t go kukamva miyambi or names of corrupt senior govt officials.
Come on Atupele and PP join madalamadala to lockout the South. Our only pride in Malawi is the presidency and if we lose we will become a useless region.
Good example is Matebereland in Zimbabwe, during the colonial era Matebereland was an influential region and had Bulawayo as the country’s main commercial and industrial city. But when the Shonas took over they moved everything to Harare in Mashonaland and today Bulawayo is in ruins. The Ndeberes sold their birthright.
Ena akunena za manifesto yawo akuti amanga maofesi ena ku Capital hill in LL and a university ku Karonga anenapo zakummwera? Search me.
Mukatero basi Muzizati A mtundu wa Ujeni tikumane….Zachikale.Makobiri mukubao Mumadya Nokha.
Your vote lies in the Yao belt and expect to be the last once again next year. Your experience in government will be irrelevant – there is no way you can command any following in Central and Northern region like the young SKC has done. In politics it is a waste of resources to concentrate the campaign in your stronghold. You need to go to Lower Shire, Central Region and the Northern Region to win the hearts of the Thomases. SKC will be in Mangochi this week end and wait to see how he will pull the crowd and be ready for defections.
This is a tribal party not for all Malawians
Every party has its political bedroom except UTM ..which will not survive the ballot box
Atupele is so humble and excellent character.He practices very clean politics despite undeserving insults from hate bent and jealous people.Carry on Atupele time will tell.
Very true, if we are to be objective, only Atupele seems promising.
I like it
Iwe Austin, if you try and walk it alone you know you wont win. Teaming up with DPP is like climbing on board a sinking ship headed for disaster, last time you tried MCP and it didnt work. You only have one option, and dont let Dad bully you away from it.
Atupele, u r not coming open, Kodi muyima as presidential candidate kapena musapota Agogo?
I doubt if ever you dee efu will regain its lost popularity. It’s now a party for Mangochi, Machinga and Balaka. Can Atupele win general elections with these three districts only. His father is the source of his political unmaking. Behind the scene DPP wants UDF obliterated on Malawi politics. Come next year, UDF will have less MPs than this year because of instability in thoughts of its leadership.
Awa ndi ma mercinaries chabe ongofuna kuthandizira kugawa ma vote further.
Atupele has compromised his political space for accepting to be in DPP armpits for the past four years. The best for him is to navigate a concrete electroal alliance with DPP where he should be a running mate.
Atupele, please just sit down and watch. You lost it all the time you got married to DPP. Nanu anthu aku Mangochi kutenga chipani ngati chipembedzo bwanji kodi. kakakaka ndi UDF zoona zimene zo? voterani MCP kuti zanu zikuyendeleni.
Nawe UTM pita komko kasokoneze ku Mangochi ko
mcp paja ndi ya achewatu,uamayiwalezimeezo
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Bambo ako adali munthu wowononga. Adawononga dziko lonse nkukawononga team ya mpira ija inkatchedwa Bata Bullets. Chipani ichi chinatha basi. Shati won a seat in Mchinji ndipo sizidzachitikanso. Khumbo Kachali won a seat in Mzimba. Rodwell Munyenyembe won a seat in Chitipa. Mulibe manyazi?
zomwe bambo ake ankalonjeza sizikusina bodza lomwe achilima akutinamiza naloli
Waponda mwala mwana uyu Atupele, despite negative press against DPP and UDF, come May 2019 Atupele will be vise president of Malawi and come 2024 He will be president of Malawi
ATUPELE ANASULUKATU KALEKALE !! MUSIYENI AZIDYA KU DPP
BAZI !!
Atupele, now you have realised that there are people in Mangochi, where were you when people were dying for not having a generator at mangochi hospital? How do you feel when you are passing through Mangochi Secondary school, go and take a way at that school. Mangochi do not be fooled……. He wants to use us…
Chaya Chaya awonetse kuti chipani changa ndi chamoyo.Tili tonse mpaka 2019 Wool!
I like Atupele but it will depend on your decision towards DPP. Its better to humble yourself and have a proper arranged alliance with your brother SKC on that one i can assure your victory. If you partner with Peter that will be a gumble as DPP will not trust UDF runningmate with memories fresh that Bingu stole the show from your father . Peters inner circle will be worried at APM life with your fathers hidden agenda. Lets wait and see . We will vote for you depending on your decision before december
ATUPELE HAS STARTED… BETTER ATUPELE THAN THE CHILIMA NOISE
A party for brainwashed Yaos. Even Atupele, with his father’s unsavory and foolish policies,thinks he can rule Malawi? We are done with these corrupt family parties whose doctrines envisage dynasty and tribalism that promote and consolidate theft from public coffers.Atupele is a big joke and should give Malawians of goodwill a break-his father is reduced to a condemned choir master of Mutharika’s corrupt congregation.
The foundation of Malawi’s retrogressive transformation is UDF itself and this is derived in two fold: Firstly, Bakili Muluzi introduced his foolish version of free market economy which later killed influential corporations that provided jobs to Malawians and that had some regional export recognition.
Privatization policy under Muluzi was as bizarre as his understanding of the country’s foreign trade position. He systematized his economy such that it promoted consumption more than production. Malawi witnessed a decline in proceeds from industrial exports while basic food commodities were entering the country as imports.Public transportation system faced closure while dangerous mode of transportation such as minibuses was promoted in the name of putting money in people’s pockets. Textile and clothing industry reached extinction as second-hand clothing business was promoted. Muluzi himself deepened his hands into the very few corporations that survived closure and also he became a big sugar distributor in both Malawi and Tanzania. He put Malawi under siege economically and by end of his second term,the country was like a terminally ill patient.
Secondly, Muluzi imposed a family that never cared about Malawi to succeed his reign. He did this in order to continue with his influence of authority . Democracy started losing its value even during Muluzi’s tenure because his young democrats glorified terror on political opponents. What we hear and see now in DPP cadets is continuity from the young democrats but with a blue tag.
There is a correlation between Muluzi’s style of leadership and that of Peter Mutharika. They both have had passive response to problems affecting Malawians, have promoted corruption and never condemned it,and also promoted tribalism.This explains why Muluzi is closer to the younger Mutharika than he was with the late Bingu Mutharika, may his soul rest in peace.In short,Muluzi Bakili and Peter Mutharika have both proved to be detrimental to Malawi’s progress. Atupele can never be different from his father.No more family parties in Malawi-DPP,UDF,AFORD,and PP you all go to hell.