Chakwera advantaged for 2019 Malawi polls — Commentator

July 19, 2018 Nyasa Times Reporter 44 Comments

Ethiopia-based Malawian journalist and political commentator, Idriss Ali Nasser, has—through
social media platform Facebook—opined that a lot of factors can actually work to the advantage of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) 2019 tripartite elections torchbearer, Lazarus Chakwera, to make it as president of the country.

Chakwera: Has an advantage

Nasser, a fine writer too, said there was something new in Chakwera evidenced by his less confrontational brand of politics; and, that “he is a church pastor perceived as honest and less prone to be corrupt.”

And, the prolific journalist said there was no serious competition from other mattering political parties.

“With UDF reduced to being the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) bridesmaids, People’s Party (PP) suffering and hemorrhaging members in the absence of JB [Joyce Banda], and with the [United Transformation Movement] UTM just taking shape, the MCP has numbers in Parliament and structures on the ground, giving impression of a party ‘ready to govern’,” wrote Nasser on his Facebook page.

Recently, during the Afrobarometer survey, it was projected that MCP would win with 32 percent and that the DPP candidate would trail second with 29 percent—a thing that gives MCP a plus that it is good
on favorable opinion opinions.

Nasser, who was attacked by reportedly government mercenaries days ago on his visit to the country, said MCP has made inroads in the northern and southern regions, and that his education and eloquence worked to his advantage.

He wrote: “Chakwera has solid education credentials. He speaks Chichewa and Chitumbuka fluently. He speaks English with exaggerated accents which, to some of Malawi’s gullible voters, give the impression that he is a very wise and educated man.”

According to Nasser, with the Sidik Mia factor, MCP has all the reasons to make it as the next government.

“With Mia, the MCP has the potential to garner additional votes from the southern region. A Muslim, Sidik Mia might also bring some Muslim votes as well as provide financial resources that can aid the MCP campaign,” wrote Nasser.

He summed up by adding that the Kamuzu Banda legacy is another big factor.

“People look back with nostalgia to the Kamuzu Banda era. Perhaps not the politics, but public service. They talk of quality of the infrastructure, education and health services, among others,” he wrote.

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44 replies on “Chakwera advantaged for 2019 Malawi polls — Commentator”

  1. I’m pretty sure this nasser Guy is fast asleep & dreaming, the time he will wake up from his slumber he will find MCP in the opposition benches that is exactly what is going to happen, like it or not.

  2. Thats it Mr Nasser Mcp is just waiting for the right time to take over the leaderdship of Malawi there is no doubt about that…..it was written and its gonna come to pass…..Joshua is his other biblical name …Malawi has suffered the sufference its enough …God has the cry and sends Joshua Lazaraus Chakwera to deliver the citizens of Malawi from the current monster leaders

  3. MCP will never win an election. Mark my words. Am also in diaspora working but the way i read Malawians politics MCP will never bounce back to power with Chakwera and Mia at the helm. Fortunate enough i am able to listen news from all radios and watch all TV stations you have back home
    . APM will carry the day take it leave it. Thats the reality. People who vote leaders into government are not technocrats or white colored people . It is the common man in the village and APM has deep routes in the villages. Watch it coming DPP will be in power again in 2019

  4. The people to regret will be DPP cadres who shot down the 50+1 threshold of votes. Chakwera will get the 32% and immediately be declared a Presidential winner whereas if the electoral law was changed, DPP would still have a chance to galvanize support from smaller parties for a re-run. It shot itself in the foot due to greed and short-sightedness.

  5. That is true . Chakwera will become president of the Republic of Malawi come May 22, 2019. It is only someone who is pretending to be mayopic who can refute this reality. MCP under Ckakwera is the only viable option in Malawi at the moment.

  6. KODI CHAKWERA MUKUKAMBA APA NDE UTI?WAONONGA CHIPANI MUKUFUNA AONONGAESO DZIKO? MALAWI WATHUYI NDE AYI APITE KWINA AKAKPANGE MANYI AKEWO

    1. KKKKKK …. WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT …YOU WILL WITNESS THIS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES…..DR CHAKWERA …….. 2019 …BOMA…..!!!!!

  7. Idriss, we all know yiu are MCP, this article is therefore just another case of journalistic masturbation, which you are addicted to.

  10. Why not refuting the agro barometer report which has been giving accurate results for every survey it conducts in Africa, furthermore, the author is expressing his thoughts, period

  11. Poor Analysis indeed, Chakwera wont win because he speaks nice English and Chichewa.
    He wont also because is Educated in Malawi
    He wont win also because he is a Church pastor. All these can not compel me to vote for Him.

    Poor Writer.

  12. Hey namondwe watseka njira ya ku TALISI anthu mngalamo ayamba kutaya katundu. Pa 22 May 2019 wina auyamba ulendo wa ku NINEVE uku akulira mmimba mwansomba nyimbo yawo ija “ANDIPERA MAVOTE” KKKKKKKKK

  13. Poor assessment of the so called writer. I can understand that he is a writer, not political analyst. His arguments are poor and the way he tries to defend them are very poor. The fact that Chakwera has been a pastor does not mean he is honest. The fact that he speaks fluent Chichewa which is his mother language does not make him the best leader. Malawi has so many languages and for him to speak fluent Tumbuka it has nothing to give someone a card to the throne. What takes a man to the throne, first it is the favour of God. Second the manifesto of the party. Not individual fluency and accent. People want to hear what he can do and how. He should set key performance indicators that people can measure his performance. If people go by what asserhas written he would have won the last election.

  14. CHAKWERA 2019 BOMAAA!!!!!

    WHO CAN VOTE FOR THIS USELESS AND NEPOTISTIC GOVERNMENT OF MUTHARIKA? KUBA EVEN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! CAN SUCH A PRESIDENT FIGHT CORRUPTION. MUTHARIKA HAS LOST MORAL INTEGRITY.

    ACB CAN YOU PLEASE VERIFY WHO ELESE WAS DEPOSITING MONEY IN MUTHARIKA’S ACCOUNT? CAN YOU ALSO FIND OUT IF THESE PEOPLE HAD CONTRACTS WITH GOVERNMENT?

    SHAME ON THIS THIEVING GOVT!!!

  15. SHUTUP COMMENTOR.How much have the Chakwera gang paid you? Say the truth and shame the devil.MCP has no chance to win the 2019 elections,people have never forgotten what MCP did to them that they can vote for the immorality again.Do not take Malawians as cretins.MCP has created untold sufferings of our people for morethan 30 years,do you think that MCP will be voted into power again with an Arab crooked President,SHAME!!!!!! The commentator to write such misguiding narration,must be convicted of a treacherous crime against human rights.MCP is the only independence Party that is still in love with politics in the Continent of Africa and misguided Malawians are still hoodwinked by an Arab whose ambitions are to amass wealth from the populations of our people.We must say NO!!! TO MIA AND HIS WANTON COLLABOLATORS.Malawi is on its way to a complete emancipation from the deep-rooted corruption and tribalism.Malawians,time has come to build a real nation that will accommodate all of us under one economic and political roof.To expect this,let us all vote for our brilliant and progressive TRANSFORMATIONAL PARTY LED BY CHILIMA.DOWN WITH AN ARAB MIA,DOWN WITH CORRUPT MATHANYULA AND FORWARD WITH FREE MALAWI!!!!!!!!

    1. Listen to yourself. Are your really sure of what you’re talking about or you are hypnotised by the movement and have stopped thinking.

    3. Poor thinking from you too. People with brains know that it wasn’t the name MCP that committed crimes in one party system of government. They were people. People like Dausi, Ntaba, Henry Mussa were all in MCP then.

      No single person in this rebranded MCP was there.

      The July 20 atrocities were they committed by MCP?

      Shame!

      MCP with Dr. Chakwera 2019 BOMA tatopa ndi mbava

  16. Who will vote for the clueless and corrupt Peter Muthalika, he will go just like Joyce Banda did.Atupele Muluzi is preparing himself to jump the sinking ship just like Patricia Kaliati,Noel Masangwi ,Bon Kalindo, Saulosi Chilima and others did.MCP has evidently won the Lower Shire and Northern Region while DPP is losing support day by day.

  19. Ineso ndikuwona choncho, ngakhale cadet wakwiya kale, koma tidamuwuza kuti agogowa ayi koma kusamva. DPP is struggling in all regions!

  20. poor and biased assessment. in fact the dynamics right now will work to the disadvantage of MCP and Mia can not be regarded as clean having been with the cashgate party, corruption UDF and thieving DPP. Somehow the odds are in favour of Chilima.

  21. Nasser, what shallow analysis. Chakwera advantaged when the central region votes are in disarray because people are not enthused. In fact, Chilima is digging deeper into MCP’s heartland.

    1. “And the devil, taking him at an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, all this power will I give thee, and all the glory of them; for it is delivered unto me, and to whomsoever I will give it, if thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” Luke 4:5-7

  24. Very true, couldn’t agree with you more; Nasser. I for one used to hate Kamuzu and mcp to the bone but looking on what has been happening in the past 24 years, i believe multi party way of governing didn’t work in Malawi as it is in many african countries. Not that democracy is bad no, but that democracy in africa don’t produce good leaders or maybe africans don’t know how to choose democractic leaders. If truth be told without bias or hatred, then we could all agree that Kamuzu and mcp knew something about running a country. Think of how industries in Blantyre and Lilongwe were running, public transport in cities, urban and rural areas and on time, reliable and professional public hospitals, professional justice and policing systems, high quality education system, high quality government infrastructure, low cost of living, robust agricultural system( producing, buying and selling) less corruption if at all, respect and love for one another even if it was plastic, the list can go on-and on endlessly. So if a leader in stone age like that could put such vibrant government system that worked smoothly ;then what’s wrong with these fools we call leaders today? Despite of the atrocities that some mcp leaders inflicted on some of our innocent brothers and sisters as it still happening today, all was not lost and hope was really there for a better tomorrow that has been shattered by the multi party leaders who are in there for themselves. The little development we are seeing today is not because of democracy it’s because of time and modernisation, if Kamuzu and mcp did what the current leaders are failing to do then i’m sure mcp could even do better, so my vote is for mcp.

    1. Your comment is such brilliant and unbiased. We only speak bad things about Kamuzu n MCP.
      We hv buses going to rural areas like Nthalire, Malaka, Sankhulani/Makhanga. there amwenye in rural areas of Nsanje n By rural. Companies such as David White head, Leopard Matches,MDC,Sobo, Bata and products such as Covo, Superstar.
      National events were real such Indepence Day,Christmas and New Yr were real. Kwacha was so strong against dollar n rand. corruption was almost zero. many good things

  27. Wayowoya makola mwana wa kwithu, nadi! Those who wish to differ with him, let them do it!! 2019 is there to vindicate Nasser……….!! Ugonenge makola, mwana iwe Idriss, wapulikaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Yewoooooooooooooooo

  29. This is writing what is on the ground. This is a very nice political analysts that we need speaking on realities only not favoring nkhalamba izi no. Chakwera is heading state house unstoppable and will make presidency that Malawi had never had to liberate the country from the currently atrocities and plundering. MCP work hard to garner more support it is the only party for national unity period.

  30. OChakwera ati kumva juice akuzikwata ndi chala just coz akwera mtengo otchedwa Mia koma akulephere kutsikamo. Who is Nasser dzina la chi Boko Haram ngati la Mia ili?

  31. Idriss Ali Nasser supports MCP. He always has. What a surprise thing to say!!! Up the game please!

  32. MCP is a Mother Party: MCP begat UDF and UDF begat DPP and DPP begat PP and UTM and you can see that all these parties are sons and daughters of MCP, and now its time for the mother party to step in after seeing that its begotten son and grand children have failed Malawi

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