Chakwera must tread carefully on running mate: Mo Mia remains darling of Shire Valley
Since the dawn of multiparty democracy in this country, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) took up the position of main opposition party and it has been there since.
The party has always been the nearest loser in each and every election, and putting it more bluntly MCP has never tested government in the multiparty era.
The closest the party came to winning an election was on May 21 last year all thanks to one Mohamad Sidik Mia. Were it not for the suspected rigging by DPP aided by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Reverend Dr. Lazarus Chakwera would have been President by now with Sidik Mia as Vice President of the Republic.
Under its previous leaders like Gwanda Chakuamba and John Tembo, MCP was generally a party shackled in the central region of the country.
Its attempts to make in-roads into other regions of the country did not succeed owing mainly to consistent internal bickering and failure by its leadership to rebrand the party and rope in influential politicians from other regions; and to make the party attractive to the youths.
When John Tembo retired and MCP started on the momentous rebranding process under the leadership of Lazarus Chakwera, the party quickly roped in the Lower Shire gladiator, Muhammad Sidik Mia. It was a clever move. Mia is a seasoned and influential politician and businessman who is respected in the Lower Shire districts of Chikwawa and Nsanje. In that part of the country what he says is what people basically do.
On top of that, his Islamic background and philanthropic work has endeared him with fellow Muslims in the country over the years and extended his political influence in the eastern region districts of Zomba, Machinga Mangochi and Balaka.
Mia has also been a powerful force in terms of mobilizing funds for MCP in the last campaign period, which was an area the party was also furiously lacking in previous campaigns.
In short and without mincing words Sidik Mia has been a single factor which has given MCP the essential push and leverage it needed to shed off the ‘central region only political party’ tag.
Mia’s relevance even under the rapidly twisting political circumstances is even more critical to MCP now more than at any point in its political history.
However, politics has a habit of throwing something g at you when you least expected. In its judgement of February 3, the High Court sitting as Constitutional Court interpreted the definition of majority in presidential elections as 50+1. Meaning whoever wins in subsequent elections in this country must at least get 50+1 % of the total valid votes cast.
We now know the impact this judgement has made on parliament, and most profoundly on political parties in the country. What it means is that parties must quickly negotiate alliances with other political parties in order to enhance their chances of getting 50+1 % of the vote in the first round to avoid a run-off. And news coming from Parliament is that the house has set May 19 this year as the date to hold fresh presidential election in keeping with the Constitutional Court ruling.
This has only put even more pressure on MCP, DPP, UTM and other political parties to quickly cobble alliances to win the election.
Too much has already happened about alliances. We saw UDF President, Atupele Muluzi, shaking hands and stealing a photo opportunity with MCP President, Lazarus Chakwera accompanied by some ‘coalition’ talk; before we knew it we heard Atupele has crossed over and struck a deal with DPP to work with President Peter Mutharika.
Now one alliance which has materialised is the DPP-UDF; sealed.
However, MCP need to tread more carefully on these alliances because the party risks throwing itself back into that familiar story of ‘so near and yet so far’ in the name of crafting an alliance as a winning formula.
The party did not lose the last election (and all evidence plus the constitutional Court ruling point to this fact); the reason why it is not in government is because DPP conspired with MEC to steal the botched May 2019 election for Mutharika. It is that simple.
The next two months can flip the whole fortunes for MCP if it succumbs to pressure from armchair political analysts to go into unholy political alliances with strange bedfellows whose ideologies are profoundly different from what the party stands for.
Whilst we are on that point, a group calling itself ‘Association of Experienced politicians’ has sprang out urging political parties not to go into alliances because alliances will kill the spirit of multiparty democracy which we adopted over 25 years ago and cherish. These are elders with practical experience of politics having been MPs before; they have a much deeper insight of how people in constituencies behave and their varied motivations. It is thus incumbent upon MCP to borrow from their unfretted wisdom to desist alliances of convenience devoid of any ideological meaning.
The story and value of Sidik Mia to MCP is deep and far reaching, and is worth a hundred times more than any shallow alternatives.
This is the reason why the party has to be strategic in the way it approaches the forthcoming elections in terms of decisions that would change is structural leadership composition.
Mia is the single factor that has attracted the lower Shire (with over 400,000 registered voters) to MCP, and given the party access to close to 800,000 registered Muslim voters in the eastern region. If MCP wants to start trials with voters with just two months to voting, don’t say we didn’t warn you.
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When Gwanda was MCP president, the party won seats in all regions and it had more MPs than UDF in 1999. The Presidency could have easily be won had Tembo not been decampaigning Gwanda out of Jealousy.
There are also records to show that Gwanda and Mgwirizano won in 2004 but Bakili store the votes from Gwanda and made Tembo number 2 to silence Gwanda.Dumbo Lemani amabwetweta zimenezo and JB also confirmed thi – ask her.
So Mia is not the best that has happended to MCP or Lower Shire.
Mia wasonkha zambiri kuchipani kumuchosapo mkuitana malodza msiyeni hihihihi
Please Dr Chakwera and Dr Chilima talk about your minds calmly. Assuming you cooperate Mia as your further running mate then MCP has ended believe you. What should be done here is that Chakwera rules for 6years and thereafter Mia becomes running mate of Chilima and by working in that manner then MCP and UTM automatically win the election. A Mia osakakamila zinthu izi pls
bigger liar mia is no longer respected in the lower shire
These people think Mia commands a large following in Lowershire. Its laughable. They cheat each other or the reporter wadya dollar
mia should be the runmate n o more alliance
Can you remind me please, how many votes did he bring from Lower Shire? Akutumaaaaaaaaaa bashopooooooooooooooooooo!! Just be very appreciative, Chakwerra is very caring, Mia will be second vice president………… basi!! Zinthunzi zikufunika kumazionetsetsaaaaaaaaaaaaa osangoonjeza motoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!
If MCP is not going into alliance, that will be the end of it. I don’t see chances of it to win the coming presidential. Votes will be shared and DPP likely to be given another chance. Chakwera should be advised in a proper manner, don’t cheat Chakwera you selfish advisers. United we stand divided we fall.
The UDF base is Excited at the Prospect of Taking back what was stollen from Them ….They will massively Vote for Muntharika- Muluzi pair …..Make no mistake Rural Folks stick to their Parties ….Chakwera with Chilima as running mate is the Only Threat to DPP …Mathematically.That does not mean I don’t like Mia ….it’s the Only way to End Family Politics ….Heard on MIJ today that SKC is …willing to Talk to DPP on alliance, don’t know how far true is that ….If that happens then MCP will have to go it alone ….
Mulusi, whatever name you call him, does not have political cloud in Malawi. He came number 4 in 2014 and number 4 in 2019.
UDF does not command a lot of supporters. They are now in DPP
Ex-reverend Lezala Nyolonyo kusintha makaladi tsopano. Wamudyera mphaka wa lowershire pano akufunano agwiritse ntchito Arafat Zeze….this is a one-way route to Oblivion. Never come back Lezala.
for my opinion, I think mcp should not dish Mia for any alliance. MCP is good enough with JB and Khumbo Kachali. after all its 50+1. no matter what happens, we will have re-run which will be either DPP vs MCP or UTM vs MCP dual horse race….
It’s already a done deal, MCP & UTM alliance is coming ….Chakwera’s running mate will be Chilima…
Mr Mia will be our second Vice President when the MCP UTM alliance win the election.
The salary and benefits of the Vice President and the second Vice President are the same so no issues there for Mr Mia.
Chilima is already a Vice President now so it will make sense to let him continue as the Vice President rather than asking him to be the second Vice President.
In 2025 Mr Chilima will be the torch bearer of the MCP and UTM alliance while Mr Mia will be his running mate.
This is a great alliance, let us support it ……and not this embarrassing DPP UDF marriage of convenience.
did you listen to zodiak last night. Saulos is ready to have talks with any party including the DPP or even go it alone.
Kuwelengera anapiye nkhuku isanaswe. Masamu a pa calculator osati apa ground.
Chilima is a snake. It will be MCP’s end if it tries to get Chilima – he is power hungry and uncompromising. By the way, within 1 year he will have started organising to take over.
We must think Malawi first. A wining pair must be put in place. There shal be no party politics. Good leaders make sacrifices for the benefit of their people. No man is indispensable. Teamwork will always win.
Sorry I didn’t bother to finish but wd all know that Mia has no political influence let alone financial influence within MCP.
Knowing his higher levels of desperation to ascend to power, I can only ask how much you were paid to author this article.
good question, how much was he paid to write this, doesn’t add up at all.
Which loweshire ,who paid you idiot
Lower Shire 400,000 and Chilima got 1,000,000! Musova….Chilima and Chakwera is the team to beat! Mia will.be second Vice President!
Sadly MCP is a regional party embroiled in criminality, death and deceit. When Lovemore Munlo tried to bring some sanity into the party, the Chewas thought all he was trying to do was to wrestle leadership from them. That was the time MCP lost its chance of garnering total support countrywide. Mia is a novice on the political field and can not mean much to any party. Being greedy and egocentric is what is killing MCP. MCP cheats itself as being a national party based on one party forced membership. Not many people like or love MCP because of it’s past atrocities. No matter how long you rebrand or wear a face-mask, bottom-line is that you are killers; to prove your point you again went around the country causing havoc under the tutelage of HRDC, reminding people of your brand. Think twice Pastor.
If MCP form an alliance with Chilima these are the things that both MCP and UTM should expect.
1.Winning the elections will be easy ,but to contain Chilima after Elections will be a big task
2.Because of the confunsion that Chilima will bring ,MCP will only rule for 5 years because the infighting with UTM will be too much ,that locals will not like the alliance again .
3.If Chilima go into this alliance and totally dance to the tune of MCP ,it will be the end of UTM.
4.According to Chilima speach at Masintha,Currently UTM and MCP are equal ,this will prompt this youngman to stop at nothing rather than requesting 50 % of sharing everything which should include cabinet posts and diplomatic positions.
These are some of the things that we should expect ,so MCP tread carefully Chilima is a big crook of our times
Makadeti sasowa zoyankhula zawo. They are busy putting spanners in the possible Chakwera-Chilima alliance because they know the moment this will come into fruition that will be the end of DPP. Musova
MCP and UTM alliance has no future. Chilima is egoistic and he will cause massive problems in MCP. That will be the end of MCP.
The thugs who have created the chaos that we have are tearing themselves apart. Chilima is NOT trustworthy. Chakwera will bring problems to MCP if he dares bring that egoistic snake. Chilima will frustrate Chakwera the way he did with DPP because he is too power hungry and rude. Chilima will take over MCP if MCP dares to have him in any form.
ideally, in the vein of probable UTM/MCP alliance SKC should be the president and Chawera his vice. This will be the best winning formula. Ideologically, Malawi has 3 foundamental idealists (presidents): Kamuzu, Bingu and next is Chilima. Muluzi without a vision replicated blindly kamuzu’s ideas. Bingu came with new idealogy, unique in its entirely. JB and APM came on the scene high minded of course but with and with a blur vision replicated Kamuzu /Bingu’s vision. They had nothing to offer. Now, we have SKC with a new twist of thinking for a modern Malawi..
Chakwera will have nothing to offer. He will be a replica a mere replica like what JB, APM are..
What I want to tell MIA and CHAKWERA is that dont scramble for position really. MIA should not cry for being vice president at this time around. He should keep and see what Chakwera is going to do. Mia cannot win elections alone whilst Chakwera can win with the help of Northern Region but at mean time he MUST unite with CHILIMA. Bambo Mia we know it very well about what you have spent but listen very carefully: MUSAMVE ZA MUNTHU WINA OTHERWISE YOU GIVE THEM CHANCE TO WIN ELECTIONS. We are the voters and we know the whole movie taking place.You being Vice President of MCP I challenge you cannot win elections.In any case how old are you.
If MCP wants to win the votes in Malawi, the formula is not with MIA. The stronghold of MIA is Ngabu in Chikwawa, he has a big support there because he helps people with his massive wealth and Animals. Nsanje as a District is a DPP stronghold, but last year things changed because Chilima did a powerful campaign in Nsanje, he promised the rehabilitation of Rail to Beira and the Marka road. Unfortunately since 2014 President Mutharika never visited Nsanje and many people in Nsanje were very bitter with him, he should thank the MPs that he was able to win votes there because the MPs campaigned properly. In Nsanje people support DPP because of late Bingu, he constructed a very good strong road to Nsanje Boma in 2009 and this is a strong mark for DPP because every person in Nsanje has benefited because of this road. The road was supposed to be constructed way back in the 70s or 80s because on the Malawi international Map its an M1 Road and a Border District. MCP and UDF have no support in Nsanje and during the time of UDF Nsanje District was ignored, there was no development and it was the time the Rail stopped reaching Nsanje, Muluzi and his team left Nsanje to rot by ignoring and allowing the wash away of the Rail at Chilomo Bridge creating the now so called Mtayamoyo. Now if DPP is in alliance with UDF then the people of Nsanje will be Split, and thats where MCP and UTM should Capitalise because the current President has failed the people of Nsanje. If MCP can accept the mess they made in Nsanje and promise them Rehabilitation of the Rail to Beira and Limbe it can win because of the alliance of DPP and UDF. Nsanje people
have bad memories of how they were treated during the time of UDF. MCP/UTM alliance should strategise and reposition themselves for Nsanje, it can be a deciding factor in the South on the Presidential votes
Thats the main weakness of MCP always you want everything for yourself, accept that we are in mart party politics where by there is give and take, winning a case is not winning the election, this article is from DPP or Mia Boy so that you should not go for alliance, Sidic is already an MCP member not running mate unless you tell us that he joined MCP to be running mate , If he really loves MCP he should be happy to accommodate other parties, though we know his background from UDF, DPP, PP that he wants always to be forefront, failing which he joins opposite side, Lastly think of poor Malawian first
Mia is just power hungry and did not have a big impact in the Shire Valley during the last elections. What he only achieved is making his niece and wife MP’s basi.
First of all. SKC on his own brought 1.2 Million votes last time, he will bring more this time after leading the court battle as first petitioner. Secondly, The Muslim Vote is split between Muluzi and Mia so Sidik isn’t going to contribute much. He is old wine, people want change and that is SKC.
No matter what you think at this juncture DO NOT ABANDON SIDIK MIA, the party is going to lose direction, it will affect lots of people who appreciate pain induced by people who are selfish, mind you it will not only affect Mia alone but many more who trekked back to the mighty MCP in support of him. Remember one broken heart has followers, friends, brother’s their in laws and so on, SIDIK gallantly put up a formidable fight, and remember it was easy to rig the elections in the south hiding behind the guise of regional support. One official was playing with the ballots for several days at his house, when cornered, fled a few weeks later he misteriously died. Leave SIDIK alone in order to polish where his team flopped.
A wrong analasis I think. Remember that Peter got the party from his brother and Atupele from his father. History is repeating itself and the future for the DPP seems blink looking into the age of Peter and with no child he can groom.There are so many people who will not support the political dynasticism created by this alliance. As long as UDF chairman is around Malawians cannot accept him ruling again through a proxy.
80% of voters are rural people and be assured that that is not what they are thinking. This sort of thinking is for us. Solutions need to take facts into account and the reality is that these parties have strong grass root supporters and MCP and UTM need to work together. We are trying to bury our necks in the dirt but if we must be honest the two rallies in Blantyre and Zomba had massive following and both Chakwera and Chilima need to take that into account and be serious.
Straight talk, u are either paid up by Mia to shield his position of being vice to Chakwera or Cadet trying to confuse alliance btwn Chakwera and Chilima which is inevitable Wether u like it or not, at this juncture MCP and UTM are going into an alliance.
Who could imagine that UDF dubbed by DPP when Bingu wa Muntharika was a president and Atupele being damped by Peter in last election could come up together today and form a single block??? Anything goes in politics that’s why u r being warned day and night that don’t be taken up with politics of castigating each other.
Let’s hope the next president will bring tangible change in our midst. Alliance btwn MCP& UTM should go ahead no matter what.
Brotherman, this is the worst experience that Malawi has never gone through. mixing up MCP and UTM. Its the same as Taking Boko Haram into the party. Take my words Chilima is a power hungry politician hence he cant allow to be led by Chakwera. The question is why did he fail to be under Peter Muthalika who brought him into politics and listen to someone whom he has just met because of political pressure.
UTM will contest alone.. and will win the vote 50+1
I thought so too, obviously this is a paid article by the DPP trying to confuse the alliance between Chakwera and Chilima. I am one of those people who support Chilima-Chakwera alliance
This is fresh elections requiring new approach. If DPP has swallowed its pride and decided to join hands with UDF being a ruling party then opposition should borrow a leaf. Remember that all the past years, southerners used to vote almost have of the votes casted. We are going to register again and if this trend happens again then we should expect MCP to be defeated completely . What UDF and DPP want to do is to preach the gospel of regionalism so that people in the south should be united just as the way people in the central are united for MCP. Going by this trend then MCP should wait for another 31 years or think up teaming up with another giant party which can give them a good number of votes.
I come from Lower shire and please don’t be deceived that lower shire is for MCP. DPP has a large stake. We are Sena People heavily troubled by hunger every year. If DPP comes with food staff to alleviate our predicament then who is MIA to stop us from voting DPP?. Remember last year government partners assisted us during floods and there were camps everywhere where people were fed with free food and government was appluded for this not MIA. Please dont deceive yourself that Chikwawa and Nsanje is for MIA. DPP has a bigger stake
Nde Mia samagawa zakudyazo nanu??? Mia nayenso amagawa koma iweyo ndiwa DPP. Anzako ku Chikwawa Nsanje ndi a MCP
It’s government’s responsibility to provide social services and assistance to the citizenry in times of disaster not individual persons. That politics has killed this country. Alas!!!!
which lowershire are you talking about? Ukadeti munya nawo and you your dpp ilibe support kumeneku
Opel Kadett
He didn’t bring any votes, he is in serious debt, he is power hungry and Chakwera is a very weak leader
I think it is Mia who needs to tread carefully because the political landscape has changed with the UDF/DPP alliance hence for him to still cling to be running mate then both are helding for a loss which will even negatively affect him. He shouldn’t cling to be vice president of Malawi but to be a member of a ruling party who will have some gains once in governemt by being a minister or someone influential. But if he becomes selfish and refuse an alliance then he will gain nothing as it is in the current situation.
Kulakwa uku, the ,man has fought a good battle and lost his wealthy wina nkungobwera kuzatenga mpando…. azakulangani
wake up this is African politics where the key words are greed, hate, jealousy, lying and theft are of utmost importance, not western politics where words like sacrifice, love, truth and dignity exist. Forming an alliance and failing to enter into an alliance operates on the same African principles. Now the Mia man has already been minister, many times before. For those who believe he is broke think again, he has investments in Australia most likely its also power he wants more.
MCP/UTM alliance done deal. First 5 years Chakwera president and Mia 1st Vice and Chilima 2nd vice. Next 5 years Chilima president Mia vice, thereafter each for yourself.
But do you know Chilima, can he accept to be second???? lets wait and see
This would be the real deal and game changer. And the Malawi constitution says that the 2nd vp should come from another party, like chihana once was. In this case it should be saulos. Mia is MCP so he should be 1st vp
That’s it
Where is the lomwe belt Manganya in the permutations? Akhwaaka.
I thought we won the elections in 2019 so why are we worried to go into a Alliance with UTM? We can do this again with the powerful leadership of Chakwera and VP MIA. Nooooooooooooo nooooooooooooo to UTM. They can join DPP
Otumidwa wa dpp iwe,,,,
Cadet ndakuona.
It sounds to me that the writer of this article is a Mia sponsored writer. In all sincerity, both MCP and UTM need a working alliance in vew of the 50+1 majority to get into government. The 21st May 2019 election will be a wrong tool to measure the contribution of Mia in the next election. It follows therefore lets put our egos aside and have these parties work together.. DPP and UDF alliance is a done deal now. MCP and UTM should not waste time on this…who else will they with …
My fellow MCP friends we have come a long way with our. LC/MIA team! Let’s not spoil it today cause of the evil UTM/SKC. They are all recycled losers.
Mia is more recycled than anyone else in this contest.
MCP do not take UTM at any cost!!! SKC is a big snake. We rather stick to MIA who will bring ideas and development to many. SKC has a evil heart of a snake by the time we realize it this snake would have swollen us all.
Otumidwa wa dpp iwe,,,
I thought Mia as part of MCP family will stand to benefit frm mcp/utm alliance? Why should it be portrayed as if he will not benefit? No alliance then mcp shld say goodbye to ever be in government. DPP is at its weakest point right now and any miscalculation will be fatal,,,,If I were Mia I would have put my personal yet unattainable appetite for VP aside and work towards dislodging DPP frm government,,,
what kind of benefits? we are initiaters of corruption…what kind of benefit do you see a party member gaining in a corrupt free country. L
Which Mia are we talking about? What difference did he really bring? Only 2 MPs from the lower Shire and not much anticipated presidential votes. Mia should not be greedy. I say this because i am of the opinion that this article is coming from Mia’s camp. Using 50+1 there is no way MCP can form another Govt if it goes alone. If claims by Mkaka are to go by that Chakwera got 2,100,000, what % is that? Suppose he got 40%, how would he consolidated the remaining 10%. Listen to what people are saying, otherwise you will be life opposition party.
Surely MCP needs to tread carefully on this issue because people see MCP as the last hope for Malawians. DPP has taken Malawi backwards and has put tribalism on top of its agenda. Why should Malawians think along tribal lines when getting jobs, when getting promotions, when doing business and when allocating resources. It’s all because of UDF/DPP rule that we have had for the past 26 years. Our last hope was the May 21, 2019 elections which were decided by Jane Ansah and some stupid commissioners. Surely Arthur Peter Muthalika played a very big role in stealing the votes but the concourt did not have evidence to disqualify this old useless dog. Malawi now belongs a new generation and a generation that does not know tribes. Malawians have intermarried since our children have mostly grown up in places that know no tribe. Today we see names like Tumbuka, Sena, Yao, Chewa and Lomwe coming back. Dr Kamuzu Banda spent 30 years speaking against tribalism to the extent that Bakili Muluzi married a woman from Lilongwe. Atupele, though, very stupid has deep roots in Lilongwe. Please when coming with decisions take decisions that will unite Malawi. MCP has already rebranded with the likes of Harry Mkandawire, Sidik Mia, Ken Zikhale Ng’oma, Mbawala, Cornelius Mwalwanda, Joyce Banda, Khumbo Kachali and many more daintily and tirelessly supporting the pair of Chakwera and Mia. Should all this be destroyed because of one man. If Chilima wants to build the nation, all is not lost for him. He still has many years ahead of head. All that people do are like relay race. No one will last forever. It is a fact that the days of APM are now on the horizon setting down like the sun and he should no longer fool us. APM belongs to another age and he is an anachronism. Save Malawi, save our children MCP. Please don’t make a foolish mistake on this one.
Thank and signed.
Very true!!!!!! SKC can partner with Kasambara and open a new party called MBAVA ALLIANCE!!
Brother, you are merely looking into this matter; if I were chakwera, I would understand estimate the UDF/DPP marriage and be thinking that I will surely get 50+1 votes. That’s a total lie, Mia may be added advantage to MCP, but UTM may add a heavy weight on MCP if they may go into alliance; this alliance will be talking about northern and central Malawi against UDF/DPP alliance which will surely sweep the southern part of Malawi. Suggest that MCP will go alone, then we will have UTM on the north, MCP on the central and UDF/DPP on the south; this will just be escorting APM to his fresh second term that has been snatched away from him, that is we are talking of him to rule the term for 6 year counting from 2019.
The real MCP, are you serious that SKC can partner with Kasambara? kkkkk. Certainly, that deal is unattainable. Take note that both of them have got lions’ hearts, they claim to be more superior and important than the rest of all Malawians. And honestly, Kasambara is the worst between the two
Dont mind him,,He is a real cadet disguised as the real mcp,,,
A piece of advice. MCP should strike a deal of two 5 years term with UTM. The first five years all MCP supporters should vote for the candidacy of Chirima and sidik Mia and tn the other term utm should support the candidacy of MCP. Y am saying this is to produce a winning team after chakwera had announced that he is ready to step aside for the interest of mother malawi. I wish to be corrected.
Nonsense,,,,
What the write is saying is true. Chakwera must tread carefully. The remaining two moths are crucial in making a decision. I for one believe that if Chilima demands too much, let him stand on his own as UTM presidential candidate. In last elections he was number three. It is the same people who will vote, therefore we can safely say he will be number three again. Chakwera and Peter may take number one or two respectively but each one of them will not get 50 plus one percent votes. This means mean rerun will be between Chakwera and Peter. At that time the bargaining powers for Chilima will be almost zero, because it will be him looking for power sharing with either Chakwera or Peter.
Now looking at how the relationships are at the moment, it will be more difficult for Chilima to work with DPP. Thepossible alliance will be UTM and MCP, but with less bargaining power. At the end, he may let individual supporters to make their own choices on who to vote for. So he better do the talking with MCP more now than later. He has more to lose.
@ Kadzanja, what you have said here is just exactly these guys has to see before it is dark. The alliance between UDF and DPP is not a new story after all they have been together all a long, so if there can be something that every Malawian is expecting to see, is just the concrete choice of the MCP and UTM they can make today. If these two Parties can just say, we have agreed to work together, am tell you, even the new Camp of this DNA alliance of UDF and DPP will be shaken like Tsunami. But even if Chilima can not be willing to make that alliance with MCP, it will be the same as it was with the last election,, because UDF as I said was with DPP every one knows that, MCP will as you have said take position 2 then it will be DPP and MCP now the once people who were hoping for Chilima from Central who were happy when they saw him and or with Chakwera at one bench fighting with the DPP which we all know that he can not make any Alliance with them will be for MCP, now bwana Chilima will be no where in the system of Governing Party, therefore in the case Chilima should join hands with Chakwera by not using political science here but by using what people want! Sometimes it is good also to be a leader not because you are the one leading,but because you have done a great thing to the lives of people in your Country, village and or society. Kadzanja I like your say.
We share the same views
Well argued but the political dynamics have changed substantially such that, given a choice, Chakwera/Chilima pair stands a far much better chance of winning the Presidential race than the Chakwera/ Mia. Sentimentality aside, we are now talking about a NATIONAL rather than self aggrandisement.
Shouldn’t the strategy now be to oust DPP?
MCP, be warned if valid votes for 2019 elections were considered strictly you would have lost, your success follows the concourt’s passing judgement based on MEC’s failure to adhere to electoral result management system. Please make electoral alliance without which you shall ever be in opposition, I bet you.
50+1 is not easy riding.If MCP choose to go alone it will never govern this country.
Do not base your facts on a nulified election. UTM and MCP were cheated. Play your cards wisely.
Akupasa zingati to write this ? SIDIK MIA only managed to bring his own wife as an MP the whole southern region, let me say that the reason MCP dumped Richard Msowoya was that he never brought much needed votes during that election, he only managed to bring 3 seats to MCP in 2014 elections, MCP Executive concluded that Msowaya was not a powerhouse for the north, they later opted for SIDIK MIA hoping to bring more votes from south, well he only managed to bring 1 MP who happens to be his wife, and at the same time the North which had no big name during the elections for MCP in the north, managed to bring 8 seats and almost won the whole northern region without even a big figure from that region, these politics of thinking you own a region failed longtime ago and its no longer working honestly!!!!
Real shallow thinking as can be expected of a youth leaguer bandit. Are you aware that Arafat Zeze only has 4/193 MPs? Very myopic thinking indeed.
MCP needs an alliance with UTM, period.
AGAIN????
Mukamaganizira za ma udindo inu a utm ndi mcp zithu zanu zikhala zovuta ndipo sizikuyenderani bwino boma lipitanso manja mwa zikhanira ndipo dziko mudzalimva kuwawa zedi pangani zoti mulolerane kuti boma mulitenge each cipani sicingapambane pa chokha anthu wodzavota ndiwogana its short period of time imene mulinayo