Chakwera says Chilima will be Malawi deputy president not VP: ‘Proper second-in command’
Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera has said if he ascends to power in the fresh elections, he will make his running mate Saulos Chilima as deputy president and not vice president to ensure that the country for the first time should have an empowered second-in-command.
Chakwera, who is also Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president leading the nine-party Tonse Alliance, said this on Friday, during a whistle-stop campaign tour in Lilongwe rural hinterland, the stronghold of MCP.
He said the Office of the Vice-President in the country is a delegated one, an arrangement that has seen Vice-Presidents, including Chilima, sidelined or victimised by the political system.
But Chakwera said that Chilima will be “deputy president, a proper second-in-command that when the President leaves the country he automatically is acting president.”
The empowerment arrangement of Chakwera-Chilima pact also entails that Chilima —who is also UTM Party president— will also serve as minister of Finance and responsible for public sector reforms.
Chakwera said Chilima is someone Malawi needs to improve public service delivery.
“He is someone we need to head the public sector reforms to develop Malawi.”
Chakwera reiterated their alliance’s promises to the electorate, including fighting corruption, revamping the public sector, job creation, economic empowerment of the youth and women and transforming agriculture, among others.
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Wayamba kale kufuna kupanga za illegal tisanakusankhe. There is no such thing as deputy president in our constitution.
TELL US THE DIFFERENCE mr. chakwela. And mr. chilima mutu gaa ali ndidzakhala deputy president. Poti judiciary mwaigula and will change the constitution with no problems. Whether Deputy or Vice, chilima nd wapakaliyala basi. You will see what MCP is madder up with. Ask Kaliwo, Mia, Msowoya etl.
Well chilima is the first running mate who is very competent to even run the country. So it good he will not be a puppy VP but he will run duties of the president as allocated to him by president. All DPP supporters voted for chilima in 2014 for his good qualities and now all the opposition will vote for his for his qualities. He is wanted by both sides.he is wanted by malawi.chakwera is the leader who would have taken Malawi very far he doesnt feel the need to make a cabinet of crooks and potential business people from one or two tribes.. he wants a cabinet of techocratical politician who are of leadership and representative problem solvers. In other parts of malawi people look at the rich and get aspired to be like them ..people read the party plans and decides what’s best suiting their needs and what’s sounding good for Malawi. In other parts people just look at the presidents tribal alignment and vote to have a president from their region..in the north for example they voters of superior in logic as they vote across tribal alignment. Right now there are more poor and uneducated people in southern region of malawi than any other region. They’re more billionaires in the southern than any other region. There more MPs and Ministers and More appointment official in southern however these rich people are the exactly reason mote govt money gets diverted into their pockets. Theres more DPP activities which symphony govt money and more DPP billionaires business which corrupt get govt contracts in the southern region and yet the region remains poor. Poor people are easy to get votes from and they r mostly uneducated and can not reason properly they vote simply based on tribal lines and they crap hands and get happy seeing their DPP leaders who are robbing money for development project causing their poverty.
Can you imagine someone still believing that DPP will win the rerun? Madness or what?! Ufiti kapena?
It is not believing. Look at TONSE alliance desperate speeches, how rattled Chilima and Chakwera are. Look at their whistle-stops and rallies. Now compare that with DPP-UDF. Atupele has more appeal than all those TONSE alliance (9 political parties). People have realised how Chakwera and Chilima have destroyed this country for 12 months just because they want power.
Taste the power first and see if you will say that nosense. Give Chilima a yard he will take 10 and by the time you wake up MCP will be dead and buried. Chilima is a schemer and that is what he did to rise to the top.
TONSE alliance is losing support because of all this kugawana maudindo. It shows people who are power hungry and care about yourselves.
The fact that this will need a constitutional amendment is the reason why people should NOT vote for TONSE alliance. Why change the constitution to accommodate the ambitions of one person. FOTSEKI.
@Pepe
Nothing wrong with Constitutional amendments if it a betterment for all future Malawians after 200 years the USA has done many to improve the lives of their citizens including giving women the right to vote and abolishing slavery.
You did not listen to what chakwera said obviously I do not listen to atupele or peter as well.chakwera said chilima will be his deputy not just a vice on standby as wasteful and useless as an obedient VP who sits there like a little dog and cznt move till he is told to move and isnt allowed to think. Chakwera doesnt want the ideal of having a VP position just filled by a person who is chosen based on his lack of capability to be a president or aspiration to be president. Chilima will share duties of the president given to him. The world vice president is in condition and 2nd vice president as well but doesnt meN anything..u can change the word by just changing the spelling..but that’s not what TONSE alliance want to do. They want to change from the idea of having mbuzi or someone who is of no quality like atupele or adzonzi who a failed to be elected as MP in their own areas ..people who are only wanted by less than 200 000 ..chakwera want a VP who was choice for all DPP voters in 2014 and now is choice for all Tonse Alliance VOTERS IN 2020 ..he is almost 100% accepted and capable therefore will not be a sitting duck will swim and float the nation. So vp ..deputy or whoever diesnt matter..atupele is being given power of vp now but he is not. President mutharika is doing less than what a 2nd VP does now but he is not. Think and understand and also quote directly from chakwera he will not change the job or spelling inconstution as that’s just a word he will change the function of VP into a deputy to utilise him as he wants a service from a young intelligent capable man who if weighted about regional or tribal lines. Only chakwera and chilima are accepted on their leadership bases not because of handouts or tribes. GOD FEARING LEADER
Hahahahah not to accomodate one person. Since the birth of multi party name a VP who was value for our money? Malewezi, Chilumpha, Joyce Banda, Chilima. None was ever fully utilised. During Muluzi’s time Chihana the 2nd VP was even more powerful than the elected VP, Malewezi. It is high time the constitution was changed. It is value for our tax
Kikikikikiki Dr. Chakwera, when you talk too much you end up not even understanding yourself. The good doctor has confused himself here. Anyway, it’s Elizabeth’s language, I can’t blame him. Vice and Deputy have the same and Vice may even be more important than Deputy. A vice is second in command while the deputy is acting for another person, not necessarily second in command. A deputy is deputizing for another person while vice is second in command with defined duties. Vices are limited to not more than 2 for any particular position while deputies can be anything and more than two.
So this guy is either confused or trying hard to confuse the voters – Ph.D. under questioning!!!!!!!!!
@SB Chinji
We all know you are a smart guy. Some countries use Vice others use Deputy Chakwera wishes to empower the position of Vice President in Cabinet and Government NOT under utilizing VP by just sending the VP to a insignificant portfolio of Minister of Disaster or pushing them out of Government which DPP is known for. A NEW ERA of Government a leaders are forced to work TOGETHER as a TEAM for the benifit of Malawians that’s progress.
I hear you Banda but there is no need for smartness in understanding the two simple words.
Firstly, let’s look at how Dr. Chakwera phrased them: “Chilima will be deputy president, a proper second-in-command that when the president leaves the country, he automatically is acting president”. Trust me, this is the status quo.
Now, let’s look at your point: “Some countries use Vice, others use Deputy”. The Vice president of Malawi or say the USA is not empowered by an individual like Chakwera or Trump, he is constitutionally empowered. The presidents of these two countries have no constitutional mandate to fire their vices. The vices in these countries can only be impeached through the houses – senate and parliament.
Vice President in the USA – can not be fired by the president of the country and he is second-in-command of the country who automatically assumes the presidency in the absence of the president. Should Trump be away or incapacitated, Mike Pence automatically assumes the position of the USA’s presidency.
Vice President in MALAWI – according to the current constitution, the vice president of the Republic of Malawi can not be fired by the president of the country and is second-in-command of the country. In the absence of APM, Chilima will assume the office of the presidency for the remainder of the term – section 83, subsection 4 of the Republic of Malawi.
Let’s look at the Deputy President (DP). One country that currently uses the DP position is South Africa.
South Africa and Kenya are the two countries in the world using term Deputy President.
Deputy President in South Africa – can be fired by the president of the country (example Zuma under Mbeki on 14 June 2005), though he is second-in-command of the country, does not automatically assume the office of the presidency in the absence or incapacitation of the president. The South African deputy’s ascendency to power is vested in parliament. The sitting or governing party will nominate the candidate who will be elected by parliament to assume the office of the president of the Republic of South Africa.
Summing up, the status quo in Malawi gives the Vice president enough powers but those in power are manipulating the constitution. Again, it is parliament that changes or amends the laws of Malawi, not the president. So Dr. Chakwera may not have the constitutional powers to just creating positions as he wishes, constitutional mandates are outside those parameters but he may ask parliament to vote on that.
Maloto a chumba
Akwatiwa a Chakwera.
You told us people in Ntcheu and Mangochi That you gonna be president of Malawi today rubish.
Kkkkkkk The President has been Mentoring (babying him by giving Cabinet Positions) Atupele that’s why he has done so well in the last election and failed to win a seat as MP Eish comments like this many senior members of DPP will switch parties and join UTMCP the END of DPP is near.
We know Chakwera regime shall be busy raping the Constitution. Fortunately the Tonse alliance shall loose gracefully come 2 July 2020. Malawians don’t want the power hungry morrons and the violent nosence which are so typical of the UTMCP pact.
APM mpaka 2025 woooooo!
DPP Cadets are so Ignorant MCP has 50+ seats in Parliment to amend the Constitution requires 150 MP votes a 2/3 majority to amend the constituion. No RAPE an HONEST Government that will produce results to be re-elect in 5 years. Many will give them that opportunity to prove themselves. JOIN the NEW ERA of Government
DPP cadets and UDF young Democrats,umbuli too much.Kukonza zinthu zikamawonongeka ndibwino. Kusiyana ndi kumangoyang’ana kumawona ngati situations will solve themselves,pamapeto amavutika ndi amalawi.Just to remind you, office ya Vice president in Malawi simapasidwa ULEMU by some people in party why? They have too much greedy.They fear the Vice will be future president when themselves they want to be president too one day. For example,In democratic Malawi with most presidents we had and the current one have treated badly the office of vice president.Coz mosts politicians in Malawi ndi mbuli or umbombo umakula ngati muja ma 🐺 wolf achita. They don’t ask God to give them wisdom. President can be well educated,he can have all qualifications on the planet but if he doesn’t ask God for wisdom he is useless.Thats why you will see bad things happening in the country without stopping them.If president doesn’t have Wisdom and vision that person is disaster leader.From coronavirus point of view and the political violence happening in the country,it shows that the president doesn’t care about the country,he cares about presidency only. Read the following chapters if you love Malawi, proverbs chapters 1(miyambo chapter 1) verses 2 to 7,says more about purpose and theme of wisdom, verses 8 to 19 warns against enticement, verses 20 to 33 warns against rejecting wisdom.Proverbs chapter 2 and 3 speaks more about benefits of wisdom.Chapter 4 proverbs speaks about the supreme of wisdom. That’s why King Solomon when God asked him to ask anything, Solomon chose wisdom.From Bakili Muluzi, Bingu and Peter Munthalika,these leaders never use wisdom to guide them.Thats why Muluzi talked bad of former Vice president Justin Malewezi.Bingu wamunthalika,put former Vice president Cassim Chilumpha under house arrest,Bingu,even with former president Joyce Banda,it was not good at all. Peter Munthalika and Chilima also the relationship between the two was not good,coz of greedy politicians.Peter Munthalika is the cause of all this violence between UTM and DPP, by misusing the Vice president chilima.He took the ministry of disaster and management from chilima to office of the president and cabinet then to Chimulirenji, you can see that these three presidents never use wisdom when making decisions.Now about these two words; VICE & DEPUTY these words has the same meaning in politics.Someone can use vice president or deputy president is the same thing from concise Oxford dictionary.This is the meaning vice-president,an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president.What Chakwera is saying is that he will give it’s powers the office of the Vice President that it deserves.The duties of the president can be done by the Vice President when the president is not there.If all malawians can ask God to give you wisdom, that country would be the best country in the world.Wisdom teachers us to be able to differentiate between good things from bad things. DPP leaders doesn’t know that.Most dpp leaders lack wisdom including the president himself that’s why whenever cadets does stupid things, DPP leaders blames opposition.Instead of stopping violence within DPP ranks, they push to opposition. Always they make sure Kut opposition yiwoneke yoyipa.Tawonani opposition guys akaphwanya lamulo apolice amathamanga kukamanga wolakwayo.Koma akamakwera a DPP zimakhala ngati dziko lamalawi Kulibe 👮 police.This mistake is the other factor contributing to violence.Peter Munthalika will never be the president of Malawi forever.
That is why those in the know are sceptical of your discernment of government responsibilities. Actually what you’re saying here involves semantics. According to the Oxford Dictionary
1. Deputy is appointed to act on behalf of another (Delegated).
2.Vice is next in rank; who can as well be called at times as deputy.
Remember Dr. Chakwera that you’re addressing people who are knowledgeable. If you don’t have anything to tell your followers just shut-up or sing Nyau vibes. Is this why Chilima was rebellious at DPP because he wanted to be the Deputy and not Vice president. All that means the same bambo. This business of trying to bring changes in the constitution will not succeed because you don’t alter a constitution willy-nilly. The constitution is just like the bible. As a pastor have ever changed the meaning/wording of the bible since you became aBusa? With all these incoherent messages nobody will take you seriously, abwana. Be rational and desist from getting excited because of the numbers of people coming to your meetings looking for free entertainment.
He knows it will be rejected just as the symbol issue so that he says he meant well for Chilima but it was parliament that rejected the amendment to change the constitution and give Chilima power. They did the same with the symbol and blame MEC yet this was planned to keep UTM out . As I am writing there is tambala on the ballot. I again the jezebel cashgaters queen is bidding for her son Roy so that he becomes minister and later running mate.
exactly!
Chakwera ndimzozodo pandale
Nobody cares. What we want is development. We dont care who gets in what position to what effect. Just develop the country that is what you will be getting the people’s vote for.
That will need to ammend the Constitution of Malawi by 2/3rd majority of Members of Parliament. I don’t see why majority of Members should accept to alter the Republican Law for the sake of an agreement between Chakwera and Chilima!
NONSE MWALEMBA MOLIMBANA NDI SKC NDI LMC MWALEMBA M’MADZI…….MWANGODANA NAWO ANTHUWO…..koma BOMA muluzabe……
AChakwela tikumveni pakamwa panu mukunena za after 5 years (1telemu)
Kuti mudzasiila chilima,adzakhale nayenso candidate wa womwe mukuti
Mugwirizanowo.
Chilima akumabwebweta,
Inu Chakwela simukumathilila ndemanga
Alimbitseni mtima a UTM.
Zikuoneka kuti akuluwa akuchita campaign to impress disgruntled UTM members. tiziona. Maudindo osewo munthu mmodzi? out of 18m people? Shame. No strategy.
It is very clear now that Chilima is exerting so much pressure on Chakwera and MCP. Not a good sign.
Forgive him. He doesn’t ipolutics. What he knows is reading the Bible
Woloka mtsinje ndiye uziti ndadala. Abusa Chilima has nothing to show of during the last 5; years as Vice President except struggle for power with his master who handpicked him from the private sector. Your mgwirizano with this guy is the greatest mistake MCP has ever made.
But Chilima must be one of the most foolish people to believe this. To do that, there will be need to change the constitution. Does MCP have two-thirds majority in parliament.
Kulibe anthu ena? Nanga amayi ali kuti kkkk nde kuti kulibe ena omwe angakwanitse ntchito zinazo Kodi kkk
For your own info, a Vice President is more powerful than a Deputy President. A VP cannot be fired by a President while a DP can be fired. Remember the Chilumpha cosntructive resignation saga. The reason why Bingu could not fire Chilumpha was because he was a VP not a DP. Malawi does not need two Presidents at once like Dr Laz is suggesting. There can only be one driver and one conductor. Anything with two heads is a schizophrenia. All that we need is VPs who are humble enough to serve the President and President that are wise enough to lead. Our VPs have been very ambitious, just look at Chilima’s appetite for power and tell which President can tolerant such untamed and unbridled ambitions.
Mwayambapo za maudindo Deputy president,Minister of finance kkkkkkk
Manyaka. There is no difference whatsoever between a vice president and a deputy president. They all play second fiddle to the president. I am now beginning to question Chakweras PhD!!!
Shaaaa kubwera pagulu mkuonetsa umbuli wako, anthu mmalimba mtimatu. Vice and deputy same same 🤷🏾♂️
umbuli koma sizinthu guys eeich Vice samakhala ndi mphavu even president atachoka president amachitaso kusankha someone who can act as the president pomwe deputy when Mr President leaves the country automatically amakhala akupanga act as the president hope apopo mwavesesa nkozi
Chakwera ndi Mutharika alibe PhD. Atulutse ngati alinayo
You don’t understand these terms. Or should we say they have become too technical to you?
Nde umbuliwo to say the least. VP is a delegated position while Deputy President is an empowered position with job description. Koditu izi sizotengera pa ndale. Ba pangani ndale zanuzo.
Manyaka ndiwe,,,Mwana ukakhala standard 1 umawona ngati kuti 1-1 is equal to impossible!! There is a difference between a vice president and a deputy president,,Google it,,
That’s great news, visionary leaders amatero, amapanga good decisions. Make malawi great again.Tonse alliance the real change and hope of the country.
good riddance
We will see drama unfold before we even go to vote. This leadership forthe tonse alliance is busy fighting for positions instead of concentrating on campaign. I could see that these people have nothing to offer malawian but enrich themselves. God will punish them and they will not win.
That drama, if ever it will be will never surpass the one happening in DPP/UDF alliance now. The ka boy running mate mwamusiira yekha. Chipani chabwelera kwao, macadet musova. Ife Tonse paulendo. 50+1 anakonza, no more Lomwelisation of Malawi
My wonderful friend, if you don’t punish them will not punish them. This is when you starting asking yourself. Chilima Deputy president and finance minister. Two of the most powerful positions after the presidency. A deputy or vice president of a country can not hold any other position, he will be overloaded. I see a Malawi that will be completely messed up. The way he is talking is like Malawi is not guided by the constitution. A country is not a personal entity where you just work up and change things as you wish. Constitutionally, Malawi has a vice president, and changing the position will have to go through the constitution, not by way of just handing over.
Mr. Chakwera read the constitution of Malawi. Don’t cheat the local people In Lilongwe.You will have to change the constitution which will be a tall order for your tonse Alliance as you don’t have numbers in parliament. Don’t appease Saulosi. He is VP and will be VP in your govern which is already doubtful that you will have because you will not win this coming election. You are already divided entity
He doesn’t understand the constitution let alone the labour law. He said it that he doesn’t know anything about government and would depend on Mkaka. He is also on record to have demanded to government to get all Cashgate suspects fired and if found innocent, get them reinstated. What a hopeless Reverend!!
Nanga zomwe abwabwata agogo APM dzulo zikuthandauza chani, paknkhani yotha kale ya presidential election case, expired, tired,hopeless old polofesa
His qualifications a religious lèader. He belongs to church.
Shame on you you will see
Another way of squashing public money? So who will be the vice president?. This alliance will end up into war one day because of seats in government
koma maudindo nde alipotu
Abusa, for a moment, just for a moment please be a POLITICIAN. Stop thinking that Saulos Klaus Chilima is a God send elixir for our problems. YOU better initiate your change TODAY. Before it is TOO late for you and your political career
Kodi mu constitution muli deputy president? Mwayamba kale raping it, ndiye tiyesele mwalowamo zikakhala bwa?
Manifesito yapita ku maundindo sono
Good move.
Pamene papunthwa mzako iwe podusa umadumpha! Nyani sumlekela munda! Promote this man at your own peril. Komanso this will require changing the constition and I think empowerment of VP is the least among the constitional changes Malawians want to see.
That’s good idea
Kodi iwe fake accent ex-reverend Lezala Nyolonyo! Malamulo a dziko ukungosinthira kutse ndi Zezeyo? Neani osatifinse anthu omee timapereka misonkho. Wauponda, voti yanga souiona.
In short i’ll say this combination of
Chakwera and Chilima is marvelous and
It’s just like a manner from heaven.
May God bless both of u gentlemen as you are sailing towards victory in this
Fresh Election.
🔥 ohh hail our great leaders. They shall reign!
Musathe mau bwana, mpando wa u president ndiwonona kwabasi. Zinazi muzachita nazo manyazi. History has shown how things can change once the motive has been achieved.
Chilima is power hungry just as you are atambwali sametana we will see how this will spun out
Anywhere in the world this has never worked ever. Be it Russia, America, Britain,France, Angola or wakanda. Tisamanamizane poyela Yela there is no country with 2 leaders. If we are not careful these power hungry guys will bring war in Malawi
Kodi nanunso kodi chizungu mumamva? Zimene mukunenazo mwawelenga nkhani yake yomweyi?
Poti konseko khomo ndi patsogolo ndiye kuti sungayike khomo lanyumba m’mbali………….