Chilima says his running mate will be Malawi’s VP

January 30, 2019 James Nthondo -Nyasa Times 53 Comments

UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima has said the person he will name as running mate for the May 21 watershed elections will be the Vice President of the country.

Chilima says he will name the running mate in the next few days.

Addressing a news  conference in Lilongwe  on Wednesday,  Chilima , who is currently the State vice-president, said he will name the ‘surprise’ running mate in the next few days.

“The person I am going to name as my running mate will become the Vice President of this country after May 21,” said a confident and emphatic Chilima.

Many Malawians thought Chilima had called for the news conference to announce his running mate.

Asked by journalists if his UTM party will go into an electoral alliance with other opposition parties, Chilima said discussions are still under way.

“We are still discussing and in the next 48 hours or so, we will make an announcement,” said Chilima.

“But people are still meeting and we don’t want to violate constitutions of other parties, so discussions are still on-going,” he added.

Chilima, who will run for presidency on a UTM Party ticket, his first attempt to the country’s top job,  is expected to present his nomination papers to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) at Comesa Hall in Blantyre on Wednesday next week, 6th February 2019, probably where he will put to rest who is the mystery running mate.

Chilima said he will initiate change of the law to have a Deputy President instead of a Vice President to avoid the bad working relationships that have rocked the President and his vice since the country adopted the multiparty system of government in 1994.

“We should have a law which specifies the duties of a Deputy President not the situation that we have now where the Vice President is at the mercy of the President in terms of what he or she will do despite the two running together and winning the elections as a pair,” said Chilima.

“I was the last Vice President to be treated the way other vice presidents have been treated because after 21 May, the one I am going to name as my running mate will work with me as a Deputy President and there will be no problems,” said Chilima.

Asked what would become of him if he was going to lose the elections, Chilima quipped: “Maybe we should ask those who will lose the elections on what they will be doing, as for me, you should come to Bingu National Stadium for my inauguration on May 23.”

Malawi  will hold watershed  elections on May 21. The country has held competitive elections since 1993, when the repressive one-party regime of Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who ruled for three decades after independence, ended.

But analysts say the country is still mired in a cycle of personality-driven patronage politics that feeds graft.

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53 replies on “Chilima says his running mate will be Malawi’s VP”

  2. Running Govt means serious business. Yes Chilima is serious. The man is genius. Malawi goes on a standstill when he says he wants to speak, and Malawi listens. Bravo SKC.

  3. Julius Malema wa pa Malawi mind you Saulos -Too much confidence it led to a failure ” You friends also do as you do in south Africa .Julius Malema is too much than you go and ask him .

  4. Please someone school me, is there a big difference or is there a difference at all between a DEPUTY and a VICE? Anyway at least i know who your running mate is going to be. Ladies and Gentlemen, Chilima’s running mate is Gospel Kadzako. From a reliable source, Gospel Kadzako’s ZBS has been airing chilima’s meetings and gatherings for free in exchange of being second in command for Chilima’s losing team.

  6. Chilimas confidence is on steroids heeee this man his nerves are made of steel anyway see you after 21 may then I will see whether confidence imeneyi ndiya ukape kapena the guy is cocky

  8. It still remains a mystery to me as to where Chilima gets his confidence from. i just like his guts . The guy has a nerve!

  10. A bunch of disgruntled people led by Disgruntled in Chief. Their only objective is to get into government and use government machinery to fight their imagined enemies. Running government is serious business..

  11. Chilima will come third in the coming Elections…usamusiiitse Max Mkwezalamba ntchito yabwino kumunamiza kuti ukuwina kuno…umpwetekesa mwana wa eni.

  13. Marketers are trained to talk as Chilima is doing. Deep down, though, he knows he doesn’t have the numbers. I like the strategy, though, of giving DPP politically induced diarrhoea

  14. The trend will be the same as per history of The country.try wives! Or mothers.Girl friends can do better.Seek Chikomeni advice Rass

  15. Challenging to win an elections at the same time peddling coalition with other political parties this is how toddlers behave. To win an election is not just mayor fact it is a big thing that needs maturity and strong mind set. I bet you Chilima is playing games here he knows what is doing himself and his wife. Chaka chake ndichino ziliko lol!

  16. Nanu a Nyasa Times tazionani zolemba, pali nkhani apa? Running mate wa wina aliense kaya ndi APM, Chakwera, Ras Chikomeni, etc akazawina azakhala Malawi Veepee. So what’s the news here?
    Zomatizo ndawina kalezo kumasamala nazo. Its like an MSCE candidate boasting that he will get 1 point in mathematics, people will think he has likasa.

  17. Ziboda ndi amwenye ali busy kuba ndalama zaboma, pamene Kasaila ali busy kushaftira azimayi ayini. Koma DPP ndi chipwirikiti ndithu eishhh

  18. Koma mbuye!! A DPP akuziwa kuti a mbiri za kuvela MBC ayamba kulengezesa Ku Zodiac misokhano yawo. Eeee akuchita misokho yathu yizilipilidwa Ku Zodiac

  20. I am surprised that you are discussing alliance meaning that on your own can’t win the elections. Thus acceptance. For your own info without donors imposing sanctions on Dr Banda there could have been no change of system of government. The people who convinced donors to impose sanctions were those in exile. They played a bigger role than you can imagine. This issue of saying you were not here when we fought for change can only be accepted by those who don’t know our history. That is why opposition is also appealing to donors to take action for the current political situation because without them the opposition is powerless. Kamuzu allowed multi party politics because of pressure from donors after the fall of USSR. Ena onse anangopezelapo mwayi like opportunistic diseases when one has AIDS. Donors dictate our politics good example is the late Bingu. Nobody should cheat that they single handedly brought change. People in exile played a big role by convincing donors to stop supporting Kamuzu financially in order to cripple the economy.

  21. Dpp ikudabwatu apa kuti ziwathera bwanji. Sindinagone chipani cholimbikisa kugula azimayi masana dzuwa likuswa mtengo. Kumenya anthu osalakwa chifukwa chosiyana zipani. Tikuombelani za zii apa ma cadet afeck.. Mukapasidwa ka 20 thousand ndi mowa mwati mwafikapo. ANA AGOGO

  26. UTM cadets, you better tame your leader. If winning elections were measured by the number of supporters in the city, may be Chilima was going to win. But be reminded that it is not by mighty or by power, or how articulate you when speaking to people, but by the Hand of God which chooses. Chilima should be reminded that people who had mighty and power failed to be president of Malawi. John Ungapake Tembo, Gwanda Guluwe Mphezi Chakwamba, Chakufwa Chihana, Kanyama Chiume who gave sleepless nights to Dr H Kamuzu Banda, Kamlepo Kalua, whowere men of power and mighty failed to make it. God chooses. Prophet Samuel was sent to the house of Jesse to anointt the king, Jesse paraded his sons who even the prophet thought one of them will be the king, but God told him none of them, but David, who looked not mighty. This should be a lesson to Chilima, who thinks he is popular and has it takes to be president. Wait and see what God has anointed. Mwambi Waldron. “ Mawu Msamatha”

  27. I don’t see any leadership in him. He is too pompous and stupid. For ur information he will not win come 21st May 2019.

    1. In fact Chilima will be damn difficult to step out of power once he is elected. I can see another Joseph Kabila. Tasuzgika tawanthu pamoza na Chakwera. Matenda talwazgila lumoza vyaka pafupi vinayi, mbwenu munyakhe litu kuti ndine nkhumanya kulwazga. Ukawa nkhu apo ise tikatamburanga pamoza na Chakwera. Chilima ukwenera kukhara pachilindizga nawe, ndipo tingapanikizga kuti ndiwe njani.

  29. Big Man, when SKC talks, the nation does not stop to listen, but it listens. Do not chewalize English. Sometimes it is better to put your thoughts in the local language. Language is the stem of communication and words must properly be weaved to make good sense otherwise you confuse people due to poor sentence construction.

  31. pa 21 may 2019 parking goods and going back home komwe anachokela ife kuno 1993 tikumenyela ufulu umeneu iyeyu kunalibe

  32. axse ameneyi ndimuntu wankulu axse amata nkuluyi amaziwa nchito zizamwana iyayi ndipo dpp aipulisa ngati makatani, kodi ma cadet muli kuti mukuchedwa kuyankila antu akuonelelani kuvura azimayi

  33. I like the confidence he has and even dpp and Peter are wondering what chilima is up to…ife ngati kuti kuzabera mavoti bwana chilima zabereni bola boma lichoke Kwa anthu owononga a dpp amene atigwira ukapolo kwa nthawi ya itali

  34. Koma ziliko. You are also considering a coalition! I thought you have all the votes by your side as you always claim. Hhhhhhhh make no mistake, this could be your last page in politics. Mukuopanso anzanu mudawasiya aja etiii? Tatiyeni nazo tione.

    1. Mwana wanuyu grandiosity yakula zedi.
      Is the President a dictator to be able to change the constitution at the snap of the fingers and change the role the Vice President, abale?
      Akunama uyu: Plan B ndoti akayambanso kukagulitsa ma units, when he gets floored. He probably will be so shocked he will be disoriented for a while, and won’t really know even where his house is!

    3. koma akuluakulu tiyeni tizikhala serious aaaa awina upresident which country mmmm guyz tisamanamizane hahahaha ….ok tell me where is the confidence coming from…..mmmmm

    4. kulalata kokhakokha basi ngati mkazi .Komatu azadabwa ali pa nambala 3 ndi azimayi ake ofoyira aja

    5. This idiot is deranged . He will swallow his vomit come 21st May. Many of his lieutenants have now seen reality and are saying there is no way they can make it. They just want to ambush him

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