DPP and MCP supporters clash in Nsanje: Violence sparks fears ahead of Malawi elections
A battalion of youths believed to be Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets on Wednesday sprung on some Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters leaving two wounded ahead of next week’s Tripartite Elections.
The DPP cadets are said to have been lurking in waiting for MCP supporters while armed with stones and sticks, an eye witness, Ishmael Ndomondo, told Nyasa Times.
“The MCP supporters were attacked at Kachere along the main road to Nsanje as the DPP cadets threw stones at them,” said Ndomondo.
According to Ndomondo, the MCP supporters were on their way to whistle stop tours organised by the party’s deputy president, Sidik Mia.
The wounded, Nyasa Times learnt, are Ganizani Malekeza from Chikunkhu Village and Mercy Mpomba from Kachere Village, both from Senior Chief Tengani in the district.
Political related violence perpetrated by DPP cadets has been a regular occurence in Nsanje, and especially in Nsanje Central Constituency.
A published study on electoral conflict and violence in the country has explicitly mentioned DPP as the perpetrator of electoral violence.
The report, which was undertaken by Henry Chingaipe, Horace Chingaipe and Joseph Thombozi, and commissioned by Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) with funding from Misereor, said violence was on the increase because DPP was orchestrating the acts.
The researchers note in the report that there is “a high sense of impunity” among youth cadets, especially those from the governing parties which puts them “above the law”.
But DPP spokesperson Nicholas Dausi said the study findings are untrue and a misrepresentation of the situation on the ground.
Dausi said DPP have been stoned before, but the media did not carry that story.
But governance commentator Rafiq Hajat said the DPP was living in denial by denying its alleged involvement in violence.
Mzuzu-based political commentator Emily Mkamanga said despite the DPP dismissing the findings, the reality on the ground is that the party in power is orchestrating violence.
muferepo za eni, zisiyeni izi…….
zoona.
Please northerners don’t give dpp votes. Don’t give Malemu Pulofesa votes. Please central region don’t give Malemu Pulofesa votes. Please Lower Shire don’t give Malemu Pulofesa votes. Please eastern region don’t give Malemu Pulofesa votes. Please Shire High Lands don’t give Malemu Pulofesa votes. He has proven to be a thug or gang leader. He must be answerable to all this. He joins Bakili Muluzi as a thug.
Mfera za ziiii, zisiyeni izi zomayenda m’misewu muli muma T-shirt azipani.
Just wait for polling day to exercise your right.
nanunso mukamenyana nde mupindula chani? kupepera basi. tamangopangani kampeni mwamtendere
This is so unnecessary. Not worth it. why injure each other when politicians are enjoying a cup of tea together? We are all Malawians……no need for violence. God bless Malawi.
DINDERHEADS.
Very bad we are all malawian dont fight me l will fight on 21 may with my vote
Kamuzu Banda thought ahead of us. That’s why he remains great. He said Malawians were not ready for democracy and he saw that we were still stupid people. What is the point of people who wanted democracy to fight. What the point of pulling down flags of opposition parties? What is the point of pulling down billboards of Chakwera and Chilima? Doesn’t malemu know this? Was Malemu Pulofesa Arthur really in America teaching human beings? I think he was a boxing trainer or a guerilla warfare trainer. The language he uses of kunyenyanyenya is not democratic. He is an educated fool.
Just take note of these mischievous and unruly cadets. Tipanga za iwowo next week MCP ikalowa m’boma! Kudzakhala ku manga onse a ziwawa ndi amene akhala aku tumbwa zaka 5 zapitazi!! Gule kwao, MCP ilowe mbwalo!! Tatopa ndi ana a Agogo!!
This is pathetic.Why do they try to stop other political parties from campaigning. Malawi does not belong to the DPP. Ngakhale Dausi angakane bwanji, the whole Malawi knows that it is the DPP cadets who are violent. There is proof including pictures of DPP cadets in violent attacks all over Malawi. Kafikeni bwino because you are going to reap what you have been sawing during the five years you have been in power. Look at the
violence victim at the hospital he is being treated on a bare mattress without a bed sheet and you say you have developed the country when basics in our hospitals are not there.
ADVICE TO THE YOUTHS OF ALL POLITICAL PRTIES. LISTEN TO ME NOW.
HAVE YOU SEEN MUTHARIKA INJURED? ANSWER IS NO!
HAVE YOU SEEN CHILIMA INJURED? ANSWER IS NO!
HAVE YOU SEEN CHAKWERA INJURED ANSWER IS NO!
BUT WHY DO YOU GET YOURSELF INJURED BECAUSE OF THE ABOVE PEOPLE???
IS IT WORTH IT??
I WONDER
LETS NOT BE USED BY THESE PEOPLE
LETS VOTE FOR A BETTER MALAWI BY VOTING FOR A PEOPLE CENTREDD LEADER
LETS ALSO PRAY FOR MALAWI
GOD BLESS THE YOUTHS OF MALAWI
ABASH VIOLENCE
ABASH MYOPIC THINKING
Adpp mupite bwino nthawi yatha
Zitsiru za MCP inu Kodi mukutsatira chipan cha Ngona
Mumafuna tisatile chipani chakupha ana 22 , ma albino 20, Chasowa ndi Njaunju
EMUSIPI yapha millions of Malawians. Ask John Travolta Ungapake.
Mwapha ma millions aanthu ndinu amene mwachoka MCP muli ku DPP gulu lanu iwe, mtaba, dausi ndi azinzako..pano mukufuna kupitsa mbiri ya ma innocents.. Tandilozere ku MCP yapano amene anali nawo mgulu lopha anthu. Dzachina Dausi ndiye zakupha ase. Ine ndiwachilima koma chilungamop nchofunika, ukuona ngati tilibe nzeru?
vigawenga
Was Mutharika living in America which is a free country? I think this guy spent most of his life in prisons of America. He is not civilised.
You just hear the good things about America and not the BAD. Shows ignorance.
Zi tsiru zokha zokha, basi kusowa zosowa zochita
Osati zomwe anakonza timothy mtambo ndi dr laz in their leaked telephone call. Its all part of MCP plan
This dpp is not different from the udf of Young Democrats. It’s a Dpp of terror and must be booted out. This boils down to poor leadership and nothing else. Malemu Pulofesa Arthur Peter Mutharika is a silent killer. He is a silent river that runs deep. He can stop all this. The behaviour of Peter leaves a lot to be desired. You cannot believe that Malemu Pulofesa Arthur Peter Mutharika lived in western countries. Peter behaves as if he grew up with Charles Taylor and Omar al Bashir. He can change things. He can change the mentality of Malawians. OMG! He is in top stealing. Peter Mutharika is on top with violence. Peter Mutharika uses language of kunyenyanyenya . Peter Mutharika easily loses his cool. Peter Mutharika can’t stop police from killing suspects. Peter Mutharika is trying to rig elections. He uses a remote control unit for all the bad things like stealing and violence.
Albino killers led by the master Peter Muntharika, manyazi mulibe. Nde nkumati awinaso? cholinga? to wipe the whole nation of Malawi out of this world. Your days are numbered
What else do you expect from a band of terrorists whose leader recently refused to sign the PAC organised Peace Undertaking? He must be terrorists number 1. Have you ever heard APM speak against violence perpetrated by the so-called cadets? All it means is that he condones violence because he, too, is violent. Well, Malawi has no place for such people.
Eeeish this DPP must go
Tiyeni tonse tizavotere UTM basi. Anthu awa palibepo oleza mtima.
DPP is definitely winning elections. People want development, and that’s exactly what DPP is delivering – development.
What else do you expect from a band of terrorists whose leader recently refused to sign the PAC organised Peace Undertaking. Well,
lemme tell the dpp lunatics, that your time is over. it’s a known fact that khadets have perpetuated violence of a highest order, wonder why their leader thalika chooses to ignore it. anyway i wish those injured a quick recovery.. and don’t forget, 5 days to Hi5. Chakwera Boma!! or mutipweteke bwanji.
Iii koma akulu akulu mpaka mzanu kumutupitsa ndukutu chonchi,kod munachita kupitira ku xool eti? Ena anakhala zaka 31,pakatipa timaika a ma 10years( two terms) pano tasintha ali yese alaweko iyaa! 5years basi adzipita zojailana zithe…
Ma cadets I think umbuli uknakula Ku DPP coz yemwe akuoneka kuti anapitako Ku school ndi APM basi zima zotsezi ndizinyalala that’s why zasanduka zigawenga palibe chomwe angachite kupatula kimenya anthu shame on all DPP’s please guys go back to school ndinjira yokhayo mungathe kusiyanitsa chabwino ndi choipa.Ambuyanu a Pitala akupwetekesani akangowina Chilima muzanya muona gogo wanuyo Ali ndi green card inu mudzathawira kuti. Guys please becareful this is politics
I can smell bloodshed after the 21st of May because these DPP Criminals will not accept the Election results. They will do anything just to make sure that they remain in power. I have heard that they are planning to assassinate Chilima and Chakwera these coming dys. Anyway let us see how it ends!
What baffles my mind is that the politicians they are fighting for don’t even know them and won’t even care for them once they get into power. This is the stupidity of African politics-you have rival supporters butchering each other in a barbaric way and yet the same supporters don’t even have food to feed their families. The question is: What benefits have these DPP supporters gained from their leaders for the past four years? And what has MCP rewarded its butchered supporters before and after the fight? Politicians just use supporters to win votes but dump them after elections.
nthawi yanu yatha akuluakulu, ukali wanu upitilila kukuponyelani ku dzenje simunati. waiting patiently tichotse dzimenedzi
kicks of a dying horse. we are burying the dephephe for good next week.
How do you bury DPP? It is here to stay till 2024… believe that!
DPP cadets its clear you are a headache to peace loving malawians the writing is on the wall. Everyone knows this dont be cheated by your corrupt leaders who are on their way out come may 21
Too bad and too late for DPP hamba wena . Mwapita basi mzaza ndende muone after Tuesday next week
and kunoko kwa ngabu a DPP amayenda khomo ndi khomo kusaka masapota a MCP mpaka anakafika ku nyumba kwa SIDIK mia