DPP concedes ‘painful’ by-election defeat: Dausi defiant MCP will not rule Malawi in 2019
Malawi government spokesman and Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi has said the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has conceded defeat in three constituencies and three Local Government wards which opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has won in five out of the six areas.
Dausi in an interview – sounding jovial though -after Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah declared official results at Sunbird Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre on Wednesday afternoon which confirmed that voters rejected DPP, said the governing party indeed suffered a bloody nose in the pre-2019 election test.
He however said DPP had come a “decent second” to MCP in the contest.
“This is not the outcome we wanted or we worked so hard for, but we will go back to the drawing board and do a soul searching so that we correct where we went wrong and not face the similar situation in the next coming Trippatite Election,” he said.
“We are accepting the painful defeat but I can confidently tell Malawians and all DPP members that we have just lost the battle and not the real war. We will come out strong in 2019 polls,” he said.
He dismissed analysts who argued that the by-elections were a litmus test for 2019 polls..
“Let me remind them that in 1999 MCP MP’s won by-elections in Mzimba but they lost miserably in the same areas during general elections so they should expect this again in 2019,” esaid Dausi.
He denied that the loss is highly embarrassing for President Peter Mutharika, who has made a series of high-profile visits to the areas in a bid to shore up the DPP vote.
The by-elections were held in Nsanje Lalanje Constituency and Ndirande Makata Ward in Blantyre Malabada Constituency in the Southern Region and Lilongwe City South East and Lilongwe Msozi North constituencies as well as Mtsiriza Ward in Lilongwe City West Constituency and Mayani North Ward in Dedza North Constituency in the Central Region.
MEC chair Ansah, a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, congratulated the winners, advising that they have “a social contract”with the people and that they should go out to implement it.
“I urge you to celebrate with responsibility. For those who have not made it, I say there can only be one winner and this time it is not you,” said Ansah.
MEC official results indicated that MCP won hby-elections were held in Nsanje Lalanje Constituency and Ndirande Makata Ward in Blantyre Malabada Constituency in the Southern Region and Lilongwe City South East and Lilongwe Msozi North constituencies as well as Mtsiriza Ward in Lilongwe City West Constituency but lost to DPP the Mayani North Ward in Dedza North Constituency in the Central Region.
By-elections in Lilongwe City South East followed a Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal order for a rerun after noting irregularities in the parliamentary race on May 20 2014 whereas in the other five areas the vacancies arose following deaths of office holders.
The court nullified the May 20 2014 parliamentary results in Lilongwe City South East Constituency that declared Bentley Namasusu of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) winner.
MCP contestant in the elections, Ulemu Msungama, challenged the results on the basis of irregularities, something the court upheld.
The Tuesday’s by-elections has vindicated Msungama who won the poll in credible polls.
Crippling unemployment, economic turmoil and corruption scandals in government led voters to punish the DPP in areas where MCP gained victories.
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eya MCP yatsogola pa by election yi. langizo kwa MCP cenjelani nao anthu ngati acina DAUSI sikuti abwerereso ndi nyimbo yake ya a MOTHER MARY kolona ali nkhosi, ndi nyenga. shud be booted .this bastard has been harrasing the nation kuticotesera fulu kumaononga ndalama kuti wagula spy machine. anthu kumalephera kulankhulana pa ma internet when u had capped tgheir access. you say yu are katolika but u dont practice u hipokrit.. musamusekelele cifukwa mucotsa cikkhulupilo cathu pa cipanici. uyu angozungulila kumangoopsea anthu ngati galu wacizungu othena. kaya mmamunamiza pitala kumulangiza nde mmanamiza acitsilu inu
Mr Bustards, When Bingu was in power people stood in platforms telling people that Bingu and his DPP have failed Malawians. PAC stood behind opposition saying and giving ultimatum to Bingu. Within a few months Bingu died and people said God answered their prayers. DPP which thought would go into the elections with Bingu campaigning for Peter was shocked with the death. With the death of those thieves in Mzuzu Joyce Banda decampaigned the DPP and fought for its destruction. Now Bustard tell me why did people brought back the party to power if people were tired as per PAC and Joyce Banda’s speeches? This time you saying the same old words. Just wait for 2019 and prove through the ballot that people are really tired. If you think these bye-elections can predict MCP’S WIN IN 2019 then I am sorry my friend. May be it would make sense if the elections took place in Lhomwe area because we would be saying ”waluma ndi wapakhomo.
Accept defeat.This is an embarassment to Peter Muthalika and his arrogant team. Think about this. DPP had seats in Ntchisi, Dowa, Kasungu, Lilongwe, Dedza East, Salima and the whole north in 2009. Where are those seats? people are tired with your theft of our taxes. People are fed up with lack of development. People are fed up with poverty. People are fed up with black outs. This is price of sinners. The price is death. I have said Peter is not fit to be a president. His heart is not in Malawi as per new Lucius Banda’s song. Kamuzu had his heart in Malawi. Kamuzu loved his people. Kamuzu loved his mbumba.
Childish for Dauusi to say its not an embarrassment for the President who had traveled all the way from Lilongwe to Nsanje spending millions of tax payers’ money only to score a zero in this regard. This is how you are cheating the President. Fosteki.
Dausi must stop talking on TV and on Radio as if he is acting on drama. This is Malawi and not a recreation hall. As a Minister of Information, he must prepare notes of what he wants to communicate to the public……a serious minded public for that matter. He must not fool himself that he is a good public speaker. What people expect to hear are facts and not dramatized words. He is not a good Min. of Information at all. He fits well into an entertainment director.
However, come 2019, we should expect a landslide victory for APM and DPP. Amalawitu sanaiwale nkhanza za MCP.
Serebwede, which landslide victory and in which country? maybe in South Sudan.
You guys are totally in denial and think that Malawians are stupid. APM is done and nothing is left of him. He messed up big time and there is no reversal. Malawians know his true colors and that he is a failure. Do not think you will steal the elections like you did in 2014,mwagwa nayo. Real change is on the horizon and DPP will not stop it- it’s too late. Keep dreaming while you watch the falling of your party.
Tinaiwala kalekaleeeee! Pano tikukumbukila zikwanje ndi mfuti za DPP. MCP! Kwachaaa!
Dausi tell them that regionalism in Malawi is real and didn’t end with this mere by-elections. If Southerners are tired of DPP the very last alternative will be MCP. Somebody will do the Trump magic defying all opinion polls to carry the hopes and aspirations of the Southerners. We have Atupele, Joyce Banda, Ralph Juma, Korea Mpatsa and Mia himself. And if anything if Mia’s political clout can be measured by MCP success in these by-elections then he is wasting his time being “wapakaliyala” he should go it alone. My take on the by-elections results is only one surprise and that is DPP victory in Mayani-Dedza the rest were foregone conclusions. Those people who don’t know the voting behaviour of people in the Lower Shire and Mia’s influence in that area should be the ones surprised by MCP victory in Nsanje. I was debating with a friend and I challenged him that with Chilima’s influence in Ntcheu let there be a by-election within the district MCP will be defeated. Let us not forget also that we Malawians have a tendency of exonerating the president from any wrong doing but always heaping the blame on his close associates and it is this habit which will make it very difficult for APM to lose. Lest we forget during the 1999 general elections with UDFs popularity at its all time low it is rumoured that a certain very power MCP official was telling his party faithfuls to vote for MCP MPs but UDF presidential candidate and indeed Bakili won!
Empty head!
Kodi Che Million akufuna ayankhule chani kwenikweni? How or why would Mayani by-election be different from Ndirande ward? Why were others foregone conclusions or with obvious outcomes and not Mayani,?
Mwaonatu kuti zomawawatu???
But you seem to be a beneficiary of tribalism and regionalism hence a proponent and an expert of the same.
You are definitely unhappy that ddp has lost these elections and more so you cannot stomach the fact Mia, a southerner,(with apparent political influence) is not a torch-bearer or presidential candidate at the moment.
To you anthu akumwela sangankhale pa carrier. In essence southerners are bonafide leaders of Malawi. So what do you think anthu aku zigawo zina feel about such remarks???
Please LOVE Malawi over mulhakhoism, nepotism, Malawi is for ALL of us therefore leaders can and should come from any region.
So a Che ujeni, osamakwiya anzanu zikawayendela, rather be civilised and congratulate the winner. You have shown intolerance TYPICAL of nkhanza ndi usavage wa ddp. Zomwe anthu tikukana pano!!!
You may choose not to agree with us koma enafe tikuzuzula dpp pano at some point we voted for it without looking at the region where the leader comes from.
KULIRA KWA MUNTHU WAMKULU
Mr Dausi can’t you see that “Dzanja lalemba pakhoma.”
What do you expect from Dausi??? He is holding his position because of appeasement, he does not deserve it. Ife akale know you better and if DPP is out of govt, udzayamba kumphepa mchere kumaneba. Dyeranitu mwakula as the writing is on the wall otherwise if you recycle back to MCP you will be given the post of Area Chairman, period.
@queen. God does not vote. It is people who vote. Hence it is people who put other people into position of power. That’s why people in power must be responsible and accountable to the people who voted for them into office.
that`s true big, and they should know that, we r not going to vote in 2019 chifukwa choti mwatimenya.
@masa masina, God doesn’t vote indeed, but go to the Book of Daniel you will see that God elevated and chose leaders like Nebuchardnezzer , Darius , Alexander the great, back in time he Chose David the smallest from the sons of Jesse, God chose David because he saw leadership in him. Hence concerning the point you are crushing here you are totally wrong. God will help his people in Malawi to chose a leader who will bring changes to the life of Malawians.
Wolira somutseka pakamwa.
Osachulutsa zonena. Just accept defeat. Anthu inu ndi amene mwakhala mukunamiza Peter Mutharika. Your campaign strategy was below par. Zotukwanizana ndi ndale zachikalekale. Anzanu akupanga rebrand chipani chawo. Tiyeni tione tsogolo.
Mr Dausi can be defiant to say MCP will not rule Malawi in 2019, but is that the will of GOD? Did he know DPP would lose in Nsanje Lalanje? Leaders are put in place by God unless you force yourselves on people like what DPP did in 2014 and usually the result is total failure in every aspect.
The “9” on 2019 can be very deceiving when we look at the next “general elections” -2017 to 2019 = 2. It seems we have two years ahead of us before we vote when in the the actual fact it is only one year. We have 2 months before the end of the year 2017, and elections will be in May of 2019, only four months from January. That leaves us with 12 months for everything. Does DPP have the time to reverse what has happened?
Ifeyo akumupoto tinatopa nanu anthu inu. Zichitanibe sankho lanulo ife phee nkumatumiza ana athu ku school though munatiyikira quota system pang’ono ndi pang’ono tikuyesera ndithu chifukwa tikuchonga mayesu a standard 8 ndife. Ana athu ali pena paliponsi. Munayamba ndikale kutikhomerera koma ayi ndithu namalenga akutifungatira. Panopa almost top two richest people in Malawi akuchokera kumupoto. Zichitani nepotism yanuyo ife phee
Mr Dausi Malawi belongs to God of all people including yourself, in DPP and in MCP, if He wanted he could have put Samu Mpasu as President of Malawi, If malawi was your own estate, i would be the first to believe your useless comment, although they call you minister, but did you know that you do not have all the qualities of a a government Minister? There other many well deserving Malawians who can serve as Information Ministers than you do. But God chose you over the rest, why Cant you people in DPP start respecting GOD? why do you worship yourself and President rather than GOD God who created You, This is one of the many reasons God is Not in what you are doing in government. I can tell you on this open latter, Hon Dausi LEARN TO FEAR GOD OR ELSE YOU WILL BE PUT TO MORE SHAMEFUL SCANDLES. I know you can not like this advice because you are always familiar with praise and worship songs from your people, but remember that in those songs there is not success but downfall, downfall, downfall. I just want leave you Mr Dausi with a Bible verse from Esther 6:13……….”If Mordecai before whom youyou have begun to FALL, is of JEWISH descent, you will NOT Prevail against him but will SURELY FALL BEFORE HIM”
This Malawi Congress Party, is not the same you have been defeating in the past 20years, mind my words and write this in your daily>
Yours faithfully
Wa Mwale.