DPP gurus endorse Mutharika for another term ‘whether Satan wants it or not’: No contest at convention
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders including Secretary General Greselder Jeffrey have declared President Peter Mutharika the party’s torch bearer vfor the second term in the forthcoming 2019 Tripartite Elections “whether Satan wants it or not.”
Jeffery told a rally at Livingston’s in Rumphi that President Mutharika will be the DPP torch bearer in the 2019 polls .
She dismissed those who argue that the 79-year-old Mutharika will be a liability to his party in next year’s general elections on account of his old age. The critics say the President should retire at the end of his current five-year term and allow his 45-year-old Vice-President Saulos Chilima to contest on the governing DPP’s ticket.
Outspoken DPP Secretary General told party supporters to “spit” every time they hear on radio anybody talking against Mutharuka’s Candidacy.
Jeffrey said Mutharika deserves another term for doing a remarkable job in the first term.
“I want to tell you that all bigger development projects are in the North, not in the other regions. So, I want to ask you to provide support to Mutharuka. when rain falls, there are so many complaints.
“If you hear on radio fyofyonyo fyofyonyo, just be spitting! The person representing DPP in 2019, whether Satan wants it or not, is Professor Arthur Peter Mutharuka!”
“Mvula ikamagwa kuchuluka zoliralira ndiye mukamamva m’mawailesi kuti fyofyonyo- fyofyonyo muzingomvera [There is so much talk around this issue. But you know the truth]. Our candidate is President Peter Mutharika,” Jeffrey said
Jeffrey said all district governors from the North have endorsed Mutharika’s candidacy, insisting APM will be their torchbearer come 2019.
Northern Region governor Kenneth Sanga also confirmed the region has backed Mutharika, saying they will go to convention to officially declare him the torch bearer.
“Mutharika must stand for the second time up to 2024,” Sanga said.
He said DPP will handle presidential succession in 2023 when Mutharika will be close to end his final mandatory term.
Sanga said Mutharika will go unopposed at the convention, saying there will be no contest because “Mutharika must stand for the second time.”
He said: “Madam SG, whether someone likes it or not our presidential candidate is Peter Mutharika. If you can go to Ekwendeni, Khondowe or Rula, you still meet some people who are mad. This means you still hear some people making impractical decisions but, for us, we already agreed that our president will continue till 2024.”
Minister of Transport Jappie Mhango said Mutharika will lead the DPP in the elections and retaliated what DPP Eastern Region vice-president Bright Msaka said that the choice of a running mate remains a presidential choice.
Mutharika’s in-law, former first lady Callista Mutharika, openly declared that the party would lose if President Mutharika vies for the second term.
Callista has been supported by DPP’s national youth director Louis Ngalande and lawmaker Bob Kalindo who habe cautioned Mutharika to tread carefully on representing the party in the 2019 polls, stating that he is too old for the job.
But Finance, Economic Planning and Development Minister Goodall Gondwe yesterday said running the President’s office and government affairs is serious business that requires old people who have experience and not ‘babies’ who are novices in State matters.
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1. Pangani convenshoni ndithu
2. Peter asakakamire pa mpando ngati anthu samukumufuna. Callista anakhala ku state house and akudziwa zomwe zimachitika. Kumakhala pressure yayikulu zofunika munthu wachinyamata. Callista sakufuna kuti zidzachitikenso. Chonde ife we love Peter. Usamangoyangana mpando komanso umoyo ndi thanzi lako Peter, chonde ndagwira mwendo
Let me make myself clear ngati Nkhalambazi zitawumilile mpandowu come May vote yanga yilowa ku MCP
We need change its either Chilima or Chakwera
Kaya Ufiti kaya kukhwima 82 yr plus 79 yr mukakamilabe ngati Mugabe bwanji tatopa ife we need change for sure
Umbuli sudzatha in DPP,how can you say you have a presidential candidate when the day of your next convention is not even know.And it is pathetic and worrisome to note that those who are busy selling agogo APM even before he is chosen at a convention hold top positions in the party.How can you openly say that APM will go unopposed,are you not clossing the door for other aspirants.Where is democracy in your so called democratic party.The whole secretary general is flowting the constitution yet the party is silent and comfortable with it,is the NGC sleeping or dead.Vuto kwachuluka magogo and as a result akumangoliza nkonono pamene mnyumba mwalowa nyasi.Come on, if the DPP is as democratic as it claims,let the NGC rebuke and discipline Jeffry and her fellow ignorant officials who are disregarding their own constitution.Mind you she speaks on behalf of the party and not on her own behalf.A Dausi nanu mmalo moti muzikonza zinthu mwangokhala busy kuwerenga ndi kuloweza dictionary kuti akakufunsani muzikalankhula zizungu zanu za broken mutaloweza mavoka,shame on you,akakhala Ntaba nde tinaika kalekale.Amakhala ngati sanapite ku sukulu.Ndati ndikukumbutseni kuti mukadzangoluza mu 2019,Maula,Chichiri and Zomba maximum are waiting for you
The best gift Malawians must give Muthalika in 2019 is allow him become the leader of opposition
George Kasakula in his pro-MCP newspaper confessed that he feels very uneasy with the Lhomwes because their majority will always make the DPP win elections. He forgot that it is not only in Lhomwes areas where we have DPP supporters. The issue which is here is not about old age of Mutharika. Those people who voted for Mutharika in 2014 and have seen positive development from will see the absurdity and stupidity of those who are talking about APM’s age. The opposition have tried very hard to create division between Chilima and his boss so that they should not maintain the 2014 pair in 2019. This is the most fear of the opposition and its backers, the CSOs. Callista knows that for Chilima to lead DPP and win he needs full support from Lhomwe belt who are to be convinced by APM himself. A presidential candidate needs to have grassroot support from the village where there is majority of voters not in town. If there is anything which Chilima is fighting for in DPP it is the post of running mate. He knows that the only party which can win in 2019 is DPP and only with APM’s candidacy and him as running mate. Chilima should be very angry with Callista because he knows is the one who wants to spoil his relationship with his boss. No sane person can think that APM is not talking to Chilima on all this. They are talking and are laughing at you. These guys are not so foolish that they can be twisted easily. When we say the party is divided and shaken we look at who are in the opposing side. In MCP we have Chakwera-Msowoya/Kaliwo. In Aford we have Mwenifumbo/Chihana rivalry. Yet in DPP the names mentioned are those of Winiko and Ngalande who don’t even smell anything in DPP. Let Callista not spoil Chilima’s chances of being maintained as a running mate. MCP and UDF members will never leave their parties and vote for Chilima if he stands on presidential ticket. So why the noise?
Here is wa Jeffrey, were you not saying he was behind Chilima? The APM-Chilima pair is indeed a threat.
ukunamatu iwe, you don’t know what is happening behind the scene. The truth is that you did not see this coming, you celebrated at MCPs problems thinking that all was well in the party you blindly love so much and defend. Chilima is not angry with Calista, he knows what DPP has been planning all this time, so just accept that things will never be the same in your party. it has now two camps:
Gereselder kaya ndi Gerezedeya Ng’oooooo!
Much as we know kuti debate ya age yi is good for our nation,madam callista anthuwa mwawaponda pachilonda sure. Listening closely to their endorsment for Mutharika, one can smell fear in them. Its like the future of their well being is with mutharika.
Bravo callista. You are indeed a true daughter of mayi malawi.
whether satan wants it or not, what about, poti satanayo ndi iweyo ndiye ukudziyeretsa?iwe demon kapena lusfala.
Professor ayimeso in 2019
I always wonder whether DPP has the most bright sparks within its leadership ranks. Why is it reacting so publicly and loudly to personal pronouncements made by an ordinary citizen, regarding succession policies of DPP. The mere fact that the leadership is everywhere, supporting Peter Mutharika, is an indication of a party in disunity, very afraid and probably divided. Why would a governing party demonstrate such immaturity to such an extent that they even disregard their own constitutional processes. Have they even read the party’s constitution provisions in regard to leadership selection processes. Who is Jeffrey addressing? the public? We don’t want to know your internal issues and battles. The public has no choice really how and who you choose as a leader…….it is the party’s prerogative. The populace will vote for a party that has credible, ethical, visionary, energetic leader, whose party they represent, has a progressive developmental resolutions and ideologies. So Jeffrey, choose your leaders well.
Don’t expect anything good from achina tidye naye brother.
Dada mukungotaya nthawi, munthu wanuyo azidzangochucha dovuuuuuuuuuuuuuu mu 2020 ndiye mzika ya nzeru siingalore kutsogoleredwa ndi gogo!! Please stop abusing the elderly/aged…………….!!
My grandmother is 89 and she is still hoeing in the garden, good eye sight, intelligent (more than the average young man) and walks without a stick. Lets not bash older people.
No one is bashing old people but are just concerned that with the complex issues that Malawi finds itself in, it might not possible for an over 75 aged person to have the stamina to be nimble-footed enough for purpose. If anything he needs to impart wisdom and thats all he can do at this stage as a service to Malawians
if u can remember very well about cashgate you wil rarely find aged people involved in this saga apart from joyce banda herself . this explains that we the youth have dishonest characters than the aged . ndibwino kupatsa ochucha dovu kuyendetsa boma kusiyana nkupatsa wachinyamata kuti azingoba ndalama zaboma kenako nkumaomberana .
Ife tikufuna Muthalika ayimenso. Timukunthe bwinobwino mukalamba mwakemo. Bweretsani Thames Goodall Gondwe wotopayo. Callista wazigwira ufiti nkhalambazi. Please don’t forget Kamuzu lost because of old age. Muluzi openly said a Ngwazi akalamba akapume. Iwe Giledala Jeffrey ukuchitika ngati Charles Kamphulusa. Mufera limodzi. Kuno tatopa ndi tsankho la Lomwe.
I have one question for Munthalika and his backers , will he continue to be the party’s president/chair for the next 5 years if he is not elected as the country’s president in next year’s polls?
The answer is a resounding yes. remember that DPP is a family business with the rest of its members as loyal employees. DPP is a family dynasty if you haven’t figured it out already. It will remain so until it dies natural death which probably is just before 2024.
Unfortunately, it is not Satan who is in control of our nation, it is God. Moses and his brother Aaron led the people of Israel from Egypt. Before Moses died, God asked him to anoint Joshua to take over from him. Joshua was just a young man, Goodall would have protested and said he was a baby, but God used him. So madam Jeffery, know that whatever happens., It is God who is in control. He uses both young and old to be his servants. Tisathe mau.
Thieves. We will see.
ATUKWANANSO KACHIWIRI. MAINLY THE WOMAN WITH MOUTH DIARRHOEA