DPP says Chilima free to remain silent on Mutharika’s succession

April 17, 2018 Owen Khamula -Nyasa Times 22 Comments

Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said it will not force vice president Saulos Chilima to break his silence on the raging debate on whether he should replace President Peter Mutharika as party presidential candidate or not.

DPP Secretary General Jeffrey with Veep Chilima on Tuesday disaster function

The DPP spokesperson Francis Kasaila said it is up to Chilima to make a decision on whether to open his mouth or not in the current political circumstances surrounding the party.

“It is up to him to make a decision but the party will not stop people from thinking which way they think and speaking on the issue. This is  a democratic party and we believe this is what is democracy is all about,” said Kasaila.

Kasaila said the party will make its official stand on the matter at an appropriate time.

But the DPP secretary general Grazider Jeffrey and some top party officials have said Mutharika remains the party presidential candidate for the 2019 polls.

“At an appropriate time, the party will see how to deal with the issue,” said Kasaila.

However, the party youth wing has already asked its youth director Lewis Ngalande to resign and in the north, the party has asked its vice governor for the region Afick Mbewe to resign for openly backing the Chilima candidacy in the election.

Those who back Chilima say he is young, intelligent, energenic, vibrant and charismatic as opposed to Mutharika whom they say is too old and incompetent to rule the country for another term.

However, those who back Mutharika say he is mature, experienced, exposed and wise who has already made significant infrastructural development in the country.

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22 replies on “DPP says Chilima free to remain silent on Mutharika’s succession”

  1. You idiots,where was Nchilima when Peter was put in jail by Joyce for saving Dpp to be where it is now.
    You may not know that Nchilima was behind Joyce
    You thugs and uncircumcised idiots

  3. Bravo Ntaba and friends for supporting APM openly. Enawa ndi ma gold diggers. Where were they when APM was arrested? When APM was insulted by PP. Enjoy this is your time there is nothing for nothing

  4. APM himself has not said a word on the issue and why do people want Chilima to say something. Omva mimba amatsegula chitseko, a Chilima ndi a Vice President. Mpando wawo ulibe matokotoko, ndipo asayankhule pa cha kwathu timati kabisa asayankhulepo.

  6. Please Mr Katsaira may you organise a special workshop for Jeffrey,Vuwa Kaunda,Ntaba,Dausi,Chaponda,Ben Phiri,Gondwe[the agogo] and all other zealous,selfish and ignorant DPP members who talk nonsense in the media because you seem to understand principles of democracy.How can they insist that those supporting the candidacy of Chilima must apologise and resign,why dont they do the same for supporting APM,I thought in a democracy everybody is entittled to his or her opinion.Zimene akuyankhulazo ndi chimodzimodzi kunena kuti every DPP member who has ambitions for or aspiring for the presidency should resign just for the sake of paving way for APM.Is that the democratic DPP that they want malawians to entrust with running the affairs of the state.Why are they trying to freez any potential competition for Muthalika.If the DPP is indeed democratic,let it allow everybody to aspire and present themselves to the party supporters and the convention will decide.That is how things should be in this democratic era

  7. I agree with Goodal Gondwe that presidency is not for children. In our context, children are those who refuse to take responsibility and assume political leadership. It is not necessarily related to age in years, but ability to take responsibility. Saulosi Chilima has never ever taken any leadership on any matter concerning Malawians. Corruption is rampant in DPP Government under his watch, talk of Killing Albinos, nepotism etc. talk of any evil that is going on and yet Chilima is a silent man. The only time he talked is when he read a letter calling upon Malawians to go for demonstrations. But then these are the demonstrations that never took place confirming my suggestion that the youthful president was simply casting a play on stage. Again why always hiding behind the church? This man is a cooperate manager not a politician. Ever since he joined DPP he has never spoken his mind. He is simply a coward and very childish indeed. People are fighting for you and yet you are silent. What sort of a leader do you see in such a man? No not that way Saulosi should find something else to do or simply retire together with your gogo Mutharika. Not fit to be the president of this country. This is what Goodal is saying!!!!

  8. This Chilima guy cannot make stand yet. People who have come on open supporting him are being punished and forced to resign and he is so quiet. I don’t think this is patience. It’s fear and being coward.

  10. The problem is not about who is intelligent or who is energetic.

    The problem is that Peter Mutharika seems not to be in control of issues. He seems to be a puppet who is remotely controlled by people he is surrounded with.
    a) He has been slow to react to urgent issues like the firing of Chaponda

    b) He has been slow to tackle corruption. Even backing the suspected seven ministers.

    c) He has been slow resolve nepotism of which many Lhomwes are holding high positions.

    Now Malawians are worried that if Peter Mutharika continues, certain person may be ruling the country behind the hood

    1. It seems 36% of the voting public love this man to lead the country. Only 15% of the voting public is Lhomwe. You go figure.

  11. It is only stupid, and dull people who can say current president, Mutharika has championed infrastructure development, where, in Mulanje and Thyolo? Malawi’s president is the dullest in Africa, incompetent, tribalist, unfocused except on being corrupt and a real shame for Malawi, the only country which hasnt made any progress in uplifting its people’s socioeconomically. Roads are in appalling state, schools and hospitals in a sorry state, and the entire country is in darkness due to electricity outages. Voting for this senile Mutharika is supporting mediocrity, nepotism, backwardness and sustenance poor performance in all sectors of the country’s development because he has appointed all senior government and parastastal heads from Thyolo, Mulanje and Thyolo heartland. If Malawians dont see this as a problem, then it is a big problem, which wont lift the country from a shit-hole status its in at the moment. DPP is not a party to vote for, unless they serious revamp its leadership from vigilantism to real democratic, and inclusive of all deserving highly qualified and experienced Malawians, regardless of where they come from.

  12. Strategically it wouldn’t make any sense for Chilima to comment on Mutharika succession. What would he say……..that he won’t stand if asked to do so. If the pro-Chilima party members are serious about their position, they should just nominate him as per party’s prescribed constitutional processes. The party has no right to force Chilima to comment or to stay silent and Honourable Francis Kasaila is 100% correct. The noisy airbags like Jeffrey will always expose their ignorance by shouting on top of their voices arguments that are incoherent and laughable. It makes me wonder how such people got to be selected as SG of the party. They should know better that there’s a whole documented process on how leaders and executive are nominated and selected at the National Elective Conference and its not by public vote system.

    1. Can’t agree more. I would go on to say that the party zealots in the names of the SG and others are the ones fuelling confusion for wanting to be seen to be more than 100% DPP.
      They are the ones who need to be censured by the party as the issue of succession is a matter left to delegates who attend and vote at the convention. Otherwise, any party member interested in vieying for any position at the convention should not be intimidated by the verbose and froth coming from from these political zealots.

  14. Dr. Chilima ndi malevelo ena and i really him. Ali achina ujeni aja bwenzi atabwetuka kale apa, but this lad is as quite as if nothing is happening directly concerning him. Such men are dangarous. Extremely dangarous i tell.

  15. Pala bayoboya basi he will see what Chilumpha and Joyce saw. These are thugs. These are thieves. Chilima is cunning. Wayanlhula through others. Testing testing 1,,2,3 Madolo from Ntcheu.

      1. a Gogo mwakalamba kuposa oodaland APM. Inu mumauluka or mumayenda? Miseu simukuiona? Nchifkwa chake LL iatsalira mbuyo pa miseu construction kuopa kumtsimikizira kuti APM ndi deal.

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