How the DPP plot to remove SKC started
State Vice President Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima’s dumping of the ruling D emocratic People’s Party (DPP) has opened a can of worms with revelations that plans to force him out of the party started in 2013 when the party was still in opposition.
Nyasa Times can reveal that some senior members of the party were not happy that President Peter Mutharika had picked Chilima, a rank outsider from the corporate world, to be his runningmate and that was the time the skimming began.
“Some senior members summoned Mutharika to express their dismay on the arrangement and the outcome of the meeting was that they should sideline Chilima from the word ‘Go’. When the list of the first cabinet came out Chilima was never given a ministerial position,” a reliable source privy to the plan told Nyasa Times.
“The second plan was to isolate Chilima from meeting the President. The normal practice is that the President meet his Vice every Friday. Since Chilima had no ministerial position these meeting never took place. Mutharika has spent four years without meeting his Vice President to discuss matters of state,” added another source.
After isolating the Vice President, Mutharika started firing officers that were elected at the DPP Convention placing them with his appointed loyalists.
The second to be fired was the CEO of the party who is the Secretary General Dr Jean Kalirani and was replaced by Eliam Kudontoni (late).
Then the Regional Governor for the South, Dr Ben Chidyaonga was replaced with Charles Mchacha followed by Regional Governors for the Centre and North.
Mutharika also replaced Women leaders like Mayi Annie Makuta before appointing George Chaponda as Vice President for the South, going against the party’s own Constitution which spells that there will be no Vice President in the region where the party president is coming from, explained our source.
“But the appointments of Francis Mphepo as Chief Political Adviser and Greizelder Jeffrey as Secretary General led to the DPP losing its steam from within the party as the party was being run like a personal company and that is why the National Governing Council (NGC) did not meet for the past four years.
“It is not surprising that the Vice President has left the party. This is just the start, many more senior members will leave the party soon,” said the source.
Chilima on Wednesday publicly attacked Mutharika’s administration of being riddled with corruption as he announced his resignation from the ruling party, leaving the door open for a presidential run.
He was handpicked by President Mutharika to run alongside him in the 2014 elections on DPP ticket.
“We must give this country a new lease of life. We must clean this country. We must drain the swamp.”
Chilima’s shock move comes as calls were mounted from within the DPP for him to challenge 79-year-old Mutharika, who has ruled the country for four years.
Presidential elections are scheduled for 2019.
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that press comfarence was missed opportunity to this chilima boy, iam leaving DPP up to now he hasnt done any
anything. and ppl who are pro-chilima same of them are connected with killing of chasowa .ngalandeyyy,masangweeee.if i say the birds of the same feathers flock togather ndilakwitsa?
Lets just vote for Chakwera
But am glad is out of that party maybe will finally take a breath
The problem in Malawi will never end any president after been elected does start to kick out his vice why?. Chilima is not the first one it starts with Muluzi to Malewezi then Bingu to Chilumpha again the same Bingu to Joice now is Peter to Chilima , but why?
My brother Yob you are damn right. We started wrongly by electing a known convict from 1994.Muluzi served in Prison and Bingu despite what is said was fired from COMESA FOR STEALING. THEREAFTER, WE HAVE BEEN A COUNTRY THAT EMBRACES THIEVING IN OUR POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND WHAT OTHERS MAY TERM AS CASH GATE IS JUST A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WAS SET IN MOTION IN 1994. THIS SHOULD COME TO AN END AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE LEADERS WE SEE SPRINGING UP NOW OFFER SOME SEMBLANCE OF HOPE AS THEY ARE NOT THIEVES.
mr Panganani you r talking,fisi akachoka phiri ili kupita lina amakhalabe fisi sasitha Amalawi tionetsetse pamenepa
The time the late Chakufwa Chihana, may his soul rest in peace, resigned as second Vice President made similar attacks on UDF just as our Chilima has done on DPP. Did that help the late Chihana and his AFORD. In fact that move helped to accelerate the demise of AFORD. The Chilima movement and whatever future political plans they may have, will suffer stillbirth.
Inunso achitsiru inu mukuti chani apa?
Anthu DPP imaida
Voting Chilima is voting DPD B. Amene a yekha kuti agawana zida. Meaning DPP is split into two. A & B.
For zonse ayi.
Kaya ma strategists a MCP ndindani kaya amulephera kuphika ma message bwinobwino. Contact me I will help u.kkkk
Game iyi ndiyanu Koma u can lose it depending on how u craft messages. U need clean win by appealing messages to rural masses before it is too late. Don’t wait for calamities. DPD A is already dead but DPD B can affect it votes.
A good example is to label Chilima Movement as DPD B. That what they are….repeat this based on the fact that leading members are dpp and SKC has been watching corruption all these years.
Don’t worry with PP not at all. Kuvotera PP nkufuna BP dala after elections. Kutaya vote mmmadzi.
kodi maplan awo ndi amodzi, afuna atipepeletse????
Chilima is part of DPD. He is responsible for bringing DPP. Maputo tikuwawona he is the one who created. Should we give him a precious gift by voting him in ? Malaysians lets reason pena pake.
Kaya tinakhala bwaji. We r going to vote for him? Same mistake we made on Pitala. Timamudziwa bwinobwino. Chillima is DPD B.
I didn’t know that even Dr Chidyaonga was namalila that’s why he belong to that “camp”, LOL.
No story here!
Chilima is indeed a baby. When you disect his press conference you start wondering if indeed he has a PhD worthy the name. He should have just kept quite because he just exposed his stupidity. DPP can never accept a Ngoni/lirangwe person to be at the helm. It was obvious that he was not welcomed by the party. However any civil servant who came face to face with Chilima soon realised that we were dealing with an insecure person who was a sadist and very egoistic.
Osamathamanga achimwene and always remember to never outshine your boss. Zip your mouth and always give credit to your boss.
Bwana Suzgo I guess you stay abroad. Looking at your tone it seems you do not understand politics much. 1st Chilima proved to be a successful person in the cooperate world hence being picked by the president. Secondly Chilima could not have just resigned after a year in office because you could say he was a coward. When you say osamathamanga what do you mean? Should we see things going bad just because we do not want to be seen as othamanga? I think this is the problem we have in Malawi. We need somebody who can make decisions on his own, one who is young and fresh. I am an MCP supporter but I have no problem if DPP chose people like Samuel Tembenu, Francis Kasaila, Henry Mussa who are atleast younger in age and can make sound decisions and NOT APM.
Looking at the crop of Malawi politicians the best of them are crooks who would never and truly work for the poor and run for presidency on the basis of pro-poor policies. Malawians have to wait for another generation to get true political leaders. Chilima got into politics driven by greed and that’s why he ended up with the devil. If he was a true visioanry leader then he would have seen this coming especially whena number of smart Malawians questioned his move. I totally agree with what Masina below. Chilima is no political leader and I am in no way endorsing Peter or his family party.
Am not getting it.In 2016 wasn’t he given a Task to campaign for the DPP in the Mchinji bye election. Which he gladly accepted from a Party which was sidelining him???Don’t believe that he was sidelined from the word go.Unless you tell us more.Did he Try or Seek an audience with the President after noting that Friday Meetings were not taking place?
Even MBC was sidelining chilima only to start beaming his activities when rumours of death of peter Mutharika were rife. the time he came back with a canula on his hand they stopped again. I wonder whqt will hqppen to mbc boss when DPP loses because he has no qualifications for any job.
Chilima has a ministerial position. He is currently responsible for Disaster Preparedness.
You join a political party where everyone sidelines you and yet you are the second in command. It take you four years without meeting the president and talk one on one. You wait until people fight for you! You wait until the journalists interpret the heads and tail for you! You wait until the church ask you to run for presidency. Just know that your life will always be in a crisis! You will always have someone to blame for not performing! You will need sympathy all the time. You are a subject of pity! Sorry bwana Chilima – try something else!!
Bwana Masina you clearly don’t have a life. Typical Malawian!
Mavuto anu ngambiri kumuzi madala. Moves are made in time osati zopupuluma ngati John Chilembwe zanuzo
But this so called Plot was no secret. Even the outsiders could tell that this Chilima man did know what he is driving into. We asked his logic and love for the country. Why of all parties did he choose DPP which at that time had no good record? Why has it taken him 4yrs to realize that he made a mistake? How can we trust such a man to lead a country? Honestly I do not hate Chilima, but these questions ought to be answered. Way back when it started like rumours people including myself approached him to warn him that these people will use you and dump you! And not only once or twice and not only after voting etc. but the man had closed his ears and mind. He still have a closed mind until now because he likes sympathy. Now the question is whether those following him are rally clean or they are just unhappy for not being given positions in the DPP. My advise for Chilima is for him to stop politics and start charity work beyon 2019 or simply support another candidate and being seen as a statesman who fought for others and not for personal gain.
The agreement was to help rig the election .He was promised to be the next DPP presidential candidate….Mwana opusa ,wakuba he was tricked by a geriatric American ,he only realised when it was too late that he was just used..Useless Saulos sold our country to a thieving American gringo today he is paying for his sin..I will not shed a tear or sympathy for a crook like Saulos
Zosadabwitsa & the better part of it is that after being sidelined it will work to his advantage cos he is not part of the rot. The swamp that needs to be drained I think that he is the right person to lead us to drain that swamp.
Except that he created that swamp when it suited him. Now that it’s not working for him he wants it drained. More of selfishness than statemanshi
Hahahaha. Kkkkkk.