Kaliati denies mending fences with DPP, says Team Chilima rejects to endorse Mutharika ‘by force’
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker for Mulanje South Patricia Kaliati has said the party leadership summoned three lawmakers who are proponents of Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s presidential candidature for the party in 2019 for talks at Sanjika Palace on Tuesday but they failed to agree to mend fences.
Kaliati in a leaked audio which Nyasa Times has independently verified dismissed rumours that the meeting had ended by two factions agreeing a cease fire and rally behind President Peter Mutharika as the torchbearer.
She blamed social media users posting such allegations as peddling on lies and propaganda.
Team Chilima was represented by legislators Patrica Kaliati, Noel Masangwi and Lewis Ngalande.
The President team had among others Paramount Chief Ngolongoliwa of the Lhomwe tribe and business tycoon Leston Mulli, who is also chairman of the Mulhakho wa Alhomwe heritage group and Ben Phiri.
The President attended the meeting but the vice president was not there, said our source.
“We didn’t agree to whatever people are talking about. I think it is just a propaganda,” Kaliati is heard said in the clip.
“They forced us to go and do a press conference, they forced us to agree that we are going to do issues of Peter not Chilima. We did refuse that we cannot do that. If you want to kill us, you can,” said Kaliati defiantly.
She said the trio snubbed Mulli, who according to her, had initially been part of the Chilima-for president crusade.
“We have our own intelligence and conscious,” said Kaliati.
Kaliati said they cannot be stampeded to endorse Mutharika as other lawmakers are being forced to do.
“We cannot do that, we cannot do that,” she stressed vociferously.
Kondwani Nankhumwa, who is Minister of Local Government and Community Development, is heard in another leaked audio telling the party’s secretary general (SG) Gressielder Jeffrey wa Jeffrey that Masangwi was contacted that he might be appointed into Cabinet alongside Kaliati, but Masangwi is said to have responded that he was not interested as the appointment may not last.
Jeffrey said they should advise Mutharika to call for an NGC [National Governing Council] meeting to talk about those issues.
Kaliati, who is the party’s national director of women, was a fortnight ago blocked by the DPP youth cadets from entering the National Assembly where President Mutharika was delivering his State Opening Address of the 3rd Meeting in the 47th Session of Parliament and 2018/2019 Budget Meeting.
The cadets also intimidated Masangwi and another lawmaker in support of Chilima, Bon Kalindo.
Kaliati insist that the number one supporter of Chilima is the President himself who picked him in 2014 to be his running mate.
She said: “In fact the number one supporter of Saulosi Chilima is the President himself who picked him in 2014 to be his running mate. Why should I be insulted and attacked for supporting the Presidents own choice.
Ngalande said ijn an interview that some senior members of DPP – including those endorsing Mutharika now – will soon come out and express their views on the leadership issue, disclosing that meetings have been taking place and that Chilima would even be approached.
DPP spokesperson Francis Kasaila could also not be reached at the time of compiling this story on his mobile phone on several attempts.
The former first lady Callista Mutharika, wife to the late president Bingu wa Mutharika, was the first person to openly support Chilima’s presidential candidacy, arguing her in-law, the current President, was too old to run for the presidency in May next year and that DPP cannot win with him.
Callista said Chilima was “the only hope for a better Malawi”.
She said DPP cannot win with Peter Mutharika as a presidential candidate.
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That is African politics ,thugery.
I am not surprised to see the Demonised Pathetic Party,DPP using chiefs to advance its political agenda.Most, if not all of their chiefs in the muhlakho belt ndi mbuli zotheratu,people who have never been to school and hence easily cheated,abused and manipulated.It is so degrading and a mockery to our democracy for political parties to use chiefs for political gain,koma kwa munthu wosaphunzira,sangamvetse.That is why they cant even instill moral values to their subjects.Do a research in child marriages,you will find that Phalombe,Thyolo are leading in kukwatiwitsa ana achichepere simply because their community leaders are so illeterate that they cant appreciate the importance of education komanso most of their time and energy is invested in political ganyuship of alomwe anzao,shame
Amàlawi kugwirigtsidwa ntchito ndi Kalista.Nkhani za m’banja .Paja ànayamba ndi kunena zachipongwe osati sa msinkhu wa a president.Mungozerezeka Nazi izi.Taonàni gulu likulimbikitsa zimenezi ndilotani. GwiraNtchito,osakusokonezeni.
dpp itha ngati makatani mcp 2019 boma moto kuti buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Palibe muyao mtumbuka chewa ngoni kapena lhomwe.
President ankatero, not this no sense.
Malawi today is too much into tribalism because of DPP. Am not tumbuka but lets say atumbuka ayambitsa ..mmene anthu akadatukwanilamo……
Let’s Be honest DPP has to go no matter what. Nxt yr ndi caos kale nobody wants DPP.. anthu opanda mzeru koma ma professor, no vision nde bolaso DR amakhala nd vision . WOSADZASANKHASO PROFESSOR
CONVENTION PLEASE !!
CONVENTION PLEASE !!
OF THE PRESIDENT DINING WITH STUDENTS AND THE K20,000 SPLASHES- There is a document trending on social media purportedly authored by the youth after the blood fucking party with APM. Part of the letter the youth declares their disassociation with Chilima. This is pathetic and cheap propaganda. Just wait and see how Chilima hurricane will sweep the DPP the way PP was swept away. You so called Braveheart see the storm coming!!!!!!
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! U think Chilima can win?on social media yes. Is he DPP vice president?No! Is he a founding member of DPP?No! Is he in DPP national executive? No! So where does if fit him to represent DPP?..DPP has people who fit all the above..so let him form his party.No one ll protest that!
Painful but true. DPP has always been a family business.
Chilima should form his party with the rest of those guys who R supporting him..why do they want to involve DPP? after all he is not a DPP member just vice president…where does DPP fit in??
Mabungwe awawa aChikhalidwe amasankhe anthu a Ndale kukhala Chairman sionse Omwe ali mu Mulakho ndie kuti ndi a DPP.Angolongoliwa tiziwamvesa in 2008(Census Report). The following were the TAs and STAs in Thyolo :Nsabwe,Thukuta,Mbawela,Changata,Mphuka,Kwethemule,Kapichi,Nchilamwela,Chimaliro,Bvumbwe,Thomas.Ndie iwowo ayenera kutumikira Chipani chinawasankha.
Tulukani mu the Demonic Pathetic Party
So DPP are using Chiefs now?
The MCP had had the hard going with some few leaders who really tried to destroy the Party.Intelligently, the Party LEADERS got ways to get rid of those Rebels.Now it’s history. DPP LEADERS, what are you waiting for? You are busy rejoicing taming SNAKES in the Party. Kick them out before they poison most of these weak party supporters. They should go out there and form their own Party. Inside or outside DPP, Bwana Chilima will never stand against Bwana Chakwera in the coming tripartite elections in 2019.
Kaliati take my word. This is the end of you in politics. That is Lomwe land and you ought to do as per what the Lomwes desire as the old say goes “When you are in Rome, do what Romans do” ask the likes of Brown Mpinganjira, Ken Lipenga and John Bande just to mention a few. They will tell you that they were bigger than you. Undivomereza iwe phee!
See, Lhomwes are the most nepotistic tribe in Malawi. And they seem to be proud of and BOASTFUL about it, as retrogressive as it sounds. Statistics actually support such narratives. No party other DPP/UDF has ever won a seat in Lhomwe belt since 1994.
Why can’t other tribes give the same dosage of the medicine Lhomwes are giving other Malawians. Ayamba kudzitukumula tsono akuti ‘mitundu ina ndiopepera amavotera a Lhomwe koma iwowo forget their vote for you’.
SHAME on SELFISHNESS!!!
Are they more nepotistic than tumbukas and chipetas combined? I don’t agree.
I have a problem with this Chief Ngongoliwa. Chiefs are supposed to desist from partisan politics. So far he appears to be a full time politician. By his conduct and that of the DPP, it seems he has been co-opted in the DPP National Governing Council. What does our laws say on such behaviours of a chief? From an ethical perspective, he is supposed to relinquish his chieftainship in order to pursue full time politics. We can borrow a leaf from Seretse Khama who renounced his tribal throne to stand for presidency of Botswana.
The Lhomwes need someone with their tribal and cultural interests at heart and not the self-serving interests their paramount chief is exhibiting. Ngongoliwa needs to look at the bigger picture. What happens when there is change of presidency? Does he know that according to the Chiefs Act, the president has the powers to appoint and dismiss a chief?
@Charlie Hebdo – To your last question:
Yes, the President has the powers to dismiss a chief for due cause, like corruption and theft. Not for “gray” areas, such as what Ngolongoliwa is getting himself into.
Dismissals for frivolous reasons can, and are challenged in Courts of law in this country.
Thank goodness, unlike the days of MCP and their dictator, Kamuzu – the Killer of Kasungu – who signed dismissals, even arrests carte blanche.
Its because mu lhomwe mchitsilu kaya kodi mulhomwe ndi munthu..ma fumu onse ali phee belongs to both tribes or religion in the area not this stupid chief.. wofunika adza khaule ameneyu asiye zimenezi hes not apolitian
Kodi mesa mu democracy aliyense amaloredwa kupikisana nawo pa mpando uliwonse as long as they qualify? Chilima camp asaiopseze, aisiye candidate wawo akapikisane nawo pa ku convention. Why panicking? Madala team nje-nje-nje
Why do you call your party DPP(Democratic People’s Party)?Where is democracy in your party?Don’t force people to say something what they don’t want like what you did to other stupid people without integrity.
Kaliyati, u are such a strong woman, kapena kuti mai wangwiro…….
Ukaima pa chilungamo sumaopa kanthu. Being behind Chilima doesnt mean kuti mukuthesa chipani cha dipwipwi, koma kukonza zinthu with vibrant leaders not agogowa…..
I close my case.
We don’t seem to learn from past mistakes. Kamuzu then at 90 or there about was being forced to stand against Bakili. He had just recovered from brain surgery. MCP still forced him to campaign the whole country and finally lost.
That was the most cruel thing I ever saw in politics.
Today we know Peter just recovered from some undisclosed illness which had paralysed his right arm. He should not be forced to stand again. Campaigns and rallies are grueling. Give the mantle to Chilima, or keep him as running mate, with a position in DPP. Else you lose both, Chilima and the elections.
KALIYATI ANAKUNAMIZA NDANI KUTI CHIPANI CHIMODZI CHIMAKHALA NDI ATSOGOLELI AWILI? NGATI NDI UNDUNA MAYI MUKANANGOPEMPHA OSATI ZOUKILAZO KOMASO NGATI PAVUTA MUNGOYAMBITSA CHANU CHIPANI OSATI ZOTISOKONEZAZO,NDI UMBULI WANUWO MUKUGANIZA KUTI CHILIMA ANGAPEZE VOTI? NANGA NDANI SADZIWA KUTI KALINDO NDIWAMISALA?KODI KALINDO SUJA ADAYENDA MBULANDA AKUTI KUMATCHA NDIYE MUNTHU OGANIZA BWINO ANGASAPOTE AKALINDO?PEPANI AKALIYATI MUSATIBOWE NGATI MWATUMIDWA NDI OCHAKWELA AYI NDITHU MWADEYA.
Chimdalachi conflict management skills ndi zero pa ten. No wonder chinalephera mu ma Ministries! Ka issue ka simpe kongofuna getting all the teams together and ironing out the differences.
Chilima yomweyo
I am confortable when U write Calister Mutharika . Can’t U change it to Calister Chimombo the first husband of this woman ( amene anamuberekera Ana Mutharika sanabereke ana ndi mai ameneyi ndiye dzina la Mutharikali lichotsedwe pa mayi ameneyi asaliumilire ayi . Apange change of mmene timaonera mmanyuzi inu a Nyasa musiye kulemba kuti C Mutharika ) because has embarrassed the family of Mutharikas
umbulitu uwu. anakuuzani ndani kuti minthu amasintha dzina mamuna wake akamwalira?
Mbuzi ya DDP iyi
Let and two others form your own party Don’t disturb your friends
Do you think a person can win without party supporting him
You will lose your constituency and end it out political carrier
Just in case you don’t Kaliyati is rightful owner of the party it is APM who form his own party
My 2 tambala is that Let DPP Keep the APM-SKC ticket and fight hard for a win. After that public policy management should be left with SKC as the de facto Prime Minister and head of governments while APM remain as head of state and to a considerable extent in charge of foreign policy
Good idea, koma can it work? why did they take the public sector reform commission from Chilima’s office? remember this was done when most people were satisfied with the commission’s work, thus far, under Chilima.
Anthu mungoonakukangana ovota a DPP ife tili phee voti yathu ndi ya DPP with APM basi
More fire Akweni…mumaitha! Chilima is the real deal!
Game zikwanje
Kaliati, are you blind? MCP is being led by Chakwera from the central region; AFORD by Mwenifumbo/Chihana from the northern region (UDF by Atupele from the South as is PP with Joyce Banda). What don’t understand about APM leading DPP.
its No longer about south central or North. its time for malawi to rise for development nt politics as many of you thinks
IFE ALIYENSEYO AMENE ATAZAWINE NDIYE PRESIDENT WATHU WA DZIKO LAMALAWI KAYA AWINA MUNTHALIKA, KAYA CHILIMA KAYA CHAKWERA , KAYA CHIHANA TIDZAMUMVERA MONGA MTSOGOLERI. IFE TILI NDIZOCHITA ZATHU ZOMWE TIMACHITA SITIDALIRA MA HAND OUTS AYI.
You will never win elections with your tribalism and regionalism..Ndiwe mbuli
Kaliati has just gone mad and m’mutu mwadzadza mamina tsopano. Kufuna mpando wa u minisitala kumeneko. If she and Chilima were clever they should have just started their own party instead of boring us with their so-called rebellion. Chilima was chosen by APM to balance the DPP ticket.
Kanthukoooooooooo! Chakwera ndi deal basi, tivotera MCP, DPP is facing death now.
De only thing i do not understand is that is it DPP dat people love or the kind of leadershi. Becoz iits leadership then thos e who want chilima would just ask him to start his party and see how popular he is. Koma zomakakamila mu DPP uku msakumufuna mutharikazo sizikunvekayi. Its either u follow mutharika or take ur way. A MCP akamakangana akuti akusokoneza ndi a DPP nde kuti apanso akuyambisa mikangano yaku dpp ndi a MCP?
Does the party belong to Mutharika? Thats the insunuation you are making in your post. Contrary to that, the party is for the people.
Senior members of the party have the right to choice who they elect to lead them; that’s democracy. These party members have their own conscious and therefore independent…..that’s why they’re leaders in the first place. One cannot be a leader and not have a position, stand or a backbone.
What do you mean?i don’t understand you
True leaders lobby and not force people to tow a particular line. In turn people should make a decision based on their conscious and values and not respond to personal calls that go against ones values. I don’t understand why panic-stricken DPP leaders are “forcing” others to elect certain torch bearers.
PLEASE DPP FIELD MARSHALS
RESPECT YOURSELVES !!
KEEP YOUR DIGNITY; HUMANITY AND LEGACY !!
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU GUYS
DO HAVE ANY CONSCIOUS AT ALL ??