Kaliwo tells MCP convention delegates go back home, says indaba illegal

May 11, 2018 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 63 Comments

Embattled Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Gustave Kaliwo is telling all delegates rushing to Lilongwe for a convention on Saturday to call off their trips, saying the indaba is illegal.

Kaliwo said he will fight on 

At a lone news conference in Blantyre on Friday, Kaliwo said the power to call for a party convention rests with him.

“The party constitution gives me powers to call for a convention and nobody else,” he said.

He said he would challenge the holding of the convention in court whether before or after the indaba.

Kaliwo further said that those organising the indaba risks losing their party positions,  saying the party constitution says anyone who flouts the constitution should be removed from party positions.

In contrast, over 300 kilometres away, the convention organising chairman Augustine Chidzanja said those aspiring for the presidency and vice will pay K500000, secretary and treasurer general K250000, the rest K50000.

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63 replies on “Kaliwo tells MCP convention delegates go back home, says indaba illegal”

  1. My advice to my learned friend Kaliwo is that just swallow your pride and accept that your actions have left you with no support at the grassroot level within MCP apart from a few disgruntled former district chairmen who also have no support whatsoever at the MCP grassroot level.

    I know it’s had to accept defeat but my message to Mr Kaliwo, Msowoya, Katonda Kaunda, miss Kabwira, is that it’s time to move on, either to form your own party if you think that you have what it takes or join another political party like what your comrade a Mr Jumbe did.

    Do not waste your money on court injunctions which will not benefit anyone niether you nor the MCP party at large.

  2. Ma Cadete a DPP Kakhapeni Kaliwo akudyerani ndalama zanu. Ma plan Kaliwo amuthela. Mukachedwe athawa. A MCP Akamaliza convetion amusakaso ameneyu chifukwa awazunza kokwana.

  4. Nyasatimes, I have been following the articles, however you could have done a good job to us leaders if you asked him or even exposed the said sections of the constitution. Otherwise, people might end up commenting negatives of the party or Kaliwo without basing on what the said constitution which is time and again being referred to. Just my suggestion.

  5. Kaliwo watheka.coz akuuza nthu kut abwelele y?ngat ali ndi plan b bwanji osasewela plan b yakeyo.y akuophyeza anthu?munthu opanga zinthu saulula plan yake.amangomenya move.futi yotheratu kalio.watha.nfunozo

  6. TEACH ME LAW TODAY. DOES IT MEAN THAT KALIWO IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SUPREME COURT RULING? IF KALIWO IS NOT WILLING TO CALL FOR A CONVENTION, WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE DEPUTY AS IT SHOWS THAT KALIWO IS INCAPACITATED?

  7. Kaliwo you know what you are doing. Don’t give in to people who do not even know the operation of parliament. People who pass a law in parliament and shamelessly demonstrate against their own resolution. More file Kaliwo, you ably explained the situation. You action is well supported and I encourage you not to relent,

  8. After all MCP convention elected Daza as SG. He was appoint later by Chakwera’s NEC. Natural justice says the same authority that appointed him can fire him. So Chakwera, just fire this danderhead.

  9. Kaliwo, you are going to die a sad man and you will be remembered not as a principled man you would like people to believe but as a stubborn good for not ‘educated’. lawyer

  10. Kaliwo angofuna Kuzunza anthu tsopano. Kodi ndi chifukwa chiani anthu posankha maudindo amasankha ndi ma Deputies omwe????
    If he was suspended, there were his Deputies out there who were running the party as Deputies. Pamene iye amupanga reinstate, he has to join his colleagues and carry on with the move.

  11. But this guy is a Satanist…. Teach him that we are living in a democratic society

  13. Sir Kaliwo just attend the convention than being an embarrassment & let’s see if you have a political base. Your lone wolf antics haven’t proven futile.

  16. Kaliwo is not joking, he is serious in what is doing, ignore him at your own peril. Take him by his word and his professional. He knows the party constitution inside out , we can bark at him but he is dangerous and any time he will explode and many will be casualties.

    4. But in my view there is something wrong in MCP. How come these people can hold a conversion in a short notice like this. There is mathematically calculated ideas that they want to take advantage.
      These people they know each other and the only way out, is to follow the constitution. Unfortunately many people we come out condemning looking into our interest but not seeing the inside. Shame for malawi. We need to change.

    5. Don’t be fooled, the guy Kaliwo is completely mad. The powers to call for convetion is for NEC, SG is the mouth piece. He cannot make any decision on his own. Kaliwo will live to regrate his actions.

  17. DPP paid this in full. He is now making a second push to destabilize the party. Munthu omvetsa Chisoni.

  19. Bwana Kaliwo mukupangazi ndi za misala. Anzanu onse aja akuthawani Press conference yanokha. tiyeni tikafune madimba ku khonjeni

  22. Iwe ndiwe galu wamunthu nyani khumba yodya matewera awana
    Munthu oyipa kwambili iwe Kaliwo

  24. Personally I am not a supporter of MCP though I would want to work out what Kaliwo want with the party (MCP). I really fall out of his aim now.

  25. Mr Kaliwo, Party is for majolity not minority, Convention is on and nobody is entitied to take any court injunction .. zakuvutani basi

  31. MCP senior party members are not loyal to the party but to themselves and their pockets. The so called party leaders have obviously lost control of their own party…..the horse indeed has already bolted. There’s no way any of the MCP party leaders can lead the country forward. They are just damn useless. Secondly, why would one have to pay to contest senior seats within the party. This is probably the reason why, once elected, they opt to steal to realise some return on their investment. This is pure madness.

  33. Yekha basi msonkhano wa atolankhani. He must swallow his pride and contest apa wagwa nayo

  35. Mr. Kaliwo just eat the money you get from DPP and leave our party alone. If you are indeed the Secretary General, why not call the President or organising committee instead of wasting your time with the ill-fated press conference. We have had enough of your stupidity.

  37. Iwe Kaliwo ngati wadya ndalama za DPP yingobweza wosati utivutitsepo,,,,,,abwezere ndipo awuze kuti zavuta zithu

  38. SOME POLITICIANS ARE EDUCATED
    BUT THEY HAVE A BACKGROUND
    OF WITCHCRAFT —THOU SHALL KNOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS /DEEDS —ENEMIES OF DEVELOPMENT’S IN MALAWI ‘—

    THE SAME MADALA (ALAMU MWAKULA ) DISEASE !!

  39. Gulu wachiwewe kuwuwawuwa /kulubwalubwa, wagwa nayo, wachepa ndiwe mwana pa ndale. Chakwera 2019 boma, train yakusiya pa station.

  42. Kaliwo is crazy, I don’t know what he wants. Just give back the money you took from DPP

  43. Misalatu iyi. Munthu uyu ngofunika mental check up ku Zomba otherwise he may commit suicide.

  44. The joke on you Kaliwo. Those powers vest in the Administrative Secretary and not the SG. Read and know your party’s constitution.

  46. The party is bigger than an individual. It just shows that kaliwo has ill intentions – to destroy MCP.

  48. Iwe Kaliwo which constitution are you talking about. Uzinsanza ndalama wadyazo ukagwere uko. Ife pambuyo pa Chakwera wooo 2019 Boma.

  49. Kkkkk koma ,who can vote for Kaliwo olo ndi u MP omwe.Osachita manyazi .Munatodya zambiri zaeni kabwezeni.Game yatogona basi.Politics of poverty.

  50. The NEC is the one to decide when Convention to be held. The Administrative Secretary of the Party is one who has to despatch the communication. Mwasowa chonena a Kaliwo. Mukuopa chani baba?? Mesa muli ndi mphamvu? Kazioentseni ku Convention osati mma Press Conference. Read the Constitution again muona kuti sanakutchuleni popanga summon convention.

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