Malawi’s 79 years-old President Mutharika says he’s ‘a youth’: Very fit to continue ruling

November 13, 2017 Judith Moyo – Nyasa Times 27 Comments

President Peter Mutharika  has said he was not stepping down and that there was no one with his political stature who could immediately take over from him within the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and that he will run in the 2019 elections for his final five-years term.

President Mutharika: Very firm and very strong

Mutharika , now at 79 years and will be octogenarian at 81  during the 2019 polls, said he was very firm and strong to continue being at the helm of the country.

“These days, people want to be youthful. Some peope, who are 50, 60 and 70, call themselves, youths. So I am also a youth,” said Mutharika on Saturday evening at Katoto Roundabout on his arrival in the region where he is expected to carry out a number of official duties.

“Remember I am a European Union Champion for the youth; so I am a youth,” he added.

Afrobarometer, an African led, non-partisan research network in a nationwide survey conducted by the Centre for Social Research at Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi (Unima), which indicates that 80 percent of Malawians do not want  presidential  candidates who are 70 years old and above.

However, DPP spokesperson Francis Kasaila, struck a defiant tone saying President Mutharika is likely to win the 2019 presidential elections.

Apart from Katoto Roundabout in Mzuzu, President Mutharika also spoke to people who gathered at Mponela in Dowa and at Jenda in Mzimba.

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27 replies on “Malawi’s 79 years-old President Mutharika says he’s ‘a youth’: Very fit to continue ruling”

  1. Dear Mr President

    All your life, there has been an old man sitting quietly in the corner, or standing patiently in the crowd, always in the background, and always watching you out of the corner of his eye. He has observed the triumphs and disappointments of your youth. He has watched you consolidate your career, and raise a family to be proud of. He is watching now as you refuse to recognize the the limitations imposed by advancing years. He is the Arthur Peter Mutharika who has grown old with dignity, and he is waiting to be acknowledged – finally – by the 79-year-old youth.

    The masked-dancer is the only one who does not see the dance.

  2. Munthu ukamakalamba maso amakunamiza munthu,,,umadziona ngati mwana kikikikiki koma kuti uyende kumaluzanso balance….mwanawake odabwitsatu kikikiki

  4. If indeed there is nobody in DPP to take over from the current President, then Malawians should immediately start looking somewhere else for a president. Malawians cannot continue to endure these hardships. Stay blessed!!

  6. With all respect your Excellency, you behave older than you are and through your increasing dementia our country with 53 looks after your 3 years rule already like one of your classmates! Pretty out of shape!
    So, please Mr President, spare us from another 5 years!

  7. A pathological liar indeed ,when are you going to USA for a follow up on your operation.You are out of date ,expired product ,fosteki!

  8. Stealing or no stealing or kupopa magazi, DPP will not win come 2019. You guys have bling eyes and you fear the President. Nduna za pa Malawi tell your president point blank kuti under you dziko lavunda/laola ili. Who can vote for you. Chamba chiani? Peter ukiti-ukiti hehehehe kkkkkkkk. Koma yes pano ndi pa Flames.

  10. Koma …kuvimeleza kumavuta..@ this age akufunika care in a nursing home.. Osati kulamula dziko..retire and enjoy ur pension …coz 2019 we want change

  11. Iwe ndiwe openga APM,ngakhale dzino limodzi ulibe nkamwa koma you’re still insisting to he young, come 2019 then we will let you knw that you are useless nkhalamba wava..

  13. But what is our problem Malawians to vote for somebody who is 80yrs of age. I cannot understand. Not that I hate mutharika, no. Bit it’s because of three important reasons. First, Malawi has over 75% of its voting population ranging between 18 and 70yrs. Our president cannot claim to match the interests of this age group. He is out of tune and out of place and out of order to represent us effectively. Second, he is simply an old man with divided attention on matters of national importance. He needs rest and deserve his own time tearing chickens and goats at one exemplary farm somewhere. Third, he has proven noneffective and his second term would not end well. Mark my words leaders like him have no idea on transitioning etc. he simply needs to be voted out if he insists to contest in 2019..

  15. Koma nkhalamba imeneyi, itivuta. You mean kuti kulibe anthu ena amene angalamulire, wait and see, remember what happened to his brother after people were tired with him?

  18. He could be older than this. Whether one likes it or not, from 75 years anything can happen. Life span is at 70. Voting for Muthalika will be suicidal for Malawians. He has failed during the first termand we should expect the worst during the second term. DPP have to go back to the drawing board.They are useless and very tribalistic.

  19. Abwana,there are pipo in DPP who can do better than you. You have boys with audible voices,they don’t mumble like u.with due respect chilima,kasaila,nankhumwa,kaliati,Obama,Edgar tembo,Ben phiri,dausi,tembenu,Fabiano sikuti ndi madeye. They can run this country better than you think. Abwana mwamva eti kuti eti atupele akuyima pa 2019. Mukudeleranso Afro barometer? Asiyileni anawa nthawi ndi imeneyi.do u really think a Malawi azakhale ndi president wa zaka 87?

  21. kkkkkkkkk koma iwe wsowa chowanamiza a Malawi iweyo Mwana kkkk Tatopa nawe upite kwina kumene amakuona ngati mwana….zopusa zakozo kuno ayi mwana iwe ma BP ali thooo ukuti mwana kkk

  22. Kodi ulendo wa Thomas Sankala, Rowlings, Mutlara Muhamad kuMalawi kulibe? Atsogoleri awa akupanga zimenezi chifukwa choderera. Akuwona ngati a Malawi ndiwopusa.

  24. Fellow Malawians, if it is indeed true that there is no one in DPP who is better than Professor A. P. Mutharika in DPP, then we should immediately start looking somewhere else for the next President. Malawians cannot afford to go through what they are currently enduring for another five years.

    Stay blessed!!

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