MCP agree alliance with UTM, Chakwera as torchbearer
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) national executive committee meeting in Lilongwe on Friday night agreed to have talks with UTM Party team on a possible electoral alliance for the forthcoming first ever Malawi fresh elections but with a condition that MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera be torch bearer.

MCP executive members pointed out that the party is already in an alliance with People’s Party (PP) of former president Joyce Banda and Freddom Party of former vice-president Khumbo Kachali.
Chakwera is torch bearer of this alliance with Sidik Mia, the MCP first deputy president as his running mate.
MCP members welcomed the move to include UTM Party of State vice-president Saulos Chilima in the alliance to enhance their chances of winning the 50-plus-one majority threshold as required by the law to avoid a run-off.
Spokesperson of MCP, Reverend Maurice Munthali said the party passed a resolution that gives Chakwera “ full powers to constitute a qualified team to support his pursuit of an alliance through negotiations with the UTM team designated for that purpose.”
Reads a statement issued by MCP: “Pursuant to Article 3(12) of the Constitution of Malawi Congress Party on the need to work with other political parties with which MCP shares ‘a common vision’, the MCP National Executive Committee (NEC) passed a resolution at its meeting of February 28th, 2020, giving the President, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, full powers to enter negotiations with his UTM counterpart on the prospect of an alliance between the two parties.
“Premised on the same constitutional provision, MCP entered into a mutual working relationship with the People’s Party and Freedom Party prior to, during and beyond the 2019 tripartite elections.”
Munthali explained in the statement that Chakwera has been given the mandate to ascertain such terms of an alliance agreement as will be most beneficial for Malawi and its people.
“The MCP NEC believes that empowering the party president with this mission is the best way to harness the national gains that both parties have cultivated together with all patriotic Malawians over the last eight months in which the whole nation fixed its gaze on the Constitutional Court where the MCP and UTM presidents were both petitioners.
“Knowing that the court case was a fight for justice and the political rights of every voter aggrieved by MEC’s mismanagement of the 2019 presidential election, the MCP NEC is confident that the negotiations with UTM will be conducted in good faith and bear fruit to help galvanize the majority of the electorate towards victory and lasting change in the fresh elections scheduled for Tuesday, 19th May 2020,” reads the statement in part.
Munthali said the resolution conforms to the MCP’s well-established value of contact and dialogue, its inimitable sensitivity to the aspirations of Malawians, and its quest for a mew Malawi marked by efforts at “Uniting Malawians” as enshrined in the second pillar of the “Chakwera Super Hi-5.”
The MCP leader and Chilima were putting a united front in their court appearances during the presidential election petition case hearing, and they both endorsed the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC)-led protests against the elections’ outcome, sometimes joining in the demonstrations.
Political analyst Henry Chingaipe has said an alliance between MCP and UTM Party should have been done long ago but it did not happen “because of egos”.
Chingaipe added that unity of purpose among political elites at a certain level has some chance of creating real unity among supporters of the various parties.
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Imagine awa a Chakwera kukhala president, nkhope yake imeneyo….iiiiih, koma Malawi. MCP tinaiyesa kale, inakanika. Ino si nthawi ya try and error. Awa kwawo kudzangokhala kubwera ndi pride yokuti atenganso boma. They will think akhalamo mpaka kale kale. Nthawi ya phada pano tilibe pilizi. Sinthawi yopanga chuma cha ana ako ino, ndi nthawi yopanga chuma cha dziko la Malawi.
mukufuna kungompusitsa Chilima
who need who. If mcp agrees do utm agrees if not why ur head line says agrees.
I prefer utm mcp go alone.
The only solution is to follow the Kenyan model. Parties coming together to form an alliance under a different brand. Having MCP join UTM or the other way round is not an alliance. If they go into an alliance then let’s call, say, “Umodzi Alliance” or “Tiyende limodzi Alliance” Otherwise forget about alliance business.
Chilima or bust zimenezi timati ndale palibe za mgwirizano ndi chipani cha kupha cha magazi ngati MCP
Join the discussion… Chilima First Vice President and Mia Second Vice President. problem solved
Koma tikunamizidwa . Waiting for the official announcement otherwise tizidanapo coz of hearsays
Ineso ndikuona honcho
Chilima ndi malonda opanda msika. The DPP does not want him and they are fine without him and so is MCP. Two powerful parties that can go again by themselves without UTM and still have a chance to do well. Chilima is the one who needs the others more. He should be content to go as VP wherever they have him, if they can have him at all, otherwise Chilima is wasting time if he thinks he will be torch bearer for DPP or MCP.
Man think Ubuntu . I am because we are . Don’t have selfish thoughts. We need each other. We live for each we are fighting a common cause. Neither MCP or UTM 🔥💪 are much more superior than the other.
Not in politics, that is why we have many political parties in one Malawi. If we all have one common goal why to have different parties? What they guy on top of you is saying,is very true, Chilima should just be as low is he is so that he should be uplifted by MCP otherwise these big parties they are ok on their own. I can assure you that he will be no where in the politics of he can not join his hands with MCP because,I don’t even think DPP have ever given a thought of him after the ruling whom they can pattern with. Let’s just have a hope that they will agree on one thing and good for Malawians.
No one in their right mind would want to join the DPP at this moment in time. Don’t kid yourself, they were caught red handed stealing the election and there is no way in hell that they can win the next election. Not even close.
Apparently the formula is talks now, think about positions later. Mukhapana ndi zikwanje.
That Chakwera becomes the Torch Bearer while Mia is running mate is a non-starter. Don’t be childish MCP. In the proposed alliance Chilima becomes running mate Full stop. Otherwise forget an alliance and let DPP triumph.You will then see the wrath of Malawians. In fact this could spell the death of one of you.
Back to sender!
This is MCP RESOLUTION! Not Alliance Resolution aMalawi! Kodi bwanji umbuliwu? Mpaka kulephela kunva zinenedwazi ndithu? Kikkkkkkkkk!
Dr Chilima, nthawi iliipo yomanga chipani cha UTM chokomera mtundu wambiri wa Malawi kuchokera kumpoto, pakati, kummawa ndi kumwera.
Kutenga itsstira anu nkuwaphatikiza ndi MCP, Joyce Banda and Khumbo nkulakwira onse amene akukhulupilira kuti mudzakhala president woyenera ndi nthawi ino.
Kuli bwanji muime ngati UTM badi olo zitsayende monga tikufunira, 2025 inuyo mukhala president wa fuko la Malawi.
Koma kuti zikhale bwino, mangani chipani cha mfundo zotukula Malawi ndi onse ofuna kutsintha moyo wa a Malawi ochokera ku madera onse ndatchula kalewa.
Chondr musatengere za dpp kutenga Atupele kuti onse akhale akumwera okhaokha.
Chakwera akakhala president chifukwa mwathandiza ma voti sipatenga nthawi mudanapo koopsa komanso 2025 mudzalimbana kuti mumugwetse.
It’s never too late, musakhumudwitse onse amene ali ndi chikhulupiliro pa inu ndi UTM kuti ndiinu amene mungatsinthe zinu.
God Bless Malawi.
Muli Mbeki YA amalawi kapena iti.Chilima akhale ndi MCP tonse ndi a malawi UDF akhale ndi DPP tonse ndi amalawi.A malawi eni adzasankha Mbeki to Panama basi.zoti asalowe ku mgwirizano ndi MCP ndiye multi akalowe ku DPP lomwe mumamutengera zikwanje.komaso Chilima adzatsyuka ngati mgwirizano wawo Italian.komaso palibe cholera a utm allows kumeneko.Tifuna akaliati ndi anzawo a pp adzakhale nano mboma LA anthu onse chigawo zonse ndiye malawi watsopano ameneyo osati wazidani.Dr.Joice Banda deserves respect as former president.She stands for the truth.She is not regionalistic or tribalistic as other narrow minded veteran politicians from the south who thinks a ruler will never come from the centre or north after Kamuzu.My question is are you God yourself or human being?.Today know this like Elisha told a man who was doubting that food will be available at low cost the coming day before sign set but could not believe,I tell you some one from the centre or north will become president OF amalawi sooner or later.You will see with your eyes but you may not cherish that moment.God is God.Amen.
Kikkkkk this is a good argument ever!
Nyasatimes management please be serious with ur web news. You used to be super but now you’re throwing things on the media without censorship. The stories concerning MCP/ UTM is not very consistent & representative
If Chakwera is president, either he will kill Chilima or he will swallow UTM and vomit them later. MCP cannot be trusted, they are ruthless. Chilima will be too naive after serving as Veep under DPP to go again and serve as Veep under MCP. This is a marriage of convenience, it will not work. UTM is strong enough to go it alone, the dynamics of the political landscape flavour Chilima more than any candidate.
Iwe ulibe nzeru. Ndiwe mvundula madzi.
You’re a liar. Chilima is still third in popularity. Did you see how small the crowd was at Masintha? Have you seen Chakwera’s rallies lately? UTM yachepa! You need to learn to speak the truth. Umudziwe Yesu.
No sense. Anthu osafunira Malawi zabwino inu.
Iwe khokhoba WA DPP, stop misleading people he with mcp will get rid of your Mulakho adadi and the senseless cadets. Soon your cadets will join us. Go sleep babah the ears sing listening to your crap
Tell people facts Chakwera is a Christian not fake.The killers you know them yourself.If chakwera is a killer yet he has never killed anyone.What about those that have already killed.You mean people should vote those that have killed.
Nde mukuvutikilanji? Nzanuyo ananena kuti talks first, maudindo later. So you want Chilima for MCP agenda? I see no room for UTM agenda here. Not happening. MCP is obviously not ready to compromise. Chilima lets go
Let’s go where to hell.Never will that happen
Chirima ngati sakagwada kwa Peter ngati mwana olowerera.Sadzapeza mtendere Moyo wake onse pamodzi ndi Kaliati, Shanil,ndi mkazi wakale uja.Anthu anyoza awa mtundu onse.Peter Ali du osamangapo aliyense.
Chilima cannot get peace in DPP.He has peace with UTM and more importantly with MCP.
The sooner this is completed the better …By now we must be looking at how Our Votes are going to be Protected ….
Last time the Opposition Vote was Greatly divided in the North ….Talking to friends from Up there …Most people want an Alliance that Side ….It’s up to the Opposition to Divide the Vote in the North ….Once again ….
This is non starter , why putting Sidik Mia the deputy president instead of Chilima? Negotiate with UTM while knowing that UTM has millions as well of followers .
We need our president Chilima to be vice to Chakwera or else forget about this alliance.
We can’t allow him to be used and dumped on bench, no ways.
We will stand up for him and defend our party not to be used in any how.
So you want to give a chance for DPP to regain government, people need to stop thinking of their party and start thinking of The people of Malawi who protested for 9 months to win a ruling that most thought would not be achieved. MCP and UTM stood side by side to win a fight which most thought is a road to nowhere, after winning the battle we are now fighting and saying we can go it alone or there should be no alliance WOW. Please people if you want a change of government and you want Malawi to go in a new direction than start thinking in a new way because everything we have sacrificed for 9 months and loss of business would have been for nothing absolutely nothing.
What would Chilima gain by being runningmate to Chakwera? It is precisely the reason he quit DPP. He didn’t want to be VP. He wanted to be president. Besides, by being runningmate to Chakwera, Chilima will have to wait for ten years to be president since Chakwera would be entitled to 2 terms as president if in the very unlikely event he wins. In that case, it would have been better if he had remained in DPP where APM is serving final term.
It’s better to rescue the sufferings of malawians than to be a president for what.The fact is that if chilima go it alone he will be third he knows.MCP and DPP will hold for rerun of which he Chilima will opt to support chakwera but will gain nothing.So to chilima my advise is that go for running mate to fulfill your two terms as VP that is the best you can do in your life other than be a one term VP.
An alliance with UTM and Chakwera being the torch-bearer and Mia his running mate will not work. If Chilima agrees to that then he has lost direction. The reason for him leaving DPP was people called him to lead them and he accepted that. The same people who called him still want him to be president of this country. Nothing less than that. In addition, Chilima cannot be running mate of Chakwera simply because if he does that it means he will never be president of this country. According to the Constitution of this country he will have served two consecutive terms as vice president of Malawi and will not be eligible to contest any election. The term limits are both for president and vice president respectively. Again he will not have achieved the will of the same people who asked him to lead this country in the presidency. So MCP are just wasting their time giving those conditions to UTM. The only workable alliance is the one that Chilima is going to lead. Period. Nothing less than that.
Not true achimwene he will because it is presidential
Constitution yake iti imeneyo? Nanga aMalewezi anayima bwanji as independent presidential candidate in 2004 after saving as Muluzi’s vice president for two consecutive terms?
You don’t know anything about the Constitution of Malawi..
Mutu wankhani,,, ndi nkhani ili mumusimu zikusiyana.
Sindikunvesa mwati alliamce with UTM but Chakwera as leader Mia as VP then Chilima akhaleno pati aaaaa noh its better aliyene payekha basi UTM can do better near to 50%1
Akukamba za earlier alliance with PP and Freedom Party before UTM kuti in those alliances Sidik was Running mate
That a serious problem with MCP you should have waited for a joint meeting with your friends from UTM!!!! now what will happen if the UTM gurus suggest that CHILIMA should be the torch bearer of the alliance???????? as for me it was going to be better if you have chosen Chilima because he holds so many advantanges than Chakwera…..What people should have in mind is ths – what formular should we use in order to get the mass voting??? As we talk now MCP is already divided on the choice of Leadership – most Kasungu gurus have opted for Chilima – seriously MCP should go back to the drawing board and come up with the best solution on this matter.
MCP SIYAKU KASUNGU NDI YA A MALAWI MCHIFUKWA GWANDA WA KUMWERA ANAKHALA PULEZIDENTI.
Chilima must agree alliance with MCP if not payekha sangawine
Lest pray hard coz mavutu kwathu kuno awonjeza osanama
Join the discussion…chilima cant sand as a runnin mate for the second time because hat shall mean he will no longer stand for the presidency in 2025
mind you he has oredy saved his first tenure as vice president
If Chilima cannot lead the alliance, then he should go it alone. I think none of the three blocks will get 50 plus one. If he earns third of the votes, he will have better capital or leverage to negotiate with anyone of the two blocks in order to win 50 plus one
That’s the news we need to be hearing. Excellent and do it fast though.
when did they agree
Bravo mcp. Bravo utm. You are the last hope of Malawi. Viva chakwera! Viva Chilima! At this point Peter must be very close to a bottle of water. If he is not please body guard be ready with one.
Any form of alliance will unravel the MCP and UTM because there is NO longer trust between the two and egos are too BIG! Becuase they have left it far too long, supporters especially of UTM are already thinking of returning to their original parties.
Total votes for the alliance will be significantly less than the sum of its parts. With Utm votes evenly split between two alliances The south retains the presidency, the centre remains bitter and the North divided if not confused.
MCP is a party that will never stop it’s greed. You want to talk to Arafat Hamdani with all positions taken up. Useless idiots….muuuzane.
Apapo pakufunika changu migwilizano dziko ili lagawanika kwambili migwilizano itiumbanitsa monga Ana kamodzi malawi