MCP first again! Chakwera to launch 2019 election manifesto March 8

February 28, 2019 Wanga Gwede- Nyasa Times 54 Comments

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential nominee Lazarus Chakwera who has been applauded by political commentators that he is  getting it right  in his second bid for presidency, will again be the first to launch elections manifesto on March 8 to rump up his party’s electioneering ahead of the polls on May 21  2019.

Chakwera: I have come to be your President
Chakwera and his running mate Sidik Mia : MCP getting it right

MCP spokesperson Reverend Maurice Munthali confirmed to Nyasa Times that the party manifesto launch on Friday, March 8  will be at the Bingu International Convention Centre in the Capital Lilongwe from 9am.

Munthali told Nyasa Times that Malawians can be assured that in MCP they will get what they are, overwhelmingly, looking for  “competence and honesty”  rather than grand promises and wild rhetoric.

He said  MCP understands its electorate’s concerns  and that Chakwera will deliver  his message to wavering voters through the manifesto  which provides  answers to inequality and poverty.

Chakwera knows that MCP has to do things differently this time around having been consistently coming in second at the polls. Since multi-party democracy in 1994. the party lost three presidential bids; in 1999 to Bakili Muluzi, in 2004 and 2009 to Bingu wa Mutharika.

For Chakwera this will be his second election, both as MP and presidential contestant. He was second best to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika in the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections.

Commentators have observed that Chakwera’s leadership so far shows that he learnt a lot from MCP’s past defeats.

MCP was the first party to hold its elective convention and  party primaries.

“When he was elected at the convention, he acted swiftly; to build his party in setting the tone on the political scene in the country and going on to win big in landmark By-Elections in October 2017.

“He has dealt with divisions within the party with swag and led MCP to be the first to hold a convention and the first to hold primaries ahead of May 21 elections,” wrote newspaper columnist MoseS Micheal-Phiri.

Chakwera was also the first presidential aspirant to unveil his running-mate Sidik Mia, who is also MCP vice-president, on December 2, 2018 during a rally held in Monkey Bay, Mangochi.

“By picking Mia as running mate three months to the nomination exercise Chakwera scored a point.  He must have been laughing his lungs out when some parties came out of the Comesa Hall half broken with questionable characters as running mates.

“For the past five years, Chakwera has shown that it is not in his blood to do things at the last minute and it seems he is getting it right,” Micheal-Phiri wrote.

And now Chakwera will be the first to unveil election manifesto. The early bird catches the worm.

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54 replies on “MCP first again! Chakwera to launch 2019 election manifesto March 8”

  3. I hope MCP will also be first to concede defeat. By participating in parliamentary elections, Chakwera knows he can’t win the presidential elections, because it is not allowed to double.

    1. Why do you always find wrongs in everything Chakwera does? If he chose to forgo the parliamentary elections you would have said he is pompous and believes he can be president!! Kuti apange nawo zonse just to show you kuti ndiodzichepetsa, walakwansoooooooooooooo! Koma m’ngulu uyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Munalumidwa ndi njoka zambiri inu, ntchito ndikulimbana ndi anzanuuuuuuuuuuuuu… limenelo nde vuto lanuuuuuuuuu

  4. Being the first doesn’t mean you are the best! Let’s wait for the electorate to choose!

  5. For MCP, this election is between GOD and chakwera. See who will win. This man rejected GOD in public. Guess what GOD will do, if you know the scriptures. He did it in 2014. He will do it again in 2019. The Bible also says the first shall be the last. He is fulfilling the scriptures. Hah ha! ha!

    1. dont use the bible for your own good. The bible itself enforces individuals to lead the nations in. Godly way. How sure are you of what you are saying. If God called him no one can stop mcp from winning. You have a right not to believe him but know that there millions of malawians who believe in him.

    2. bambo yona, keep on in deep slumber with your so called grand pa Mr. Mathanyula. As for MCP and the entire Malawians we want a leader who is always present for the people. That leader id Dr. Chakwera.

    4. Chonde, chonde, chonde let us stop mentioning God’s name carelessly. Remember He tells us that: “We shalt not take the name of the Lord our God in vain”.

      Iweyo when you say and I quote: “For MCP, this election is between GOD and Chakwera” are you implying that God is a presidential candidate in these forthcoming elections? Nanunso inu, this in itself, tells us that you’re possessed………………!

      Mind you, because of the greatness of the name of God, any use of God’s name that “brings dishonor on Him or on His character” is the same as taking His name in vain and or not respectful. Don’t you know that the third of the Ten Commandments forbids taking or using the Lord’s name in an irreverent manner because that would indicate a lack of respect for God Himself. Nanunsooooooooooooooo, you were taught how to read to understand what you’re reading!

      Tatiyeni a Malawi tichite za ndale zathuzi zonunkhazi mu umunthu wathu ndipo tisamalowetsemo kapenanso kutchula dzina loyera la “Mulungu”! Ngati ndikukonda chipani kumene kukuchititsa zimenezi ukuyenela kudziwa kuti ukulowa kolakwika kwambiri, I am sorry to say!

    6. @Bambo yona, inu umbuli ukupwetekani koopsa. Mulungu anabwera kunyumba kwanu kudzadandaula? Chonde chepetsani kuonetsa umbuli..

  6. MCP ON THE MOVE…IFE TIKUMVA KUKOMA…kaya aneba kumpandako zikuti bwanji…

    KAMTIMA KOMA SIKAKUGOGODA….KUTI GUUUU!!!!…GUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!…..Ife till pheeee….Just witnessing the prophecies as they unfold…

  7. I cannot believe it, siku la lero anthu akufuna MCP ibwerere m,boma? A Malawi ndi zowona sachedwa kuiwala. Ine ayi chipani chimenechi, cha Tambala wakuda. Tiye nazoni

    1. Akulu inu nzeru zanu ndi zoperewera. Simukufunikanso kukhala pa intaneti. MCP yapha anthu angati chaka chino? Nanga DPP? So in your sane mentality people should not vote MCP for things that happened 50 years ago with John Tembo’s MCP. How about all the corruption of DPP? How about the lawlessness of the CADETS? How about DPP GOVT SANCTIONED NEPOTISM. You have chosen to remain in the past and believe you me, 99.9% of the people except you and DPP zealots have chosen to move forward

    2. Just continue being paralysed…what remains now is for you to get completely frozen once electoral results are out on 22 May……

    4. Its you who is untransfomative. The destroyers are in neighbours camp doing what they know best.

    2. You cannot understand that Chakwera is still in Church in a nation scale. He will be serving the same God.

  9. Good move! Seems MCP really know what ought to be done, you have been pacesetters in most crucial moments. Tineneretu; ife fundo zanuzo tizimvera ndikuziwerenga ndithu ndi luntha. We are looking for leaders who will not deliberately leave loopholes in their manifestos and even in their set up of governing process just milk the thin cows; ordinary Malawians. We need leaders who understand that as Malawi is today needs strategies not only for normal development, Malawi needs strategies for survival as well. Leaders who can comprehend issues pertinent for the survival of Malawians and their interconnectedness. We will examine how best you intend to revive our educational sector, your understanding of agriculture as a sector that holds back all other sectors of economy in Malawi. If you really know that even when the other sectors rely on agriculture, the agricultural sector itself needs a health physical environment (Pena ndikakumbuka kuti there was a time when the Kaliatis, the Muntharikas, the Mullis and many other DPP guys of that time shared Chikangawa zimandikwana bwanji…..) If you real understand the relationship between a health population and development. And, of course if you understand that the above said sectors are interconnected and research connects them, and, research is crucial for an all inclusive economy and sustainable development. Ndithu, I will influence 20 or more to take a particular direction!

    1. Ndi chifukwa chake mumayenda Osavala pant Chosecho muli ndi zidzukulu…..olo manyazi mulibe…inu kwatsala ndikuthawira mthengo..

  12. Phuma lizakupwetekesani baba chatsika sukudziwa kuti anthu ena atolamo mfundo zako nkuonjezera zao then zaozo zizapotsera zakozotu phuma akulu inu tiziona

    1. Komano zokopelazi ndi zimene zikuvuta kukwanilitsa kwakezi………………………….! Tiyeni tizichita zathu, osamakopela! Professor kukopela zooooooona? Okay ndamva, nanga sipopeza anaupeza ndi Prof. Getuuuuuuuuuuuuuu kikikiki

  15. Typical of the leader people are looking for,competent and honest enawa too much tulo enawonso too much bwalubwalu.

  16. Nice move. Zipani zina zikuti zikuwopa kuti ena abera mfundo zawo. I thought we will be able to tell who has stolen other peoples ideas. Being proactive is very important. One thing we should learn is even when SKC was in government and Chakwera was giving his responses to the presidents speech in parliament, they were all quiet yet we didn’t want to hear what he was saying. Some of the things if we listened we wouldn’t be in this condition. When he called APM prince of thieves even achina Kaliati condemned him because amadya nawo.

  18. Hi-5 is the Chakweras agenda. Nothing for us without us. Sibwino Andende kumati adekhe inu ndinu andendedi kuzolowera kukhala ku ndende. Nanga zimene adachita agogo anu kutenga running mate pa Ginnery corner nkudekha kumeneko kkkkkkk kapena aja adatenga bamboo a sikono just two hrs before presentation of nomination papers nkudekha kumeneko. Chakwera wapita basi ku State House with clean politics, no one will stop him anymore this time around. Congratulations our president for taking very seriously to govern this country and bail out Malawians from albino killings, thieves, corruption, bad governance. God has anointed you to lead us that is why you are always the first president to preside over or launch all elections requirements. God bless you sir.

  20. Abusawa amapupuluma nthawi zambiri. Iyayi dekhani, Ulendo wa ku state house sufunika phuma. Zimafunika odekha izi. Chifukwa chopupuluma mudatsogolera kuti boma ligulitse chimanga kunja chaka chatha. Tidakumvani.
    Chaka chinonso Mulungu akutidalitsa ndi zokolora zochuluka, muwauzanso a Pulezidenti kuti agulitse zokolora, Chimanga kunja?

    4. Kupupuluma kuliso pati nanuso? Kodi umbuliwuso sikanthu wati? Munthu akapanga changu timati,, munthu Ali ndi changu, mchifukwa chake mukulephela kuthana ndi mchitidwe womapha anthu achi albino chifukwa chogunata mpaka anthu mufuna amalizike,, mau oti kupupuluma amabwela ngati munthuyo waphonya, Chakwera waphonya pati? Kikkkkkk vundukulani wanuyo timuone!!! MCP Boma!!!!

    1. John Chisi with UP will be the first to launch their manifesto on 2nd March at Robins Park in BT and not MCP and Chakwera.

    1. Sikukupupuluma man koma kuti good planning monga ena ananena kale kuti ‘Failing to prepare is preparing to fail’. This only show that he is on top of his game that being leader and he leads other follow. Kungoti aMalawi zinthu zabwino simuyamikira ndinakudziwani.

    5. MCP only hope for Malawians. Nkhalamba zikanali mtulo kudikira dzuwa lituluke ndiye zibwere ndi manifesto

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