MCP has an opportunity to govern Malawi in 2019 but Chakwera, stop preaching to the choir or disband
A man with conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions your sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point, so wrote the celebrated Stanford University psychologist Leon Festinger.
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is a man of faith. He stands for what he believes. You can’t move him. In fact, head-on attempts to persuade him can sometimes trigger a backfire effect.
People like Chakwera not only fail to change their minds when confronted with the facts, they may hold their wrong views more tenaciously than ever. The word change to them does not exist. You can urge them to change but they will not until the cows come home.
After the Sunday showdown in Lilongwe, what more evidence do you want that Chakwera and MCP will never change?
The national executive council meeting the party held on Sunday in Lilongwe, to neutrals, is nothing but a Kangaroo court. It was a platform to please Chakwera, and for the MCP leader to show all and sundry that he is in charge of the fading opposition party.
After meeting for 9 hours—possibly due to lack of leadership and direction—the national executive council (NEC) members resolved to suspend the party’s first deputy president Richard Msowoya and secretary general Gustave Kaliwo. Their crime: allegedly trying to destabilise the party. But the truth is, the two have been openly opposing Chakwera’s political principles.
Chakwera’s advisors or call them members of the national executive council–are nothing but wolves in sheep’s clothing for reaching this verdict. Because they know that it is only at the party’s convention where leaders of the party can be elected or removed by consensus.
The decision on Sunday, which is yet to be endorsed by the party—as those fired or suspended are yet to be served with letters—will only bring about the collapse and the decay of the party ahead of 2019 elections.
In fact, word on the street is that, MCP should expect to spend more time at the courts fighting injunctions than campaigning on the field should they go ahead with the decision to fire its executive members.
But why is Chakwera and MCP not tolerant? Is it because MCP has been intolerant for many years?
We on the streets have it on good record that the support base in the Centre is very intolerant because they feel they own the party. For them, opposing views are unacceptable. Even the media is an enemy. Only the people from the Centre can be right in MCP. It’s a rotten system Kamuzu Banda built in the party that Chakwera now must try to change. And change he must or the party will die.
He has to understand, that there are people in the MCP who are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the MCP system that they will fight to protect it even if it means the party losing general elections in 2019.
MCP has an opportunity to take over government in 2019, with ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wobbling like a wounded buffalo, the People’s Party (PP) in disarray and the United Democratic Front (UDF) fast fading into the blue.
It must not go back to its old ways of doing business. It’s time to change, to embrace those from the North and South. For how long will Chakwera preach to the choir?
This time Chakwera should analyse the party’s performance of 2014 elections and see where things went wrong. He must ask why the MCP is a perennial loser even in Ntcheu. What about Neno and Mwanza districts those are in close proximity with Ntcheu?
The youth in the party are demanding real reforms and real change, not the hypocrisy of rewarding leaders with fake loyalty.
He should learn that in politics people within the same party can differ in principle but continue to work together without expelling each other out. In fact, differences in an organisation are inevitable and it is incumbent upon the leader to handle them maturely.
Don’t they say the strength of a man is measured by his ability to solve problems? It is high time Chakwera strengthened the party in the South with Sadik Mia and in the North with Msowoya instead of expending his energy suspending people with dissenting views in the party.
Word on the street is that, the crisis in MCP will not end until Chakwera and his ‘wise men from the Centre’ masquerading as national executive council members learn to embrace other people’s views.-Source: NPL
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walemba nkhaniyi mutu wake sumagwila ntchito,am sure ndiwe dpp supporter,
sowoya,kaliwo and others akupanga nsanje ndikubwela kwa mia,
ifeyo ma supporter a mcp tilibe nawo ntchito achina msowoya chifukwa choti ndi anthu omwe afuna agwetse chipani cha mcp,inuyo ma supporter a dpp mukufuna kuti mcp ikhale ndi weak candidate cholinga choti priince of thieves adzawine mosamvutikila,simugona tulo ndi DR chakwela
Ndalama za Mia zaononga MCP because of Chakwera’s greed.
This article is bunch of boloney not looking into the root causes of the wrangles. Greed, self centeredness, jealousy just to mention a few. Chakwera has shown exceptional leadership by not accepting dirty money from the ruling Dpp & that’s on record in comparison to ” the so called speaker “(Richie) & his corrupt clones.
Dr Chakwera ali ngati ntchentche yotengeka ndi MANYI atsopano. He has abandoned Msowoya in favour of the new catch- the Half-caste. Rev Chakwera listen. This mulatto you are flirting with, is not a Malawian at all. He is the illegitimate child born to a Mozambican woman who was made pregnant by a Portuguese settler. This half-caste has no right to poke his long nose into the political affairs of this country.In fact he deserves to be thrown out of this country.
Dr Chakwera, have you forgotten that when Malawians were fighting for the independence of this country, mulattos were siding with the colonialists to frustrate the liberation struggle?
Kaladi ameneyu is a neo-colonialist. Abusa, do you want Malawians to go back to “Egypt” adzikaphula njerwa za moto with bare hands?
Why can’t Mr Kaliwo and his best friends Kabwila and Msowoya form their own party, if they think they are the best people in MCP, what motive do they have, and whose interest are they serving during this crucial time when MCP was supposed to be preparing for the forth coming elections in 2019???
For the devil comes to kill and destroy, these DPP mercenaries are out again on their quest to destabilise and destroy MCP.
The majority had passed their verdict through the NEC of MCP but the mercenaries have another way of clinging on to positions they don’t deserve…
How on earth can Kaliwo justify to be the MCP secretary General, he has never spend a penny to conduct a political rally anywhere in Malawi……..compare him to the DPP SG Geff wa Geff Kaliwo is just a dead man walking,
Why MCP has been keeping this man in this position for years, only God knows.
Its now up to the MCP ordinary members to bring this saga to an end…..MCP is bigger than Kaliwo, Msowoya and or Kabwila.
Its about time these DPP mercenaries are dealt with once and for all………….how you do it, its entire up to you
Moses Michael Phiri, this is trash, nothing else. No more comments.
It’s easily said than done; can u tell which party in Malawi is squabbles free? It looks like some people have pathological hatred for Chakwera.
If the Msowoya, Kaliwo, Kabwira etc were in DPP would they survived from this expulsion? Be objective and professional in your articles
yOU HAD NOTHING TO WRITE.
Do you really believe that people like kaliwo loves MCP? If people have indicated that they will form their own party why should they be allowed to stay. When DPP realised that JB and KK were forming parallel structures which undermined the existence of the party they were expelled. No one is bigger than the party. Unity is paramount.
The author of this article is also chicken-headed or stupid or maybe both because he’s trying to make sense but ending-up contradicting himself. You can’t embrace people who are distancing themselves from you just for the sake of sugarcoating the stuation; as they say…… real peace is not just the absence of violence but the existence of justice. A real leader is the one who tells you ; you are wrong when you are and punish you accordingly for as much as he appreciate you when you are right. Msowoya and Kaliwo maybe right in one way but they’re wrong in many ways and so is Chakwera maybe wrong in one way but he’s right in many ways. These rebels were called to defend themselves in what they believe in but didn’t pitch; so you wanted the whole party and the NEC to bend backwards and beg them? No, if you are not with us then you are against us and you can’t be part of us ; you can’t share your love with someone else and share your dreams with me. Problem with african leaders is that once they think they have ‘arrived’ , they want to be praised and behave like they own party or the country. Msowoya and Kaliwo are part of the leadership which is failing according to them ; why not fix the problem if they are real leaders or show strength as you put it in your unbalanced article than blaming one person? For your own contradictions; it’s not the people from central region who are trying to prevent southerners or northeners to join the party.
Mwalemba zokusangalasani. Chakwera decides pamene Peter doesn’t. Chakwera amapanga chisankho Peter amakakamizidwa kupanga chisankho eg pa Chaponda. Chakwera amakondedwa ndi anthu onse ndiopemphera pamene Peter ndi cashgaters. Malawi akufuna munthu ngati Chakwera was serious. Mwati amalawi akufuna wachimata kkkk Pitala ndi Chakwera bola Chakwera. The guy is smart. You make him popular by ur anger and fear. Wait n See your bias will die out.
I beg to differ with the writer of this article. MCP is the only party in Malawi which is democractically led and its leadership history will back my point. Was Msowoya, Kaliwo and not called to the NEC meeting???? Why did they chose not to come???? Was it not the right forum for them to air out their views???? Are they trying to tell us all that they are bigger than the rest???? You want to tell me that the NEC meeting which Kaliwo was calling was more legitimate than the one Chakwera called???? If I may correct you, have you ever seen the number of youths who are associating with MCP now???? You can not tell nowadays youths history because the classes they have attended has thought them that even in established democracies in Europe and beyond started with dictatorship, so Malawi is not exceptional. Todays youths support leaders based on facts not blind loyalty as some of us might be. I understand MCP has followed what is in their constitution. Msowoya and Kaliwo want to work in isolation from the rest, does it work like that???? Let them start their party if they are not comfortable with what is happening in MCP because they have chosen not to participate with other NEC members or else join other parties because there are over 50 parties in Malawi. Most Malawians are not the same as it was when multiparty was just new, they think and differenciate good from bad. Msowoya does not want competition from MIA. Are you saying he should just be rubber stamped for the vice presidency. Mind you being party vice president is not automatic that you will be a running mate in an election. I dont need to give you examples as 2014 elections in all other parties will back my point.
Should it only be Chakwera embracing other peoples’ views? The main problem is that other people, the likes of Msowoya feel bigger than the party. What is tolerance? Taking heed from those who do not want others to join the party? You may not define tolerance without giving us what the issues are?. Mr Mphiri spell out the issues. Unfortunately, we know you are writing under instructions from you Madam-boss who flirts with Msowaya. Sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a Point of no return abale!!! This is a new MCP under the New Leadership of Dr.Chakwera, Empowered by akamuna Muhamad Sidik Mia, Kuchikweza from Central Region yaku Mwera monga the writer is trying to twist the truth of the New Done!!!! History is being made under this new Leadership and u have seen yourself, but you cant accept the reality!!! Tikutitu!!! ITS A POINT OF NO RETURN!!!!!!! Mulemba mutopa!!! New MCP Ever Forward and Never backward!!! Takunvani kuti mukulira, ndipo simunalire, mulira ndithu chokweza!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The big two, aaaaaaah!!!!!! ndi akatundu omanga ndi Mawaya inuuuuu!!!!! kikikikikikikiki!!!!!!!!!!! TAKE CARE and CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!