MCP pins down Chilima on vote rigging claims for Malawi watershed polls
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) said they strongly believe Vice-President Saulos Chilima has an intimate knowledge of rigging machinations for the country’s watershed polls and that he should give more details regarding how Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is planning to rig and how it manipulated the results of 2014 election for President Peter Mutharika and him to be declared winner.
Chilima said when he launched his United Transformation Movement (UTM) in Lilongwe that he is aware that government has procured a spying machine meant to record phone-call conversations through the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra), saying all this was out of desperation to rig elections.
The former Chief Executive Officer for one of the country’s biggest mobile telecommunication providers, Airtel, said recording people’s phone conversations was illegal and criminal.
He said: “Machine anuwo ngati mukuti mubera mavoti mwauponda [If you think you will rig elections using the spy machine you are wasting your time]”.
But MCP in statement issued by its publicity secretary Reverend Maurice Munthali said Chilima’s statement is a vindication that Chakwera won the 2014 elections but that Mutharika was declared winner on fraudulent results.
“We in MCP take Chilima’s message as both vindication of what MCP under Chakwera has always been preaching about but alsi as a window for us to inqure more from SKC (Saulos Klaus Chilima),” Rev Munthali said.
DPP and government spokesman Nicholous Dausi denied the rigging claims and that it is not true that Chilima helped DPP rig 2014 elections, as widely alleged.
But MCP said they are following the pattern of rigging strategy starting from registration and that they will seriously counter any manouverers to steal the votes.
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The worry of MCP is that UTM might replace the party on the seat of Leader of Opposition. MCP should just do a vigorous campaign in the centre to prevent its supporters from joining UTM because this will make DPP to increase its chances of an easy walk to presidency. MCP and UTM should fight for Chakwera’s current seat not the presidency. Mupwetekana nokhanokha ku oppositioni’ko.
MCP is an institution and a going concern too. Those murderous and atrocious activities were done by MCP whose symbol is a black cock. The MCP carried out those odious activities using their members. Those atrocious activities are in the DNA of MCP. MCP has been passing on these atrocious activities from one generation to another including the so called new converts like Chakwera, Munthali and others. After all the key attribute for one to qualify as MCP member is NKHANZA. So long as it is MCP and its symbol is a black cock, chipanichi sichinasinthe; ndi chakupha basi. Amalawi chenjerani, musazavotere MCP ndi chipani choipa zedi. Kumbukirani, Sapita Kawiri – never again!!!!!
Talk of achina Dausi and Ntaba. Great change has happened in MCP. This is the only party that stood the test of time in Malawi and a true practitioner of democracy. Zakupha ndiye musakambe Mesimadzi. Almost every party in this country is associated with political killings.
Sapita kawiri or never again those are just negative tactics that the government has used. It will backfire on them.
Robert Chasowa, Issa Njaunju,Goliatiolihbb
Chilima and UT(Mw) have oChakwera worried, really worried: As far as the Presidential vote is concerned, the latter could actually trail Chilima in the Central Region. Thus nationwide, the picture would look like oChakwera (3rd), Chilima (2nd) …
Trouble brewing in the MCP camp, already. Just wait for the infighting – Kabwila is back.
Chilima is a threat to DPP and not MCP. This thinking is just a scapegoat to those who have moved from DPP. As a common Malawian, i have a lot of reservations on this UTM. Chilima is the VP and has been in DPP for four years. Why reveal this now? What did he do when he was inside? Why not resigning then? There have been claims that he was the pioneer of the 2014 tripartite general elections rigging. Why not clear his name first?
On the UTM launch he emphatically said ”they are planning to rig the elections, we will not let that happen and they are too young to do that.” For a person like me this tells me that he was involved in some scams.
I can’t bank my hopes on him and his team right now.
Chilima brought it up himself. He pretty sure knows more about rigging than any of us. MCP is just following up on the rumors that Chilima rigged the votes for APM in 2014. Nothing wrong with wanting to know the truth.
A Kongelesi paja kuganiza kumakuvutani. Here is my advice.
Desist from targeting Chilima. At this point in time Chilima symbolises change for Malawians. Anyone attacking him will be seen by voters as siding with DPP.
Either just concentrate on your own campaigns or work with him. Free advice, take it you win, leave it you loose even your position as second largest party.
MCP is not in any mess. Or is there another MCP you are referring to? Or are you trying to give people the impression MCP is in a mess? Sorry. Support your political party without castigating others. That’s what multiparty politics is all about. We are no longer a one party state. If you support DPP, please go ahead. If you support PP or any other party, please proceed. Stop using hate language on this forum.
Game yawakulira awa. They will be fighting one another while the Cock will be busy picking the maize and the red tomato. MCP wautaliiiiiiiii!
MCP should not waste time with Opportunists.Like Kondowe has of APAM has said ,Chilima was invited to several functions /activities to do with People living with Albinoism .He never attended even Once.Kondowe reasons that Chilima was better placed as VP to fight for them than Winiko.MCP just focus on your Message. People know that you have talked against Corruption, Chakwera even had a press conference on Escom genset issue.You have the Tapes use that.Chilima will Use Donald Trump’s Strategy of Saying Controversial Things just to be in the News.Mukamamuyankha attention ikhala pa Iye ndizomwe atofuna.
2014 was 4 years ago and its now water under the bridge. MCP please focus on way forward. DPP is in government now and you better fight a good fight to win the hearts and the minds of the people. DPP-led government has made it easier for any party to win elections……you just need 35% of the votes (it will be highest any political party will be able to amass and the 65% will be shared amongst the many parties now registered).
Good strategy
😀😀😀😀😀MCP seriously??? MCP you need to find yourself first coz now you are lost, why don’t you fix your internal mess first
good riddance
Rev Munthali is not wrong. He is just short of the truth. Let him come straight and say that Chilima is just vindicating those who suspected him that he was the masterminder of the 2014 vote rigging. He is therefore fearing DPP might repeat what happened when he was with them. Munthali should just tell Chilima in the face that he should not cry now because he is out of the team. All this talk about machine for rigging is just the beginning of self defeat for the movement. It is just finding faults in advance for the impending defeat. Leave the 2019 game to MCP and DPP. Don’t be fooled with town votes.
Rumours are all over alleging that DPP has collected all National IDs from Jehova’s Witenss Church members to use for rigging purposes just because they [the members] do not participate in voting!! Munthali and MCP please make a follow-up on this b4 it is too late!!
how true is this????? how can one take your ID and keep it until the voting day? i thought voters registration matches with the bio-metric and it needs the physical presence of the holder on the registration place????
Kindly leave JWs alone, they don’t swim with (you or anyone) in this rubbish pool of mud.
Iwe Kuchitekete onse amene anali akupha panopa ali ku D PP a Dausi, Taba, ndi ena omwe iwe ukuwadziwa, Dr Chakwera panthawiyo kunalibeko. But now who killed Chasowa ( Peter ) Who killed Njaunju ( Peter ) u can’t refute it A bwana a Mia analipo 1982 /83 there about no therefore DPP ndiyo yakupha munya muona machine ndiamenewo mukutuluka mmbomamu
MCP MCP, Who is your enemy? Focus on that one. Rest boma likudutsaninso ili. Have a better discussion with Chilima and form one front, otherwise if you parties think of doing it alone then you are digging your own grave. Get to know kuti mukulimbana ndi a pumbwa akuba, akupha and they care less what you do. They want to win at any cost and a divided opposition is what they need.
Uku ndiye kutha maplan a MCP. Akuuzilani mayeso bwanji osangokawafunsa a DPP za ka machineko. Mukalimbana ndi odandaula mzanu pa nkhaniyi…..you are not serious honestly and no wonder it is very doubtful that mcp can ever get back into government with such total display of lack strategies and good faith at looking into matters. Wakeup fools!!!!!!!!!!…munapha anthu osalakwa for a long time mitu yanu singagwiledi………
There have been claims that Chilima helped DPP to rig elections in 2014, these are allegations that people have made just like Chilima has made allegations about other people. It is wrong to ask Chilima to clear himself on this issue. I know the timing for MCP is wrong but the allegation is still there. The overturning of results by the court in Lilongwe gives as a clue. Do not dismiss it just because its Chilima, let us be objective. Chilima is a human being.
Chilima has legacy of rigging elections for APM and even villagers know this.
Another good riddance at display. What a shame!
MCP please chose one battle to fight against, you seem confused and disoriented
SKC mbava ya technology. kulira. same pipo
Its proper to fight from all fronts, and the strategies change as the battle progresses depending on the successes or failures on the ground. In such scenarios, advisors in particular political scientists or analysts are crucial for their input.
inunso a mcp tulo kwambiri kodi mmesa nanunso mumati boma likufyna kubera ma voti ndi registration low turn out malingana ndi mmene mukuonela nayenso akuthilila ndemenga ndi mmene wauzidwila ndi kuonela tou are saying the same thing and he is saying the same nde mukuti chani mulibe nzeru
Oh, poor Moses!
I think Chilima must have enough information on rigging claims
Mr Rev Maurice Munthali, please talk less, let the demagogue in the name of Saulos Chilima do his work. Bringing infighting with him now will bring you to a huge disadvantage.
How?
How???? can’t you see that the political wave is with Chilima and if you try to cross his way you will be crushed. Be careful what you wish.
In a lake there many waves coming. It requires a experienced swimmer to observe them all and test their strength too. How come someone who was in the same government just comes out and then says these people plan to rig the elections. Just because he is out then he must prove his innocence, hell NO! We have a lot of questions for the UTM.