MCP to replace Mia, Belekanyama: Harry Mkandawire tipped to be elevated
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said it will hold a central executive committee meeting to fill positions of the party’s first vice-presidency and director of research left vacant following the death of its title holders, two Cabinet ministers last week.
MCP lost its vice president Mohammed Sidik Mia and Lingston Beleyankama who was director of research. The two, who succumbed to Covid-19, were also cabinet ministers.
Secretary general of MCP, Eisenhower Mkaka, said according to party constitution, they positions can be filled by a meeting of the central executive committee.
“We will be following what the constitution says in filling those positions,” said Mkaka.
Mkaka said the party executive members guided by President Lazarus Chakwera will decide who should take up the positions.
MCP will need a strong political figure to fill the position given a fact that late Mia was regarded as the Southern Region political gladiator.
The Chakwera-Mia team gave the former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) a stern competition in the South, its stronghold.
MCP insiders said the party may elevate its second deputy president harry Mkandawire to be the first deputy president and pick a first deputy president from the South.
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Mpaka Harry Mkandawire to be the vice president. The same Harry who lost his own constituency to Billy Kaunda. That will be a mistake for MCP. Kkkkkkk Diso la mdzika lili pano kuona.
Too soon. How does MIA’s family feel about this?
Mwamulira kale Mia? Pano mukuganiza zosankha wina zoona? Shame!
Iwenso ndiwe mbuzi bwanji?KUGANIZA ndi KUCHITA ndi zithu zosiyana.Olembayi pamene wanena kuti a MCP akuganiza sakuthauza kuti achita panopa zimene akuganizazo.Bwanji Mtima wa waganizo wa udani baba
Mr President and MCP look at Biden/ Harris in the US, please be progressive and honour the more than 50% women in the country in choosing one of them! You have lots of strong female aspirants in your party! Don’t go for a political nomade like Harry Mkandawire! Unfortunately it seems money counts strongest when it comes to positions inside MCP!
cant agree more there…my feeling is that MCP should take that route, they better consider Catherine Gotan Hara, the speaker ‘she seems to be making the name in protical profile’ as vice president and possible runningmate..tikunena za MCP tu
Life must go on after the painful deaths of Sidik Mia and Belekanyama.
southern region gladiator or Chikhwawa district gladiator ? musamatinamize poti anamwalira
Were Munlo, Kaliwo, Kandiero being honest by pretending to be MCP or were they just DPP disciples sent to cause anarchy in the party. I say this because MCP would not have had problems to continue the effort put in by Mia to win parts of the South were the above mentioned true MCP members.
Munlo may do but i doubt he will accept the vice president post…anawufunitsitsa mpando waukulu uja, nde afta kugwa pa convetion ya 2014 ija
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Anthu omwe amat amia ndiwabwino
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ndiomwe lelo amuiwal kal
It’s alright to do the replacement now. Life has to continue. Nchifukwa chake ambiri sititukuka. Mourning for how long? People like personalizing or politicizing things. In future imfa zichulukatu therefore everything will come to a halt.
I feel so sad! Less than a month we have already started talking about Successors. It’s TRUE that only your relatives can mourn you forever. I could see that s.lot of aspirants were inwardly saying “pachoka mzako pali malo” MTSRIP.
Abida Mia will be the next veep to Chakwera in MCP.
She has been approached and she accepted just waiting for 40days of mourning to elapse.
Harry mkandawire just waisting his time.
If that happens then MCP will tarnish its image cos a Political Party does not work that way that a wife must replace the husband regardless that she has money. Abida as much as she is a good politician in her own right BUT don’t forget that this is Malawi not America. 90% of Malawians believe that Abida is where she is because of Sidik so I dont think that Abida can bulldoze the Southern Region to MCP but that is just my personal opinion.
Making it a family affair? Due process must be followed.
Mia was indeed very effective giant in the South but life must go on and an immediate replacement is necessary. There must be day to day issues requiring Regional MCP VP approval. After all how long does it take to appoint a fallen head of state?
Why the the rush. Are the elections next year????
Indeed why the rush? We know they will be replaced but why make it a newsworthy issue. Anthu akamati a Mkaka ndinu a chibwana, umboni wina ndi umenewu
Kupanda nzeru munthu sanagonemo mkomwe mmanda, sanaole nkomwe mwyamba kale kutokota zopanda pake. A Chakwera ndi mmene mumachitira ku mudzi mulamasakha ufumu? Lilani kaye maliro si emergency iyi. Nchifukwa anthu akunena kuti mukuchepekedwa nzeru pa ulamuliro. Kupupuluma kwambiri. Polani moto ndithu kulani
Kupusatu uku!! Don’t you know that life goes on for those alive? Kuganiza ngati nkhumba..uchitsiru…we don’t fill positions for elections…follow the constitution…
i agree with u. life must move on….indeed we dont feel positions for elections rather the constitution
Mwakhuza kale maliro kodi ? Too soon for this. Iam sure you can wait until their bodies rest in peace…..
pali lamulo lopeleka nthawi yokhuzila maliro? yes takhuza and life must continue…
I hope MCP will play their cards very very well as it feels the vacancies left by the two political giants who went to the LORD recently. Do not underrate the Southern Region because it is this region that kept MCP on the opposition benches for over 20 years. The wise thing to do is replace Hon Mia with someone from the South as well, else, UTM, DPP, will capitalise on that serious mistake. No friends in politics just as we say no enemies. Take care.
Please. Stop over rating the late Mia. He was never a gladiator as this author wants us believe. He had completely list influence.
Most of the votes from the south that went to tonse were in the name of UTM, Not M tsi Phi
True am saddened at MIA passing, but he never added the much needed votes from south, the whole southern region, he only managed to bring his wife as an MP, very poor record honestly
and how many MPs did UTM win dziko lonse?????
Inu vomerezani. You were able to get 142K votes in bt mainly because of utm. Understand utm has a strong pull when it comes to presidency, but weak ku ma MP
nanu a UTM vomelezani kut mumazipanga overate, overhype, u r a very small party…tiyankheni ngat kuwina kwa MCP ma by election aku Ndirande prior to the 2019 elections was due to UTM effect???? you dont have facts to base your arguments zongoganiza basi
Actually the north brought in more votes for MCP than Mia from the south
and yet UTM managed a mere 4 MPs the whole Malawi??? Mia factor ndiyomwe inapangitsa MCP kuoneka kumwera, remember MCP won ku Ndirande ma by election before the 2019 general elections, inali UTM factor imeneyonso????? vuto la UTM ndilimenero, kuziyenereza too much
Abida will be busy looking after her children as a widow. Let her be she doesn’t want to be VP. She may want another family. Let’s give Abida room.
Hear Hear Abida as a widow focus on your family not political limelight. You are from a respectable family. Do not forget traditions, religion and integrity of Mia family. Sidik left you billions enjoy.
Tonse got the south because of TUM osanamizana that it was because of MCP
paja utm inapeza ma mp angati dziko lonse? and kodi kumwera mia ndi mcp anapeza ma mp angati? utm vuto lanu ndikuzikweza popanda ziyenerezo. mwana wobadwa lero, two weeks akufuna kudya gwafwa wosapsa
MP anthu amavotera amene amawona kuti angawapindulire. That is why there were many independents that won. Presidency people chose Tonse in the south because of SKC. Osati Abusawo anta
Blantyre votes were neither influenced by late Mia or UTM yanuyo, have you already forgotten how the new kid in Malawi politics Timothy Mtambo pulled numbers to his preparatory rallies. Comrade Mtambo freely and effectively campaigned in Ndirande not only once but three to four times to the extent of having DPP cadets being butchered.
ndipo chomwe a UTM amaziyikila pachulu sichimaziwika…their arguments opanda ma facts to back up….the party failed miserably
Zaziiii
Achenjelenso Abida
Atha onse phsiti