MCP, UTM alliance talks begin

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM representatives are Monday evening meeting in Lilongwe for a do or die meeting to find a common ground for a political alliance.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful  Chakwera (r) and UTM president Saulos Chilima hope for electoral alliance

Both MCP secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka and UTM publicist Joseph Chidanti Malunga confirmed of the meeting but were not forthcoming with the details.

Sources said the meeting is expected to be attended by the two parties’ select national executive committees on alliance.

MCP will be led at the meeting by Mkaka whilst UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati will lead her team.

It is expected that the two teams will put on the table their respective offers for a possible alliance and crucial is the issue of who will be the presidential candidate and running mate in the event that the two parties agree on alliance.

Other issues shall also include the sharing of cabinet positions and other government positions as well as how to harmonise the two parties manifestos.

In the run-up to the annulled presidential election, Chakwera partnered former president Joyce Banda and her People’s Party (PP) as well as the country’s former vice-president Khumbo Kachali and his Freedom Party. The partnership between MCP and the two is still intact.

Talk of the MCP and UTM Party electoral alliance is coming a week after President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) unveiled a partnership with United Democratic Front (UDF), a move some commentators have argued exerts pressure on Chakwera and Chilima.

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Gibo
Gibo
4 years ago

Ndale ndizobvuta kunzimvesa, you guys specially chilima he’s from dpp and moreover he was a vice president, mukufuna mundiuze kunena kuti ntchito 1 million zo waziona panopa zoti awapase a Malawi, nthawi yomwe anali pa u vice president samadziona zimenezo,
Angakhale atakhala pa mpando lero adzayamba wankhutisa mutu wake kenako nkumazanamizira kuti anali ndi nthawi yo chepa
Ayi ndingoti congratulations alliance ya akabuku okha okha kkk kulumana nkosayamba

chinthuli
chinthuli
4 years ago

Chondechonde makosana inu tagwilizanani kapena kuti munvane chimodzi kuti Malawi muno muzatikonzeleko ESCOM, misewu yonse mu Malawi muno . A Chakwera timakunyadilani chifukwa ndinu munthu woopa Mulungu koma inu a Chilima kuyendetsa Boma mumatha kwambiri choncho mzeru za anthu awirinu kuphatikiza Malawi akhoza kupindula kwambiri. kodi bwana Chilima magalimoto ndi achitetezo anu akubwenzelani? ngati sichoncho mmmmmmm ndizowonadi kuti DPP imatamthawuza dishonest people in politics

menzo aka maides ge menard john
menzo aka maides ge menard john
4 years ago

Allow Chilima to lead the alliance……….

Dende lanowa
Dende lanowa
4 years ago

Dende lanowa MCP/UTM Boma

EDDIE CHAWEZA
EDDIE CHAWEZA
4 years ago

This is straight forward issue, lengezani kuti mwapanga mgwirizano osati ma week onsewa tizingomva kuti “tiyamba zokambirana” . Nkhani yama udindo yavuta kkkkkkk onse aja ndi adyera ndiye aliyense akukaikira mzake

Ili likhale banja la atambwali okhaokha

Angoni apaphata
Angoni apaphata
4 years ago

Zikukhala bwanji Kodi pa chithunzipa? Body language……

Chilipa Thako
4 years ago

Tikudikira kuti timve kuti zokambirana zawo sizinathe bwino chifukwa choti sanamvane pa maudindo .

Sam sibanda
Sam sibanda
4 years ago

Ndizotheka,there is no us without us.

John
John
4 years ago

Anxiously waiting for the outcome of the discussion

POLITICAL PROPER GANDA
POLITICAL PROPER GANDA
4 years ago

Achina siBwenni dzutsani AFORD kuti mudzapikisane ndanzanu 2024/25. Kupita kusukulu kuppusa osakuchokani Kumamgokhalila kuspkoneza

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