MCP’s Mwamlima calls for tolerance in campaign period

Bennex Mwamlima, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Candidate for  Mzuzu City Constituency has  appealed for  tolerance among political parties ahead of the official campaign period which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is scheduled to open on March 19.

Mwamlima made the appeal after presenting his nomination papers to MEC officials at Mzuzu City Council  on Friday.

“Violence does not profit anyone. So, I would like to ask all members of different political parties to be tolerant to each other. As for me , I do not condone any violence. Some people say politics is a dirty game but that is not true, it is the people entering politics who are dirty,” Mwamlima said.

The MCP Candidate said that once he is voted into office, he  will work well with councilors to  ensure that sustainable development trickles to all residents of Mzuzu.

“The main problem why councilors and MPs have sour relationships is simply because they do not divide our duties, we do not know our duties. My main duty is to represent my Constituency in Parliament and to lobby resources for the Constituency from within and outside,” Mwamlima said.

And  MCP Chairman for the North-South Region Gracious Mafeni Soko affirmed MCP’s readiness to govern the Country and the City of Mzuzu after the May 21 polls.

“Malawi Congress Party is very ready to govern this Country under the leadership of Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and at the same time, MCP is ready to govern  Mzuzu City Constituency under Bennex Mwamlima  and MCP is ready to govern all the Wards here in Mzuzu City to ensure that there is meaningful development,”  Soko said.

Mwamlima is expected to face stiff completion from  nine other candidates including  the incumbent Leonard Njikho  of the United Transformation Movement (UTM) . Other challengers  are the Democratic Progressive Party’s candidate Kenneth Sanga, Alliance for Democracy (AFORD)’s Mercy Mbezuma Mfune,    United Democratic Front’s Ibrahim Swanki, Justice Chimaliro of the Peoples Party  and independent aspirants such as  the Mzuzu City Mayor William Mkandawire and his Deputy Alexander Mwakikunga among others.

Meanwhile,  data at MEC shows that only MCP, DPP and UTM have  councilors  who have submitted nomination forms to contest in the Local Government Elections in all 15 wards.