Mutharika absence in campaign trail a blow -Analysts
Political experts say the continued absence of President Peter Mutharika in the heated campaign ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned fresh presidential election on July 2 might affect his re-election bid.

Mutharika has been on self-imposed lockdown at Sanjika Palace in Blantyre amidst the coronavirus pandemic fears as he has not held any political rally since campaign was officially rolled out.
The President’s running mate Atupele Muluzi is the one hitting the road on campaign trail as Mutharika’s absence during the campaign is conspicuous.
One of the political commentators, Vincent Kondowe said visibility matters most during campaign which he said is a period for candidates to market themselves to the people before they go to the ballot box.
“People out there are wondering as to what is happening to the candidate. It is surprising that it is only Atupele, who will not be on the ballot paper, is the only one campaigning,” said Kondowe.
Another political commentator Sherif Kaisi said people would vote for a candidate they have seen, not they have heard of.
But presidential spokesperson Mgeme Kalilani said this is not an issue worth worrying about.
“It is very interesting that some people would want to raise an issue which is not an issue at all. President Mutharika is busy working in his office,” he said.
Mutharika, 80, filed his nomination papers for the July 2 rerun alongside running mate Atupele, the 41-year old son of former President Bakili Muluzi, who ruled Malawi from 1994 to 1999.
The energetic Atupele, who is serving as Energy minister in Mutharika’s Cabinet, is a president of United Democratic Front (UDF) which is in alliance with the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Mutharika said during nomination of papers to the electoral body that with Atupele, they will be “the bridge to the future.”
He confidently said “together we will win this election.”
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Kkkkk ma analyst a ganyo a ku malawi woseketsa kwabasi. Kodi many claimed that APM is dead where were you to refute such allegations to justify your analytical skills and competency? Busy blaming MEC za incompetency and yet inunso ndinu ndiye oooooo ngozi.
APM is a GIANT in politics. Akufuna ana pandale athamangethamange kaye iye abwera mumuwona posachedwapa adad athu. Iwo mtima uli mmalo since anawina so there is no way he should stress himself. Pali mawu akuti wosauka satopa in other words UTM/MCP ali wosauka since they are campaigning tirelessly for presidency kkkkkkk. Ndiye APM akatuluka mpamene mudziwe kuti oooo kani campaign imakhala chonchi ndi munthu wamkulu amene uja musamayesa masewera konse. Remember what he used to say, “tidzawanyenyanyenya, tidzawasokoneza, tidzawagwedeza, tidzawaponda, tidzwazunguza and tidzawinanso!” So akatuluka pamodzi ndi a Chair Muluzi ooooo samalani UTM/MCP kukhala kutseguka mmimba komwe sikunawonekenso. Ziritu chaka chino ife tikukhazikani pansi inu UTM/MCP phokoso lonse litheretu mwazolowera kwabasi kuphwanya zinthu muno, kuvula a polisi mpaka kupha, kuba katundu wa eni mma shop kumati mukumenyera ufulu wanu; ufulu wanu wake uti? Izi zitha pa 2 July pano basiiiii!
it is pointless to put in a fight in a loosing battle. Let the old man
Have these people lost their sanity? chosing Atupele Muluzi as their lead campaigner. can he campaign for presidency
he lost a parliamentary race
honestly his speeches are not captivating
his family has a dented name in Malawi politics because of his father
he got only 4% votes from the previous election
he is spending much time in the south where DPP already has massive support (poor strategy)
his looks are awful
Kkk Chaka chino samaka ….ndi nthawi yamafana
APM is too old for the campaign trail, just as he is too old for the Presidency. At almost 90, half the time he is taking a nap and the other half he is worrying about controlling his bladder.
He is 79 how is that almost 90
Indeed
APM is stupid, apapa a kuiwonera patali game. Why should he campaign mwina azaluza or let him be in doors and look like a hero. Check this out
Wailowa ganyu Atupele , a Dad Ali chigonele pa mphasa……..kikikikikikikikikikiki
Do we have political analysts in Malawi? Are you talking about party members? Kuli Corona virus and aliyense ali ndi ufulu to go out or not? Atuluke mukampatse virus? Kampeni anapanga kale 2019 ndipo omuvotera akamuvotera basi. What is new with this campaign apart from kunyozana?
Kudzawasowa adada patali paja..kkk Apm ndi amuna.
NALIKUKUTI WASOWATU SAKUWONEKA BWANJI.
Aaah we want to see and hear your manifesto Mr president… Pls come out were you are…!
This busturd Muluzi, is Just coming to steal and destroy our party, as revenge, becareful APM
Campaign anapanga kaletu 2019
Manifesto lero?
People realise voting for the dpp is the whole party not just one man. The whole party and it’s ideas
adanyanyala mwina
Mutharika should leave the loud-mouthed people of TONSE alliance to make a fool of themselves.
I dislike bakili muluzi’s family by let the nation to suffer. I wish the nation they can reject them for not been on active politic for the rest of their life.
Your anger is misplaced. I blame your family for not doing much for this country. You and your relatives for talking rubbish and not contributing whole heartedly to this country. While Muluzi risked his life and brought us democracy against the Mcp wishes.
Mmm bakili ddnt bring democracy maybe if you mention the name chihana coz he was a freedom fighter
He brought democracy kumpoto? Coz history says Atcheya. Go read again. Chihana is a nobody who wanted to come and scoop credit.
Old Age Pensioner needs to rest. Mutharika has no thinking capacity or strength left to campaign. Better let’s let Mutharika rest then risk what happened to his brother Bingu. This old man has stolen and looted more than he can spend. He, his wife and children are all now multi millionaires and he is sitting on the cartons filled with dollars paid to him for corruptly awarding fertilise and pharmaceutical contracts to his selected Amenyas and figuring out how he can leave Malawi with those dollars. He will never campaign ever. Bakili has taken over DPP. Mutharika will join his brother Bingu soon.
Akuopa kukagwndwedwanso kunjaku kagogo kameneka
Two scenarios for the absence:
1) He is afraid to go campaigning because he cannot articulate issues
3) He has already rigged the election such that he doesn’t see any point tasking himself.
No problem ! At 80 years of age, who would want to hit the campaign trail when you can just Tippex the voting results, right ??
Kkkkkkkkk
Its a very strategic move meant to confuse the opposition. Right now the opposition have reached their peak, honestly we have heard all they ever possibly say. There is nothing new they say besides stating the obvious and repeating that old tired song of the two families, tribalism, regionalism and corruption. Things that are also happening in opposition corridors because that’s just how Malawi politics is. When APM comes out of his lair, remembers that he who speaks last, is the one one who will be fresh on the voters’ minds.
There is COVID19 out there and if he gets sick and God forbid ….you know what will happen. APM does not want that. Above all h is old, he is not of this generation. His running mate is half his age. We should not have people in his age clinging to power.
No issue here. Which blow you talking about? The president did campaign already and won. With or without going out for campaign, it’s the same. The issue is” Tonse Alliance ” why not call it Umodzi Alliance? ‘coz not everyone is in your covid-19 Alliance. You guys are senseless. Musova!!!
Had he won,then we couldnt have been talking of a re run
80yrs old lead us to where? to the grave kkkkkkk that man is very old. We have young people that they can lead us but why old man
You sound holding Yufi idiologies yet so foolish to forget that your late President Kamuzu Banda was 88 years when he competed for elections in 1994.He was so old, a walking corpse with a stick yet Mutharika though 80 does not walk supported by a stick.
Mwasowa zonena -how many times has Chakwera been on the campaign trail? He has left Pumbwa Chilima to make a mess of the TONSE alliance.
Iwe nawenso Zaza, a Chakwera anafeledwa pakatipa apongozi awo akuchigawo chaku mpoto, uko ku Rumphi anatisiya
Zara please take parapain capsules
Malawi Walero bwanji. It is good article where is your adad to face heated campaign kkkkkk come out of Sanjika please. Anthu ayambiransotu
Ma analysts osowa zochita awa
Dunderheads kkkkk
Zaka sizinama, munthu akafika zaka 80 amatopa komanso kukalamba ndi matenda osati zocheza.A DPP akunamizanatu awa? Awupondatu apa
Who is Vincent kondowe and a blow to who. Inu JZU simunamumve akuti ” sitivotera munthu tizavotera chipani”
The opposition needs to be careful.Peter Wamutharika is planning to rig the upcoming elections using the four gentlemen he paid in Israel.The opposition needs to watch the space.He is not bothered because in his mind, he has already won and why should he expend his little energy and run into COVID-19?
Anthu sakumufuna ndy campaign akapangira agalu?
Kodi mmesa akuti aDad sayimanso president akhala Tupele nanga ndiye campaign azithandizana ndi atate ake che D7
Nosense. Does this make any difference. To him this election is useless because he won.Why not write about that Reverend with fake accent? Always against Peter??
And you with a fake name. Peter doesn’t even know you, but you develop BP just to defend him. Let him come out and speak with his professorial accent.
Amangwetu sukusulani nanga makalata Aja anakapeleka ku mec limodzi ndi atupele nakathera miyala mu ndirande sikufuna kuima mmmmm.
Is this one a genuine analyst? Who qualifies individuals to be given a title of this nature?
Keep analysing the Dpp knows what it’s doing. Inu dekhani, ndale sadayambe Lero. There is enough experience in democratic politics within the Dpp and Udf than the whole Tonse Tiluza experiment combine
We don’t need to see the president, he has Lieutenants around him who are busy working. Mutharika is busy put on the development plans After all people vote for a party that has manifesto that touches them. The Mutharika government is visible everywhere, there is development. That is him being visible. The opposition should stop worrying about him, let them concentrate on their campaign. God is good.
In whose interest is the low life analyst Vincent Kondowe commenting? Another thengere analyst!
He might be scared of what happened in ndirande stoned by his own home town people kkkkkkkkk after presenting the nomination papers
Koma a MGEME KALILANI???? Ndithu tidzakuwonela ni tili limodzi kuma STAND.
COVID-19 might not go away completely for the next months or couple of years to come. Ndiye APM azilamulira ali pa lockdown mpaka COVID-19 idzathe? Malawians ananena bambowa akula nthawi zina kumasiila amane angathe kugwira ntchito ndi mphamvu osati za u ” gologolo wakakamila” tikuonazi. Tsoka ndi ilo matenda akewa ndi zaka zambiri si bwino konse. Komatu chosamva…..
Zochitsa mwanyazi kupereka chipani ku udf. A Malawi mukuziona izi. DPP yathatu basi. The good things that were started by Bingu are being destroyed by his half brother APM. Chilekwa ichi. Can’t you see the excitement in the Muluzi family. Strategy to work with dpp has paid. That is why they are busy trying to convince the moslems and using Imedi’s death as nyambo. Last time Muluzi was using the Mwanza four and later varnished kumaba ndalama zathu.
Mukufuna kuti akagwe pa gulu. Munthu uyu wachekula. Ndi Nkhalamba yotheratu by all standards. Very few people reach this age and I do not understand why dpp use him. Koma mchamakani and he thinks he is the best in Malawi. Ayi this is a new generation agogo kapumeni.
His works are enough. He will win squarely. Everyone knows adadi
Inu, agogo akubisala covid-19 kaye.
Waiting to see the president on convoy, tawasowa a Dad
I thought that Atupele is the candidate and that Peter is the running mate! I got it right?
Sooo whats the problem here? Useless article
Eti eti. Our affiliation is to DPP not to a person. DPP will be there with or without APM. Quite a lot of countries (eg South Africa, UK) vote for parties not presidents and are OK with it. Mwaona kuti mwana game akuitha nde mukufuna kunsokoneza. Ndietu simunati chifukwa kukangotulukira a Tcheya ndi APM we will lockout atambala akuda achitopa anuwo asazatidyere our green maize cobs if at the black cock survives the on board friendly fire
A Mkaika ndi chonena chomwe cha nzeru mulibe, mungoti bwe,bwe,bwe.
Inu akuuzani kuti ndi general election?? Anthu pa 2 july or kaya date iti asankha president..President ndi munthu osati chipani. Zipepala anakapereka zija ndi zoti apikitsane nao pa chisankho or munthuyo ali oti alibe chipani.
Mwana mukumuchemelera kuti akuitha ali ndi cholinga ndi bambo ake ndipo chasala pangôno kukwaniritsidwa……kutha kwa dpp kapena olo dpp isathe koma atsala ndi masanza okhaokha. Chipani chikubwelera kwao monga mwana wolowelera akamabwelera kwa tate wake. Whatever will happen after this election, the winner is MULUZI
You don’t see any issue here??? Iwe sukudziwa kuti campaign period inayamba ndiye candidate wathu was DPP sakupanga campaign???? Anthu amuvotera bwanji pamene anzake akuyenda????
Kape. Mzeru ulibe anakutuma uwerenge useless aricle ndani?
You have to have a human brain to notice that there is a problem. With a louse brain you can’t
Absence of the president candidate ikakhale useless article? Where have you left your head dude?