Mutharika predicts big win in Malawi 2019 watershed elections: ‘It’s operation landslide victory’
President Peter Mutharika, who is seeking re-election, was on Monday in campaign mood in Zomba when he told the opposition that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) would crash them and he is confident to win another five-year term in next year’s watershed Tripartite elections.
Mutharika, who is shepherding Malawi through economic growth from the the time he inherited emptry coffers after donor freeze and Cashgate scandal, told a rally at Pirimiti Boys Primary School ground, Jali in Traditional Authority Mwambo in Zomba that the DPP is set for a landslide victory and the opposition should count them losers for the much contested 2019 general election.
“We will crash them to pieces, we will stamp our feet on them,” said Mutharika who aid the 2019 DPP campaign would be dubbed ‘Operation landslide.’
However, Mutharika did not comment on the DPP secretary general Grezelder Jeffrey who intimidated some civil servants whom she said would be dealt with in 2019 after the election for allegedly sabotaging Mutharika’s development agenda.
She also warned some journalists whom she said write negatives about Mutharika and the DPP.
Mutharika, who described the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as Malawi Propaganda Party, said the DPP did not fear the Lazarus Chakwera led party, saying they are set to lose the 2019 polls.
The 2019 presidential polls is highly contested between Mutharika and Chakwera, who is also leader of opposition and the outcome is unpredictable just a year before the election as both Mutharika’s DPP and Chakwera’s MCP are geared in electioneering and the political atmosphere remains tense.
Mutharika said the DPP has managed to achieve most of its campaign promises of 2014 which include the reduction of the inflation, the stability of the kwacha and said the government has achieved the economic fundamentals.
He also assured the people that as long as he is alive and leader of the nation, no one will die of hunger, saying the government has enough maize stocks in its grain reserves.
“No one will die of hunger. Government has reserved enough maize from last year’s harvest to cushion people from such uncertainties during lean period,” Mutharika said.
Over 240, 000 metric tonnes of maize is readily available in grain reserves of the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA) and the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Admarc), according to Mutharika.
The President took time to name each development program achievement one by one and what his government intends to do after winning the 2019 elections.
“We have lined up a number of development activities in the transport, education and health sectors as well as other social protection programmes,” Mutharika said.
The President also highlighted the achievements made in the energy sector through the Malawi Rural Electrification Programme (MAREP) Phase 8.
Over 336 centres have already been connected under this phase and the initiative is expected to spread to all 193 constituencies in the country, the president said.
“We want all strategic trading centres to get connected to electricity towards sustained socio-economic growth of this country,” he added.
Other projects underway and to begin soon are mainly in the road infrastructure development. They include the Liwonde – Mangochi Road, the Chingale – Lirangwe Road, the Zomba – Jali – Phalombe Road and the Tsangano – Neno Road.
“All these efforts are meant to connect places and ease people’s mobility to social amenities,” Mutharika said.
Member of Parliament for Zomba Likangala Peter Byalani speaking earlier commended the country leadership for their area and Zomba district in general.
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tiona ngati muzawine ndi ma black out wa….mutagula magenerator a second hand
Kugula??? Muziti obwereka moti tikulipira rent o Malawi
Ine olo atandithira Doom mkamwa sindingavotere MCP!
bwampini tsopano??
Awo pa chithunzipo ndi anadi aku Chanco????? If they are really then they are the ones who are there after amasing 30 points or above on their MSCE. They are supporting DPP because there are at Chanco not on merit because my younger brother somewhere failed to be at Chanco because of nepotic qouta system yet he/she has 10 or 15 points, otherwise mtsikana ali mu trouser ya pinkyo amadula CHIBUKU pa bar ya Namadzi, I know her and I doubt mwana wa pa Chanco can support DPP although he or she comes from Goliati or Mloza
APM has a very selective memory. He forgets the power outages that have been in existence since at least 2011. They have become longer and more frequent. What has he done about them during his four years in office? The kwacha has sunk in value against the dollar and the pound while he has been in office. The lives of the villagers in the countryside have hardly changed for the better since multi-party democracy came into play; certainly the lives of the mass of people in the country have not yet entered the 21st century. The Bible says, ‘By their fruits you shall know them’. The boastful predictions of APM are meaningless to the majority of Malawians. They are not stupid and they will not vote for another five years of the same stagnation.
Peter Mutharika akhuta sukali, palibe akuwafuna.
APM did you know that Winnie Mandela is dead? Are you not in the same bracket? At you age you were supposed to make Malawi a better place but you and your old pal Goodall Gondwe are stealing and causing havoc to Malawians. Old people are supposed to help young generations but the youth of Malawi have no future and most of them are trekking to South Africa to work in shops owned by Ethiopians and Somalians. Malawi is not a better place. Kamuzu and your brother tried to change the face of Malawi. Are providing jobs to Malawians? Are public schools uselful anymore. It is now schools like St Mary’s, Ludzi and Nkhamenya that are sending pupils to universities. This means the poor Malawians in public schools will remain poor. The courts are being sponsored by dpp to sabotage MCP. What is the reason behind this? Do you Pitala have 10 years ahead of you? You take advice from another useless person who is Bakili Muluzi. You should have taken a leaf from your dead brother and may his soul rest in peace as we celebrate 7 years of his untimely death.
KAYA WINA AFUNE KAYA ASAFUNE KOMA DPP 2019 BOOOMMMMAAAA!!! MUKAFUNA KUDZIWA ZAMBILI MUFUSENI CHAKWELA NDIPO AKUTSIMIKIZILANI. NANGA KODI ADAKALIPOBE MASIKU ANO,AMENE ANGAKHALENSO BIZE NDI KOKOLIKO? AYI NDITHU ZAMANYAZI.
The president is spot on. Clearly this is DPP main & ONLY AGENDA, win elections at any cost. PERIOD!!! FORGET about boza la development!
The over-drive was triggered by the embarrassing 5-1 by-elections LOSS. The strategy is obvious. Buy as many opposition leaders as possible, especially those with apparent influence in the community.
Look at the list so far Musonda, Msowoya, Uladi, etc. In fact the K4 billion scam has not only EXPOSED DPP’s ambitious& selfish over-drive but it is also JUST a tip of the ICEBERG of the GRAND PLAN to LOOT for elections. They are prepared to kill too if one stands in their way- The thugs will stop at nothing.
In fact even Chakwera kuti apange demand say K10 billion to give these DPP thieves any EASY RIDE they will definitely PROCURE him.
That’s the desperation of these MBAVA ma zigogo for you in a NUTSHELL. SHAME!!!
DPP WILL NEVER WIN ANY ELECTION FROM NOW, BLACKOUTS, HIGH ELECTRICITY TARRIFS, HIGH SCHOOL FEES WITH DWINDLING EDUCATION STANDARDS, CASHGATES INCLUDING 4 BILLION, GRANNIES OF 80+ YEARS WHO ARE LIERS, ZAMBIA MAIZE SAGA, A BOMB UNEXPLODEDED OF CHAPONDA, CHILIMA, ATUPELE, NANKHUMWA, VERY ILLOGICAL SECRETARY GENERAL, NOT TRUSTED GOVENORS IN THE NAME OF MCHACHA AND KUTSAIRA, HIGH TAX RATES ON SALARIES, ETC, MARK MY WORDS EVEN THE WIND WILL HELP TO SWEEP DPP OUT. CHAKWERA WILL VERY SOON BE OUR TRUSTED LEADER NOT MBAVA ZA DPP, ANTHU AKUBA OSAWOPA MULUNGU. YOUR TIME IS UP, START PARKING UP!
landslide izachitika ku Thyolo ndi Mulanje komwe mukukaniza anzao kuchitako campaign but iwo afuna kwa anzao azipita freely, nkhalamba imeneyi nzeru zatha, ifuna kugawa Malawi, too selfish ndi tsankho — matchona awa—-shallow thinking!!
Winning with a land slide! Over my dead body. Who actually will vote for you apart from your fellow Lomwes. Just start packing and get ready for a marathon of court cases which include corruption, murder and others.
Am lomwe myself and we have vowed never to vote for dpp again. That’s why they are losing sleep with this April 10 by-election in Mulanje and resorted to violence. 2019 Chakwera our state president.
Kodi kulinso alomwe ena oganizako eeetiiii????? Toka ndiwe mlomwe wanzeru
Most of the projects he is touting to have accomplished were already there when he became president. I for one would love the president to point a project which was not there when he became president, implemented it in accordance with his party’s manifesto, even if it is only 50% complete at the next election, I will laud him. Knowing that he has delivered almost none of his campaign promises he has embarked on a journey of laying foundation stones and inaugurating one stop centers. What is so special with inaugurating one stop center that the Minister of Information, DC and probably the MP for the area could not do, that it had to be the whole head of state. I bet all costs used in repainting and refurbishing Mangochi Post Office pale in comparison to the amount spent for the president to travel to open it. One stop center is a novel idea, but it does not justify the amount spent for the HE to travel. It simply does not make any economic sense. Are we surprised that the majority of Malawians except the few connected to the powers that be are becoming poorer each passing day? We seem to take one step forward and two backwards. We need to stop this abuse of public resources.
There are promises in the DPP manifesto that can be implemented with no or little resources such as reducing the president’s powers, freeing ACB and MBC, but APM being the person he is would have none of it as if the promises were forced down the throat of DPP.
The reason why Professor dr Peter Mutharika is so convinced that he will win with landslide is because he has realised that voters aren’t interested in holding political leaders accountable (or any other person in high office for that matter). He has realised that Malawians are interested in and respond to rhetoric and empty promises. fortunately for him Malawi is still driven by politics of characters. They loved Kamuzu Banda and so did Muluzi, for their oratory skills and not so much for their ideologies and delivery track records. Today, Malawi is still stuck in the 70’s with its people unable to evolve. it is for this reason that they may just vote for Professor Dr Peter Wa Mutharika once again. This is why he is focusing on expensive rallies just to shout incoherently on what DPP has achieved over the years. Frankly, there’s nothing that DPP has achieved apart from bringing misery to its people. In fact all other political parties before it, have achieved nothing other than spending tax payers money on useless projects. Any one can spend taxpayers money……but it requires wise and morally inclined leader to spend smartly and thats where Malawi is acutely lacking.
Let me agree with u Mr. President. Yes it will be a landslide victory but to MCP and not ur DPP.
Hahahahahaha very true. This old fool (president of the Lomwes) will die of heart attack soon for the heat of votes will be too much for his wrinkled buttocks
Mbava Za DPP izi
Dpp again? Tikufatu amalawi with this old man. No drugs in hospitals. CT scanners dead in major hospitals. We better think twice. Misewu are the only things they mention. No roads in locations. Civil servants are still stealing our taxes. Courts are wasting times with Kaliwo and Msowoya issues sponsored by dpp.
DzukaniAmalawi, if you are in doubt of what the President said just go to Kasiya and see the new road that has opened up that area. Ask the people of Kasiya and their MP, they will tell you that APM has indeed delivered on his pre 2014 promises. The people of Kasiya and their MP will tell you that what Kamuzu and MCP failed to do for Kasiya in 31 years, APM and DPP have done in 2 years. People of Kasiya and their MP will tell you that they have all agreed to vote for APM and his DPP for continued development of Malawi. DzukaniAmalawi, please have a chat with the people of Kasiya and their MP, they will tell you that there is no credible competitor at the moment up to the 2019 general election to replace APM. Malawians are, therefore, encouraged to emulate the position taken by the people of Kasiya and their MP to vote for APM and his DPP in 2019.
Which Kasiya? Maloto?
Shallow thinking. kamuzu could not have done everything for this country. All leaders who come they build on what others have done. If you are an honest person you can acknowledge that Kamuzu did so much for this country than what we a credit him for.
My point exactly. Its this shallow mentality that has put Malawi on the map as the poorest country in the world. MCP indeed failed in many areas; UDF also failed in so many other areas, so did PP and DPP. This why it is a huge surprise that Dr Peter Mutharika rates himself as a success, despite so many visible failures, which he conveniently decides not to mention. It is even more scary Hatton, that you, as very poor citizen, refer to Kasiya as developed. Obviously you are in your usual political talk and therefore excused. People of Kasiya are so poor and unhappy to the extent that they think its normal to be that poor (everyone around them is poor so they don’t know any better). Hatton, if you truly love yourself and the people of Malawi, please use your voice and the might of the pen, wisely. That’s the least you can do for the humankind in general and Malawians specifically. This is why God created you and gave you life……to serve others appropriately. i dont have any issues with Kamuzu Banda (he gave me the best education though); I don’t have issues with Bakili Muluzu, Bingu Wa Mutharika, Joyce Banda, Peter Mutharika or even Chakwera and Atupele being leaders of their respective political parties. All I am asking is that, once in power, can they do the right thing……..truly care for its people.
Chamba chikasutidwa anthu amayiwara kuganiza
APM is correct in his observations, but with the elections a year out, he really should not be so confident. As over confidence can lead to laxity. … but, well, APM always given it 100 per cent. This is ipmortant because most reasonable people know that no politician even delivers on all their promises.
Interesting that APM should come out swinging like this, at this juncture. There would be louder mouths in a monastery. And he often relies on delivering than talking too much, or dissing others. Good strategy as it often leads others to underestimate him.
So, to MCP: You have a reputation of losing. And whatever the reasons for losing were in the past, the Party seems not to have seriously done an introspection to rectify the errors. (As “Santana” has pointed this out, ad nauseum, right on this forum). The Party is merely tinkering on the margins, ignoring the core where probably the problems are.
To be sure, every Party has problems. But MCP seem to be blessed in this department. The Party seems to have more personnel problems ( Kaliwo, Kabwira, Msowoya, Jumbe et al.); the problems seem to be ego driven, and are handled in amateurish ways, in spite of MCP being the oldest and experienced political Party in this country.
MCP should be a solid Party at this juncture; but they seem to be in a construction phase, still tinkering with the builders. And even changing the cornerstones (Mia).
Wher is the leadership in all this? Where is oChakwera, abale? Apparently most of these problems are self made, and could have been avoided id sound advice was available.
oChakwera is, so far, inept at solving these problems; and he even seems to be outmaneuvered by his “adversaries” in the Party. He has NOT showed us his leadership bonafides. And this does NOT look good on him, as a leader(?).
Is MCP going to continue to self-destruct? Time is running out, slowly.
This has gotta be Good “news” for the other Parties.
Mbuzi ya President meeeeeeeeeee kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk !
Mr President, are you seriously of the view that Malawi has developed over the past 4 years under your rule? When you fly or drive around don’t you feel ashamed to see poor people walking on the side of badly constructed roads. When you fly around don’t you notice the bareness of the country with cities looking like villages. You have travelled to neighboring countries and overseas……what do see compared to what Malawians have to contend with. The entire infrastructure substandard from roads, hospitals, ICT. Crime and corruption we seem to be number one regionally and globally. You may win the elections next year but it’s because Malawians are spiritually and intellectually challenged. How else can I explain why they vote in the way they do. It’s like a woman in an abusive relationship.
And the most affected and impoverished region is southern region where he comes. Level of illiteracy is the highest in south, poverty, south leads, albino killers south leads, and he is not ashamed that his region is the most impoverished, bullshit of a president with no teeth in his mouth, bastard.
Zoseketsa, ife tamva nawo nthano zanuzo a president a DPP, koma za landslide victory iwalani.
Mtharika winning with a landslide? Where?
Inu simukuona zimene zikuchitikazi ? DPP will certainly win very big.
Yes you are right…DPP will win in Thyolo & Mulanje. Thambisa, umasuta kanundu eti?
Kanundu ndi midoli zamupweteka Thambisa ngati momwe zapwetekera president wake wa DPP yu kkkkkkkkk
Kwa Goliati, kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk lol zina ukamva, kamba anga mwala ndithu