Political tremor hits MCP after primary polls: MP Zaipa quits
At least two members of parliament and four aspiring ward councilors who lost during the messy primary elections in Mchinji have said they are resigning from the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
One of the members of parliament, Mchinji South MP Develious Zaipa said he would now stand as an independent candidate during the 2019 parliamentary elections.
He has since written the MCP leadership in the centre of his decision to quit the party he has served as member of parliament for decades.
MCP regional chairman for the centre Patrick Chilondola confirmed that he has received the letter.
Another aspiring ward councilor Washington Hamisi has also written the party leadership telling them that he had quit the party and would stand as an independent candidate in the polls.
However, Chilondola refused to give more details on the matter.
But political analysts have been warning the party that the messy and chaotic primary polls would cost the party some votes especially in the centre deemed to be the stronghold of the oldest party in the country.
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There was no chaos in Mchinji. Agness Nkusa Nkhoma won confortably. A ganyu inu.
POLITICAL TREMOR HITS MCP , ZAIPA QUITS>>>>>>>RUBISH……IS THIS POLITICAL TREMOR…? WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT FROM SOMEBODY WHO HAS BEEN REJECTED BY THE PEOPLE THE VOTERS THEMSELVES….. WHO IS ZAIPA AFTER ALL…. LET HIM JOIN UTM A GROUP OF FRUSTRATED POLITICIANS….
Imeneyi ndi tremor? People didn’t want Zaipa basi he has to accept the wishes of the people.
Anthu a MCP mmakhala ngati simuganiza. To you it’s winning at all cost. You can’t see the obvious.ku LL there was anomalies, Ku Dedza mpaka zikwanje, Kwa Jessie Kabwira same same, Ku Kasungu 2 winners, Juliana Lunguzi , one of a few brains in mcp almost lost, kwinansoi kuti opangisa ma primaries anachoka chothawa. The purging is shameless. You either have to be a Chakwera loyalists or wa Assemblies of God.
Those days if someone stood up against the dictatorial tendencies of Dr Chakwera you used to say watumidwa ndi DPP , and you called them nkholokolo. Don’t be fooled , these people have got their own supporters , inu mukulemba apa you will vote in your constituencies, and the MCP vote in all these rebel constituencies is split . Mcp ikatenga Boma under Chakwera , Kamuzu adzuka kumanda.
Akulu inu, you have to know that a new breed of politicians is coming in. Divelious Zaipa has been MP since the 1980’s, and people want someone else to represent them in parliament. If the crop of Dzoole Mwale, Njobvuyalema etc had won, you would have said MCP is old fashioned and doesn’t want energetic leadership like Chilima’s. Now the longest serving MP has lost the primaries, you want us to believe MCP is undemocratic? yes, the primaries haven’t been conducted in the best manner, but this was bound to happen because everyone believes standing on MCP ticket in the Central region is a ticket to the August House. there will also be similar controversies when DPP conduct their primaries in the Lhomwe belt. The problem with most of you believe we should all belong to one party. Just like in football, we can not all support one team.
That’s the problem and blindness ya anthu a MCP. I’ve articulated clearly what is happening in MCP from purging of the elected executive to the “MCP style democratic” primary elections but all you can say is DPP is equally at fault, when I’m neither DPP not UTM. How is it over 10 primaries have ended in controversies? Kwa SG Mkaka, is one of them. In this day and age where voters can be filmed or pictured and counted, why is MCP still in the Ngwazi era that you can disputing numbers? Ndatitu na MCP kuwina Boma (government not district) Kamuzu azadzuka kumanda. An Election is a process not an event. MCP is murdering the process and expect a good result? Any fool will know that process determines results. Za Kwachaaaa ndi zabodza, MCP is still in darkness
KKKK… if people scramble to stand on MCP ticket..what does it tell you…? it just means MCP is a winning ticket…
People are more confident to win if they stand on MCP ticket…. DON’T FULL YOURSELF MOYA WITH THE CHILIMA MOVEMENT >>>>> or THE DYING DPP..
Zaipa zamuyipira. Pangani chanu cipano ndi Foloma Mwale. Kwanu kwatha. Izitu nzosiyilana.
This dude has been an MP since 1983.He is over 70 years and hardly speaks in Parliament.He lost to a young lady, Agnes Nkusa and is failing to stomach the defeat.Shame on him…akagwele
Anthu osakonda chipani chathu awa. Sangawina ku independent ko
Rather say not this time, because this dude won as an independent in 2014, though he has always been MCP. all in all, he should accept defeat and move on, let others take over.
This man has been an MP since for a very long time. Why can he not just retire honorably? That is the essence of elections. there can not be two winners. It is either you lose or you win. It is better to accept results not to always cry foul when you lose. It appears a lot of people expected that the old times were going to sail through the primaries easily. I for one do not believe that the MCP primaries are chaotic. The only problem I see is the old timers failing to accept defeat. Why would they not accept the will of the people and follow the footsteps of Honourable J. Z. U. Tembo to retire honourably?
Mr Zaipa you’re very stupid, you wanted to be an MP of that erea for life? Ask Gwengwe he’ll tell you more. Forget about becoming an MP any more, you’re finished completely idiot madala who doesn’t wish Malawi well, thereis no development in your system Zaipa.
Mr Zaipa …please don’t fool yourself that you own the party…. you have just dug your own political grave …you are now politically dead , buried and forgotten….
Analyst wa chamba iwe komanso wabodza, munthu woluza kale ngakhale ayime independent sangawine komanso sangachepetse mavoti a chipani, apo pokha wanama.
Which Political Tremor, people want change. Why should people always cry foul when they have lost.In fact the man should just retire. He has been an MP for decades as you put it, people want new ideas.
It is true that MCP primaries have faced challenges. It is also true that reporters are not getting adequate bribes from the party. It is clear that most people getting positive coverage in the media are “large scale bribers”. And it appears MCP as a party is failing in this game. Let any reporter who reports without kick backs raise their hand.
It sounds good to lose and accept than to lose and quit. Thats childishness madala inu.
Intransigence at times defines a set of grown up brats in politics all along it never crossed their minds that political contest is a reality. Leave the MCP in the traditional stronghold its bedrock support is an open story you’ve messed up with an institution which will never call out for an SOS learn not embarrass the party that has been there in all seasons UDF is in a shroud while PP is getting its last prayers both Bakili and JB are a witness to the funeral rites of their babies so the MCP rebels must bow on their knees seeking heavenly intervention before plunging into the murky muddy slime of Malawi politics
Nothing good can come out of this crocodile party. Uladi has said it all. Not ready to lead as obusa opuma now wants to be an MP conceding that he can’t make it to presidency.
Tonsefe ndi a MCP ndiye mongopempha muzilembako chizungu chosakhwima kuti tonse tidziyakhira. Munakadya ma like ochuluka koma chizungu chatiphonya apa
The unraveling of MCP under oChakwera as leader continues …
Not really surprising; and, by polling date, the Party will be destined to the Opposition benches, AGAIN.
ndiye za umaliseche zokha-zokha zimenezi
Good riddance no one is indispensable. There is no school where you learned to be MPs for life. Fools
Koma madala, mukufuna mukhale a muyaya? Osapuma bwanji? Mumati a Muthalika akula apume pamene inu mukuopa kukapuma komweko. Hypocrites, Afalisi inu.
no csuse for thats party rebranding. Apa ndiye chipani chikonzekadi, new blood should take over.