Speculation rife that Mutharika to appoint Atupele second vice president

There is mounting specualtion that P[resident Peter Mutharika was set to appoint United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi, who is also Minister of Health in 20-member Cabinet, as second Vice President in the impending cabinet reshuffle, but government has kept a tight lid on the matter.

President Mutharika and Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi

Social-media has been awash with speculations that the young Muluzi will be  elevated to the position of third in command in the Mutharika administration as the second-in-command Saulos Chilima resigned from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and formed his United Transformation Movement (UTM) on whose ticket he plans to challenge Mutharika in presidential race.

Government spokesman and Minister of Information Nicholous Dausi declined to comment on the matter, saying it was people’s “figment of imagination.”

Under the Republican Constitution, the P resident has the option of appointing a second vice president, who must be from a different party.

Section 80 subsection 4 of the Malawi Constitution says: “The First Vice-President shall be elected concurrently with the President and the name of a candidate for the First Vice President shall appear on the same ballot paper as the name of the Presidential candidate who nominated him.”

Former president Bakili Muluzi appointed Chakufwa Chihana to the second vice presidency.

Constitutional law observers says anyone appointed to the second vice president  post should relinquishing his parliamentary seat first before taking an oath of office.
According to Section 80 of the constitution,  one  cannot be both MP and second vice president.

The constitution stipulates that the first vice-president must come from the ruling party while the second vice-president must come from the opposition.

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68 replies on “Speculation rife that Mutharika to appoint Atupele second vice president”

  1. Alamu Pumani Mwakalambadi inu. Mapulani atheratu. Pitala has finished dpp. Imagine replacing Ntaba with Uladi “Bruce Munthali” Mussa? Still sticking with nkhuku yachitopa Goodall Gondwe in the north. Bringing Brown Mpinganjira. Making George Malemia VP south to replace veteran Chaponda. Now Alamu Pumbwa Mwakula wants useless Muluzi? That udf had a seat in Mchinji and Dowa munthu angakhulupilire? That udf won a seat in Chipita nzomveka? That Khumbo Kachali won a seat under udf nzomveka? That udf once had 93 seats nzomveka. Kutha ngati nsalu ya makatani. Lero dpp is buring udf.

  2. Do that quickly Professor Bububu Maliseche. Taking Atupele will be the best option of wrecking your already draining ship DPP. You know that bwana Malise are not in control of your party and are surrounded by greedy lions who are also thirsty for the running mate position, because this is what is in your plans after you have appointed the young Muluzi as second vice president.

    With your greedy camp around, once you pick an outsider the way you did with Chilima, it shall mean to them that you never trust anybody in DPP. This will be a recipe for a leadership crisis in the party and a source of decampaigning of your candidature and Presidency.

    Once you do that, expect this simple rhetoric in the campaign trails, “U President si Ufumu kuti azingopatsirana anthu amabanja awiri okay, komanso akumangotibera ndalama ndikumayikirana kumbuyo ku ma court.“ Mugwere limodzi basi because Malawians are tired.

    DO THAT APPOINTMENT QUICKLY SO THAT YOU SHOULD LOSE CREDIBILITY ALL THE MORE.

  3. hahahahahahahah going through the comments one can easily see how people miss news.. The issue is that APM wants to appoint atupele second vice president not the runningmate…Read again

    1. but basically its the same thing to people cause he is grooming him to be running mate just like his brother late Bingu did appointing him From Education to Foreign affairs minister back then its all a strategy!

    2. Udzete uwu iwe!! If you are not able to read in between the lines, then its better to be quite and let those who are able to connect “b” to “t” to go ahead!! Enanu mwangokhala ma zobaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatu basi, mitu simaona chilichonse, ntchito kudabwa zikamachitika ndipo simumadziwa kuzionela patali!!

  4. A price to pay for DPP to stay in power so that they can continue looting, plunder, nepotism, corruption etc. DPP wins and Muluzi will be discarded like a condom.

    1. Muyisova,mwagwanayoyo,DPP and UDF have been bed fellows,boma likudza ndilamwanayu not Chilima wanuyo.We always thankful to the Muluzi family.Give them what is due to them osangoti kape wina opanda dzina waku Ntcheu

  5. as long we are alive saulosi chilima can never faill this time is for him he is going to drain the swap

  6. atupele wether he has been calm or not it is to the president not the nation which they are stealing from but chilima has been fantastic we shouldn’t risk our life in greedy politician and corruption politicians not at all, uwu siufumu ayi , peter mutalika had 4 years arleady as a president in Malawi and his brother already had 10 years bingu wantalika ngakale ndalamazo alinazo kale antuwa why should they cling to power , there is nothing new we can experience from them , let the new person come in

  7. Perer sakumusziwa bakili paja nthawi imene ija anali ku a America. 100 % u vp pa next year’s election uzapita kwa atupele. Ndiye mukazawina kumeneko ma cardiac aja pamenepo. Atupere azalamula

  8. Tikanena kuti UDF yatha komanso yagulitsidwa ku DPP, enanu mumati tikunama akuteta .bwanji pamenepo tsusanitu.

  9. If this comes true, the desperate government of DPP is becoming more desperate. This will amount to recklessness from an economic perspective, considering Malawi is the poorest country jn the world.

    1. banking on UTM for the stupid analysis is a waste of time.MCP and UTM has no place in Malawi politics,even if Vatican surrender all its cash to the useless dramatists,mahule,thieves,crooks and drunkards.

      1. @ tman
        The last thing that I will do in life is to engage a bafoon or in this case a DPP cadet or sycophant on a forum like this one. Look at your language first ? Do you think a person of my calibre will stoop so low to get to the level of a person you are and worst my precious endowment to engage you ? No. You are simply one hell of person that sees merit where there no merit. Can you tell a woman at bangwe in Blantyre while you are looking right into her eyes and with right hand on your heart one thing that atupere will bring into her life by being appointed second Vice President of that poverty stricken economy that she cannot get now?. That’s what I told a certain chikoti , one of your fellow cadets , that there ought to be some difference between a cadet and sober citizen. You simply don’t expect a sober or well meaning malawian to smile at such a silly proposal or decision or whatever you prefer to call it. Political expedient policies have never and are the reason why that country is poor and shall remain so with likes of mutharika in power . When people say malawi has leadership problem these are the very measurements and variables that they use. What is more when people say mutharika is a mediocre leader these are the issues that they look at.

    1. Kuthadi kwa DPP ndikumeneku. Chair ndi katakwe. Abwezera zomwe Bingu anamuchita. Koma chifukwa chouma mitu, ena sakuona this plot.

  10. The President needs a vice president since the other one went tangential to government. It is proper that one is appointed.

    1. Athuwa akuona ngati amalawi ndi zitsilu ndawawona .. aaaaah .. mitu yayo koma imayenda .. atupere angakhale president wandani? KODI HENRY MUSA BWANJI .. MUMAWOPA ANGADZAKUTEMBENUKILENI?

      Atupere aaaaaaah chamba yeti , he has failed as minister 2ministries including HEALTH.. munthu akulephera … bambo ake adamuyika Malawi… poor people mudzakhala mulamulidwa ndi mbava mudziombabe mmanja mbava zikama dutsa .. mutapaka paint mthupi

  11. As long as it serves the DPP to offer solutions to the economic quagmires that ordinary Malawians are plunged in Atupele will add value to our politics. But this appointment will have political overtones it’s this type of exposure which badgered Dada CHIHANA into political oblivion. The presidency ought to be clung to by the DPP whether the zealots are delivering or not the truth is that this appointment will be act of desperation amounting to zero performance. Our nation is watching a political circus the head ownership falls on our beloved professor APM. I wish I saw full endorsement of our political engineer Bakili whose bile was spewed on the UTM for mouthing balderdash on our clueless DPP leadership. This appointment has been in the offing for a long time just because of shift in podium performance by UTM these new guys ndi deal

  12. THESE TWO FIELD MARSHALS
    DON’T HAVE THE PEOPLES
    SUPPORT AND THEY WILL
    SEE WHAT JOHN TEMBO JNR SAW IN THE ELECTIONS !!

  13. Your last paragraph is a lie. Of course Chilima will be a laughing stock after elections next year; he will lose miserably. Appointing Atupele won’t add much value to DPP strategy. Better to appoint more ministers from UDF so they can abuse our taxes for campaign and reach more people. Meanwhile, five party leaders (Peter, Chakwera, Chilima, Atupele, Msowoya) are abusing our taxes on campaign activities. And we claim it’s constitutional. But being constitutional, assuming it is, doesn’t mean it’s morally sound. Docile Malawians; that’s what we are.

  14. The reason why APM wangoti jenkha is because the situation he is in complex: If he picks Atupele his expectation and that of the UDF will be that he will also be appointed Running mate for APM . Some DPP gurus are worried that UDF will in the next elections perform much worse than in 2014 because of the re-branded MCP and entry of UTM. And they don’t want to gamble on that strategy. It is a serious political risk. If APM leaves Atupele and picks RM from another Party e.g. Umodzi Party which has less than 500 members nation wide that too will not meet his expected results of winning the elections. Maybe from MCP he can pick those long time serving MPs who are still mourning their failures in the primaries the likes of Njobvuyalema. That too gives him little hope for success. No one knows how many Aford members for Frank can contribute to DPP votes in 2019. Iam left with two options : (1) Leave the post of st VP vacant until 2019 (2) Choose st VP from PP which has some support from East, Central and Northern Regions If Jumbe was not dismissed from MCP he could have been a much better candidate for st VP. Can prophets and fortune tellers explain the puzzle to us.

    1. iwe your comment is useless,full of lies..PP is useless in the southern and eastern region on the political map..nde bola UDF

  15. Is Atupele in the opposition camp? He is part of the govt and in partnership with the corrupt dpp govt.

    The true opposition is mcp.

    After all what is the point of appointing the second Vice President for only about 7 months before the next election? Waste of our tax payers money.

  16. He deserves it . the boy is patient and composed eager to learn not these big headed chanco products who feel they are the best.

    1. Wangoonekeratu kuti unali ku PACT College. Ife kukhala anzeru kusankhideira pa Chirunga chikhale chitonzo? Banja lizakuvuta msungwana iwe

  17. It can be a wonderful political combination and I bet you Atupele cannot deceive Mutharika as what Chilima has done.Atupele is always calm,composed,focussed and does not build enemies.

      1. It doesn’t need one to go to which school to see what’s happening.This combination will be a vibrant political force.And when you see a lot of dogs barking at it,then just know that it’s scary.

        1. True. Kungoti a gulukunyinda enawa comb imeneyi sakugona nayo tulo. People should know that DPP, UDF, PP are one and the same.

      1. We are all smoking something as Malawians Mx Bullshit. Malawians aren’t normal people by definition; that’s why we are where we are as a country. Kusuta dobo kwachuluka.

  18. Please proceed to provide us with more reasons to get rid of you in 2019 Bwana Maliseche. Why would you want to waste taxpayers money like that, havent you blown enough with UNGA?

  19. Zotha ndalama basi why having too vice presidentsto be abused by the party

  20. There cannot be smoke without fire. However, appointing him to the second vice presidency may give his father the impetus to pull strings from behind. To most of people who are non Muslims, the appointment may signal use of Quran at the highest level on the majority who do not aspire to be forced to succumb to Islamic ideals. Muslims use the Quran as an administrative tool in almost all spheres of life. Its use is secretly guarded such that non Muslims are not aware of its implications until it is too late. If the appointment is a form of appeasement, then, it has gone to a wrong person. Non Muslims, who do you think is going to protect your Christian values? What is wrong with Tembenu or Henry Mussa or Chazama?

  21. clueless idiots! May 2019 come quick we need to drain such leadership who appoints so many while some unemployed youth still have no hope of either a job or capital! These idiots spends billions on useless trips, salaries, benefits etc SKC is still VP follow the constitution whether u ditched him from the band wagon give the man his tasks for the betterment of the nation! Atu is a good minister youthful and exposed just politics catches up with him so greed get the best of him! SKC Atu these were the young people who would have driven us to something new! Banking system needs refroms visa master such be like debit cards and internet tax free to promote online e-commerce arent we tired of lines in banks on atm! Its 2018 go to western countries hardly no people in banks people do online not these new online not userfriendly not efficient system the agent taking time with paperwork to help no money with these agents at time! Malawi ish……….

  22. Sankhanani tikuthidzimulireni limodzi. Atupele will be stupid to accept the appointment as it will mark the final nail on the UDF coffin. The DPP gurus have made no secret in their rallies that they want to wipe out UDF from Eastern region.

    1. Zikukukhuza bwanji? Osamangokamba za ng’ona zanuzo or za a chiledzelere anuwo ndi ma hule callista ndi kaliati bwanji?

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