The Citizens for Transformation (CFT) People Power Movement leader Timothy Mtambo has said the country’s political pendulum is swinging towards change of leadership in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. Mtambo said this when he spokes at the opposition Tonse Alliance Mega Rally at Likuni Boys Secondary School ground in Lilongwe on Sunday. The self-styled ‘Commander-In-Chief’ […]
Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee meets this Wednesday to put pressure on President Peter Mutharika to call for a National Assembly meeting to debate and pass the rejected electoral reforms laws ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election. Legal Affairs Committee chairperson Kezzie Msukwa said the committee will reflect and debate on the Supreme Courtof […]
Malawi has tasted resemblance of peace after days of political violence in some areas ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election. This follows peace talks which political parties’s secretary generals held with the police acting Inspector General Duncan Mwapasa on Friday. Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) brokered the peace talks. CMD executive director Kizito […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka said the opposition grand alliance is ‘made in heaven’ given and that the 2019 election fraud engineered by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairwoman Jane Ansah was a blessing in disguise to unite Malawians under the Tonse alliance to redeem the country. Mkaka said the alliance will defeat […]
The energised Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance running mate Atupele Muluzi has called on people of Chiradzulu district to vote for President Peter Mutharika for continued development , saying the opposition alliance will serve their interests. Speaking when he conducted whistle-stop tour that took him to Chiradzulu District, Atupele appealed to Malawians […]
President Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) choice of United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Muluzi as his running mate in the forthcoming fresh elections, has galvanized the Eastern Region, with voters expressing full support for the DPP-UDF alliance. People in the region were previously torn between supporting either DPP or UDF. The sealing […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy president Sidik Mohammed Mia has praised UTM leader Salous Chilima as a statesman and a sefless leader for accepting to be opposition Tonse Alliance running mate to MCP’s presidential hopeful Dr Lazarous Chakwera. Mia said Chilima has shown exceptional and sefless leadership and described the pair with Chakwera as dream ticket […]
Vice President Salous Chilima, who is also Tonse Alliance running mate has said the fresh presidential elections is the last chance saloon to vote for change of leadership, saying the opposition alliance has capable and visionary leadership who will usher in a new Malawi under Dr Lazarous Chakwera presidency. Chilima said after the court battle […]
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), Mangochi Diocese has advised political party, religious leaders, chiefs other influential leaders in Mangochi to nurture peace ahead of the fresh presidential election. CCJP Mangochi Diocesan Secretary, Bruno Banda made the call on Friday in the district when the organisation met the leaders on the need to […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (responsible for the South) Kondwani Nankhumwa on Sunday, May 17, 2020, held two separate meetings with DPP district, ward and constituency leaders, including Members of Parliament (MPs) in Nsanje and Chikwawa winding up a series of planning meetings he has held in all districts in the region ahead of the forthcoming fresh […]
Officials and experts are sounding the alarm as Malawi shifts to top campaign gear with giant rallies for an unprecedented presidential re-run despite the coronavirus pandemic. The poor southern African country will hold polls in just under two months after the Constitutional Court overturned the results of last year’s controversial election, which handed President Peter […]
Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) member of parliament for Kasungu West Madalitso Kazombo has said Vice President Saulos Chilima, who is also running mate in the MCP-UTM Alliance is a man of his promises, saying the government which will be headed by Lazarus Chakwera will bring down the price of fertilizer from […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera ballot paper will have his face and party black cork symbol only and not with UTM, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said after it rejected an application to have amendment on the paper symbol. MCP applied to MEC to let the party use a fusion of […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has strongly condemned Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) for allegedly using religion in their campaign to divide Malawians. Chilima issued the warning at Kasungu boma on Saturday where he addressed an opposition alliance rally. He said he has evidence that DPP/UDF alliance is misleading people by telling […]
Vice President Salous Chilima, who is the running mate to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections, has said the opposition grand alliance is a response to wishes of the majority of Malawians who demanded that they should join forces to increase their chances of defeating the governing […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera is driving a heavily-packed opposition Tonse Alliance, but that shouldn’t worry you. What should worry you is that, inside this alliance, there are several toxic politicians, pregnant with unlimited expectations of how they will be rewarded through awards of government jobs and business tenders. If Chakwera and […]
With a month left until a fresh presidential elections, opinion polls by Afrobaromete suggest that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera would win the ballot, but MCP has said it will not be complacent. One of the most respected opinion makers – Afrobaromete – says in a report that […]
As the race for presidency is tightening ahead of the fresh elections, the toast of the road campaigning 41-year-old Atupele Muluzi, running mate to President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has revived his Ung’onoung’ono mantra connecting withy young voters to boost the DPP-UDF alliance. Upbeat and energetic, Atupele, president of United Democratic […]