Sunday’s rally by UTM Party president Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima at Njamba Freedom Park has got a welcome boost with the announcement that Umodzi Party has joined the UTM-Malawi Congress Party (MCP) alliance. UP president Professor John Chisi speaking at the rally said he hasi joined the grand alliance to help do away with tribalism and […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has criticed the decision by President Peter Mutharika to fire all ministers and plans to incorporate Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) partner United Democratic Front (UDF) in the Cabinet – which may be bloated – ahead of the forthcoming presidential fresh election. MCP spokesman Maurice Munthali said Mutharika was acting […]
UTM Party officials on Friday took the powerful alliance with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) message to the people of Chikwawa , saying that is the only option for better Malawi. Party patron Noel Masangwi said t the UTM/MCP alliance, which is yet to be signed on March 19, will end the many problems the country […]
Former president Joyce Banda’s People’s Party (PP) and Freedom Party say the coming in of UTM into the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) alliance is a political game changer on the country’s political terrain. Freedom Party president Khumbo Kachali – the former State vice-president – said UTM has now fulfilled aspirations of Malawians by accepting to […]
UTM Party has announced that it has resolved to form an electoral alliance with main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) aimed at defeating President Peter Muthatika in the first ever fresh presidential election tentatively set for May 19. Opposition leaders have vowed to field one candidate for the MCP-UTM alliance who will face President Mutharika in […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is flexing his political muscle by mobilising his followers to march to State House with his party announcing that it has called for a nationwide protest on Thursday March 12 to push for electoral reforms, despite new menaces from President Peter Mutharika to suppress the revolt. Chakwera […]
State Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima who is also UTM Party leader is considering the offer by Malawu Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazrus Chakwera to partner him as his runningmate in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. Chilima and Chakwera—the duo that secured the landmark judgement by the five-judge panel of the High Court of […]
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima has been offered a “take it or leave it” deal by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in an attempt to form a an electoral alliance by the end of the week which MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera will be the torchbearer as presidential candidate while Chilima will get the running mate […]
One of the greatest barriers to progress is close-mindedness. It is tradition that makes us resistant to change and to new ideas. It is close-mindedness that channels our minds into safe familiar paths. Political dynamics, though, expect and demand that politicians should be prepared to assess the political landscape and make necessary changes within reason. […]
President Peter Mutharika has strongly warned the civil society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and opposition political parties in the country against creating a lawless state. Mutharika issued the stern warning on Sunday at Njamba Freedom Park in Blantyre during Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) […]
In the past three or so weeks, no phrase has graced media headlines more than ‘political alliances’. Welcome to season of political alliances. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) set it all off a week ago with leaders Atupele Muluzi and Peter Mutharika sharing caps to announce their alliance. Malawi Congress Party […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first deputy president Sidik Mia has said he believes that there is strength in unity and lends his weight behind negotiations with UTM Party for a possible alliance in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections but said all Malawians from Nsanje to Chitipa should be accommodated. MCP and UTM […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has for the first time commented on the ongoing talks between the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party for a possible political alliance, saying the ruling party is not shaken. DPP secretary general Grezelder Jeffrey wa Jeffrey said the party and United Democrtaic Front (UDF) who are in […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM representatives are Monday evening meeting in Lilongwe for a do or die meeting to find a common ground for a political alliance. Both MCP secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka and UTM publicist Joseph Chidanti Malunga confirmed of the meeting but were not forthcoming with the details. Sources said the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it has made huge sacrifices and unprecedented give ins to accommodate an alliance with UTM Party in a bid to wrestle power from President Peter Mutharika at the ballot box this May in Malawi’s first ever fresh elections. MCP campaign director Moses Kunkuyu said this on Sunday in Blantyre during […]
UTM Party secretary general Patricia Kaliati added political banter to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) alliance with United Democratic Front (UDF), saying it is political dynasties—Mutharikas and Muluzis—who have dominated Malawi politics for 23 of the last 25 years of multiparty democracy’s return. Kaliati was speaking in Mzuzu on Sunday during a UTM rally before […]
It’s a fact that Malawians who are agitating for change in this country want a grand opposition alliance to boot out the besieged Democratic Progressive Party. In this grand alliance, they mostly want the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to partner with UTM. In the meantime, both parties have officially announced to the nation that they […]
Daud Suleman, Anthony Bendulo and Peter Lackson gained the as they appeared as witnesses for the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the presidential election petition case and have now decided to utilise their new found fame to sensitize the youth on the need for them to get involved in politics. Travelling across the country […]