Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s lead lawyer Mordecai Msisha – Senior Counsel (SC) – has asked the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal to dismiss an appeal against a Constitutional Court judgement that overturned the May 2019 presidential election. Presenting his arguments against the submission of the first and second appellants – President Peter […]
I don’t know about you, but there appears to be an outbreak of a deadly political virus in the opposition camp—a political virus that, evidently, is pushing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party into political social distancing. Just look around. UTM is busy selling its Manifesto alone. MCP ‘Kokoliko Movement’ is yet to incorporate […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has challenged President Peter Mutharika to arrest its party president Lazarus Chakwera if the accusations against him perpetrating violence have any iota of truth. In his Tuesday night’s national address, Mutharika alleged that Chakwera is encouraging “acts of violence” by ordering his followers to “catch and kill” people thought to be […]
Main opposition the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has hit back at President Peter Mutharika, saying it is his Democratic Progressive Party which promotes violence in the country. MCP publicity secretary Reverend Maurice Munthali was reacting to Mutharika’s address to the nation last night in which he accused the MCP president Lazarus Chakwera of promoting violent […]
President Peter Mutharika has condemned Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera of promoting violent attacks that he wanted to turn the country into a lawless society by ordering some of his followers to catch and kill innocent people who are rumoured to be collecting National IDs. Recently, Chakwera called for citizen arrests of people going […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has said the party will deploy its members of parliament (MPs) and councillors in the 5002 polling centres nationwide to lead the monitoring team of the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. Chakwera, who came second in the presidential race that was nullified by court, said the party […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has dared President Peter Mutharika calling him an ‘interim’ president who has 90 days left to be on the seat of power unless he secures a fresh mandate in the presidential elections tentatively slated for July 2 2020. Chakwera said this in a special address to the nation televised on […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has accused the government of failing to dispatch 20 000 coronavirus (Covid-19) testing kits to district hospitals, saying this is a great set back in the prevention war against the outbreak that has ground the global economy at standstill. In his special address to the nation televised on […]
A political analyst has told the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance and its partners to come out of its cacoon and announce its presidential candidate in the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election on July 2. Latim Matenje says the delays by the party to officially unveil its presidential candidate will negatively affect […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakweraon Monday led the party on a tour of some health facilities in Lilongwe where he donated hand sanitisers, antibacterial wipes and medical masks to contribute to the fight against Coronavirus (Covid-19) disease. Some of the facilities Chakwera toured include St Gabriel Hospital at Namitete Trading Centre in Lilongwe […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera will likely lead the opposition ‘grand alliance’ in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections, according to political analyst at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi , Happy Kayuni. During the signing of an agreement on the electoral alliance MCP and UTM Party of State vice-president Saulos Chilima […]
State Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima has said the UTM-MCP alliance marks the start of a new journey to State House. Chilima said this on Thursday during the UTM-MCP alliance signing ceremony at Kamuzu Institute for Sports in Lilongwe. The UTM leader said the alliance has the welfare of people at heart and has the […]
State vice-president and UTM leader Saulos Chilima together with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday unveiled an electoral alliance but have not disclosed who will be the torchbearer for the alliance in the fresh elections. Chilima spoke earlier before Chakwera concluded the rally with his speech, giving an indication that the […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera State vice-president Saulos Klaus Chilima (SKC), who is also UTM Party leader, have jointly called on President Peter Mutharika to abide by court ruling which paves the way for fresh elections after the constitutional court nullified the May polls. The two political leaders, who have announced they […]
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 […]
Malawi Congress Party(MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has vowed to defy President Peter Mutharika’s threats to use force to crash protests at State House, saying he will lead his supporters in the march if Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) vice-chairperson Gift Trapence and the group’s chairperson for the Central Region Macdonald Sembereka will not be released in […]
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 […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera risks arrest and prosecution as President Peter Mutharika on Sunday accused him of plotting insurrection through violence using the party’s supporters way before the May 21 2019 elections. Mutharika said on Sunday that the protest marches and violence perpetrated by alleged MCP supporters in some areas in the […]