UTM Eastern Region members defect to DPP-UDF alliance

Days after deputy secretary general Levy Luwemba dumped UTM, eastern regional committee members have dumped the party  and announced defection to the DPP-UDF alliance.

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DPP vice president eastern region Bright Mpaka welcomes defectors in Liwonde
The defectors
One of defectors speaking
DPP vice president eastern region Bright Mpaka welcomes defectors in Liwonde

The UTM underestimated Luwemba and called him names when he detected last Saturday but UTM structures are crumbling in the East and Centre and he is the man behind the demolition.

On Wednesday in Liwonde the  UTM Regional Committee officials  defected to the DPP-UDF Alliance.

They came from UTM structures in Mangochi, Machinga, Balaka, Zomba and Ntcheu where party leader Saulos Chilima comes from.

The defections were announced at Zest Conference Centre in Liwonde.

Reports from Northern Region also indicate that most people are abandoning UTM and heading for the DPP.

Other reports also indicates that more high profile defections are on their way.

UTM supporters are defecting in protest because of the association with Malawi Congress Party (MCP).

According to the defectors, UTM has not joined the Tonse Alliance but it is Chilima who has joined MCP.

Meanwhile, Chilima is also being rejected by MCP diehards because they have discovered that he is driving his own personal agenda.

Chilima said in Chikwawa that he will take over MCP after 5 years, which has also created anger in the MCP quarters.

UTM was born when Chilima rebelled against President Peter Mutharika and tried to oust his mentor at the DPP Convention.

After failing to take over DPP, Chilima formed UTM and contested for the presidency in the May 2019 Elections.

Chilima’s face will not be on the ballot of the next election. The mass defections spell doom for UTM.

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Appeasement Court
4 years ago

UTM gone too soon. Matamadi sizinthu. Bye bye Hamdan Arafat AKA Zeze kachilima.

Mandado@147
Mandado@147
4 years ago

200 thousand ya atupele trust me this time his contributing 145 thousand votes to dpp minus tippex if these these will even reach 2 million its beyond a miracle!! 1.5 million verses 2.7 million tonse alliance is the trajectory.

chipalamandule
chipalamandule
4 years ago

Which north? Boza

ERUTU
ERUTU
4 years ago

It’s not ROCKET SCIENCE. All groupings have SELLOUTS and these are examples of those kind of people.

Each political party in Malawi has SELLOUTS. In sociology these sort of people are called GATEKEEPERS TO SOCIAL CHANGE. They don’t contribute anything to the running of the society. Greed is TANTAMOUNT in all whatever they are doing.

GOOD RIDDANCE 🇲🇼

John Phiri
John Phiri
4 years ago
Reply to  ERUTU

Kkkkk. Yes. Gatekeepers to Social Change. To them if someone gives him or her K50 they would gladly go on the podium and declare their support. Similarly, they cannot be trusted as they can again change if they are given the same K50 or just a promise of it

Wakwithu
Wakwithu
4 years ago

Don’t be fooled here …..these are old political tricks by the DPP

We know that now akumatenga anthu awo onwe kuwapatsa money ndi t-shirts Ali mulengeze kuti mwachoka UTM or MCP. At masintha DPP was busy parading achinyamata aku Mitundu Ali nd Msundwe barracks kkkkk kudzinyenga drone inawayika pa balaganda lero ndi izi amuchotsa Itaye ku macra

Macadet zawo zinada pano lero ndi izi wina nduyo way kutuma getu kuti akapange campaign 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Che Jika
Che Jika
4 years ago

Politics of the stomach.You shall regret on the 3rd July, 2020

Daniel
Daniel
4 years ago

Northerners are not mentally sick to vote for DPP, for what goodness? Come rains or sunshine tonse alliance will win with a land slides. Malawi can’t be ruled by two families, that is impossible… DPP should not expect even a single vote from northern region ..Even Jappy will vote for Tonse Alliance.

hope
hope
4 years ago
Reply to  Daniel

Hee zako izo uziwona

Lego
4 years ago

From my understanding and observation,these people were not UTM members at all.What positions were these the so called defectors having in UTM?DPP/UDF stop fooling yourselves with these propagandas.The thing with people from the eastern region is,they are too tribalist and they take UDF as their tribal party not a national party.No wonder most of them are illiterate.

Jose
Jose
4 years ago

Za ziii ndale zachikale za defection after receiving bloody money.Ndale za uncivilized.Atupele you have a huge task to become president you and chilina you will fight after chakwera but you are far behind to chilima this new generation is judging you by your uncivilized chair style.Market yourself better like chilima taking a bag of fertil8zer to villagers people will trust him for for future presidency.Dpp shortfalls are for this generation and the youth knows better about the shortfalls of dpp so you are associating yourself with that.Once chakwera takes government things will change the farmers will cerebrate youth will get… Read more »

Mtete
4 years ago

Maybe from other areas/regions. Definitely not Eastern Region since it was swallowed by DPP if the last rigged election results are anything to go by. It would be nice to know the calibre of the defectors since most people are just after zitenje or t-shirts. Check their homes and you will find Aford, MCP, PP, UTM gear.

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