UTM has Diaspora Directorate in NEC,  veep post not in rank and file

November 24, 2018 Wongani Chiuta -Nyasa Times 28 Comments

The newly-registered UTM party led by Vice-President Saulos Chilima has become the first to create a post of Diaspora Directorate  in its national executive committee to be elected that its first  national convention slated for December 17 at Bingu International Convention Centre (Bicc) in Lilongwe.

Chilima and Kaliati confere on Friday during a whistle stop meetings in the northern region

UTM interim publicity secretary Joseph Chidanti-Malunga confirmed the development confirmed the development that unlike other parties which has external wing with their  stand-alone structures, they would have a Diaspora Director in the main decision body.

Malunga also confirmed that UTM is not having  the position of vice-president(s) like the situation in  ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), United Democratic Front (UDF), and erstwhile ruling People’s Party (PP) have VPs in all the four political regions of the country.

The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), on the other hand, has the First and Second VPs shared between the North and the Southern regions, as its president comes from the Central Region.

Malunga said such vice president posts only creates elements of regionalism.

He said the convention will agree on the command structure and who is second in charge.

According to a notice of the convention, all those interested in contesting for positions must submit their nomination papers through a prescribed form that can be collected from the chairperson of the Elections Conference, Masankho Banda.

During the convention, besides electing office bearers, delegates are expected to ratify and adopt the party’s constitution, unveil its manifesto and also endorse a presidential candidate for May 21 2019 elections.

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28 replies on “UTM has Diaspora Directorate in NEC,  veep post not in rank and file”

  5. I wonder if Chilima is aware that his most trusted friend’s true name is Everson Makowa? Can Everson Makowa tell Malawians why he changed his name to what it is today before we brand him a crook?

  6. Komatu uyu kungomusankha uprezidenti anthu tingamumve ndithu. Nanga no vice president, Kamuzu ndani? Red flag! A Malawi chenjerani!

  7. Kodi UTM iripobe? After opinion poll results? Goofed interview? Mass exodus of members?
    Waste of time!!!

  8. ANY GRIEVANCES WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED AFTER MAY ELECTIONS 2019 —NOW IS THE TIME TO COME UP WITH NECESSARY SET UPS TO WIN THE ELECTIONS —MALAWIANS SHOULD DECIDE NOW !!

  10. Very useless idea. A Directorate for people who have chosen not to be here at home? And then you tell us that you can’t have VPs, my foot. Already you don’t think of succession plans and then how different are you from the rest? The fact that some gurus among you are fighting for the VP position does not make it sensible to scrap the position. This has just shown that you guys are childish and can’t handle divergent views.

  13. Only those with shallow minds take utm as a party. All frustrated people like Kasambara, Kalinde, Loveneds Gondwe, Patricia K, and Chilima himself are there. You don’t build a party with such people. What do you benefit from an old man like Daniel Mlomo whose mind is still with MCP. Msowoya akuthandizani chiyani?

    1. ZA ANTHU ANZERU IZI. anzeru amanvana anzeru okhaokha. mukamatsata politics kuyambira 1994 muzitsutsa osati muri ndi kunvetsa koma simukudziwa. go back and follow history. CHILIMA YEMWEYO

  14. It is simply the beginning of DICTATORSHIP. Kamuzu style – no Vice President and one-man rule. What is
    Chilima fearing? Is he now guilty of having betrayed APM and does not want anyone doing the same to him? So, is he not going to pick a running-mate because he does not want to have a VP. UTM motooo

  15. I like the model. UTM is not a copy paste type of party.. Don’t follow the crowd principle is good. Be different. Be modern. It is your model

  16. Inu a UTM tamangopangati zanu, osatu mukabwera ndi kachiganizo kopusa muziyerekeza ndi zipani zina apapa. Inuyo amene wakuuzani kuti zonse mukupanga zidzakupatsani mavoti ndi ndani? Zachamba eti, zachibwana zenizeni, za uchikhanda.

    2. Let them be…..that’s UTM…leave them alone….yes they are free to explain why they are doing things differently..Anything wrong with that?????

    6. And look at Kaliyati. Desparate face indeed. Chipani cha pa facebook. No area, no branch, angotola fans ali ndi ma shadow or ndi directorof chakutichakuti. Hedeeeee. Uluuuu.

    7. Khala chete iwe. Ndondomeko zina ndi zoyendesera chipani bulutu iwe. Chilichonse ma vote basi. Mukalongosola mayendedwe a chipani, ma vote amabwera okha. Mukumva kuwawaeeee

    8. Number 3 yawoyo sinaipebe. Akuyesesa ndithu. Unfortunately in politics being number three is the same as being number 50

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