UTM  special team on alliance with MCP meets Monday

March 1, 2020 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 38 Comments

UTM Party national executive committee special team mandated to look into if there is need for the party to form an alliance with the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) meets Monday in Lilongwe.

Kaliati: UTM team leader

UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati is leading the team which is expected to scrutinize offers from the MCP on the possibility of the alliance which has sharply divided opinion in both the UTM and MCP.

The team is expected to examine what the MCP has put on table for the alliance, which include the presidential candidate in the forthcoming presidential election after the MCP proposed that Dr Lazarus Chakwera be the torch bearer in the election with Dr Saulos Chilima as running mate.

Others issues will include the sharing of the cabinet portfolios and other government positions as well as how the two parties manifestos can be put together.

Some of the members in the committee include party spokesperson Dr Joseph Chidanti Malunga, party director of strategic planning Norman Nyirenda, member Willet Kalonga among others.

Chilima said at a recent rally in Lilongwe that the alliance should not be about removing somebody from power and putting somebody in power but must offer the best for Malawi.

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38 replies on “UTM  special team on alliance with MCP meets Monday”

  1. Chilima kungovomeleza kukhala vice president nde sokatu, u vice kawili mmmm… Promotion nde ili Pati? Chakwera ayambe ndi u vice kenako promote him as a president next time

  2. You think you could have done such meetings way back – and I wonder why this is becoming a big issue to solve – if you were able to be successfull on the court issue why then is it difficult to come up with the tangible solution now???????? You know what people will start concluding that you ALL power hungry LEADERS shame on you. You should know that time is ticking out and soon find your pants down when your friends are already dressed kkkkk!!!!!!! I wish you all the best byeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

  4. Koma nyasa times ndine abodza..Mesa you wrote last time that alliance has failed and now you say meeting will be on Monday. Which is which?

  6. This is the best way to go Malawi.Lets work together to topple this government.United we stand,devided we fall.

  7. chonde A Chilima ndi Executive yanu , A Chakwera ndi Executive yanu gwirizanani . musayayike maudindo patsogolo koma kuombola mtundu wa a Malawi. ndipo anthu adzakukumbukirani ngakhale mutafa. koma muphonya apa anthu sadzakulemekezani ndipo chikhulupiriro mwa inu chidzachoka. A DPP sakugona nawo mgwirizano wanu ndipo akuyesetsa kubweretsa division using anthu anu omwe. koma khalani ochenjera ngati njoka ndipo woyera mtima ngati khunda.

  10. Madam Kaliati is too compromised and unbalanced to lead the UTM team on this strategic issue,Chilima should have done better on the choice of the team.

    1. I have my doubts too- what did Norman say recently about MCP …Chidanti is a Scholar …That makes him somehow Rational ….He can analyse and make decisions based on Data not Emotions .But what all of them must be asking them is …? Are Our Visions for Malawi so irreconcilable ….? MCP has always been about -Food on the table (Agriculture) ,House that does not leak ( infrastructure),Good Clothes (Household Income) and Money in the Pocket (Disposable Income)….Those are the basics HKB preached and the MCP still stands for ….In there any Vision which is not Covering these ….?

  11. Chilima (UTM) should understand that this time around UTM is shut out in areas it probably considered as its ‘strongholds’ by the coming in of the UDF-DPP alliance. They should not deceive themselves–this alliance is going to ‘eat’ more into UTM’s votes than MCP’s votes this time around compared to last time!!

    1. I agreed..UTM has no structures on the ground it was easier with parliamentary elections as there were aspirants throughout…Now who would waste a paeeny for UTM

    2. Iwenso ndiwaboza bwanji. Let me ask you a question: Those DPP gurus who are not happy with the DPP-UDF alliance, if they have to chose between MCP and UTM, who do you think they would support??

  12. I very much wish you fruitful discussions and may the Almighty guide you.The bottom line is that you have to think National Please for the sake of NOTHING else but Malawians whose hope is for change in this country whose state we are in now can only be attributed to plunder of scarce resources to benefit the elite few.

    Believe you me Malawians will not forgive you if you put self interest before the will of the people and in the process allow DPP to continue plundering, thieving, nepotism and everything else that is the opposite of good governance.

    Both Chakwera and Chilima have tirelessly preached to the people about the evils associated with DPP rule and you will not have plausible explanation and defence should MCP and UTM let this chance of sending DPP into oblivion slip through your fingers. Malawians will not forgive you. Mark my words.

    You have been warned.

  14. Gwirizanani mwachangu kuti oyipayo achitemanyazi chifukwa wakangalika kulemba nkhani zobweretsa kusagwirizana. Macadet mumva kuwawa

  15. True. This alliance should be for the good of Malawians. We have suffered enough, all of you put all your egos aside for the good of the beautiful Malawi our mother land. God bless and protect this good gesture of MCP-UTM Alliance.

  17. There is nothing to discuss here. MCP have already placed themselves as leaders of this coalition by saying Chakwera should be the torch bearer. Now if you know Malawi politics, you know that the President has too much power. Once Chakwera is in power, he will freeze Chilima out as a useless Veep and then replace all UTM ministers with MCP bigwigs. Chilima can only survive politically if he aligns with DPP. In DPP he can manouvre better than in MCP, the ruthless bloody party.

    1. Shit and a true myopic comment vindicating your mental deficit which is full of oblivion traces. RETROGRESSIVE CHARACTER THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE WITH YOUR CRONIES

      1. I fear you are the one who is intellectually inadequate. Too compromised to read with rationality the propositions of others. Your friend has an honest opinion about where Chilima can flourish and you, with your diabolical emotions think you are speaking wisdom. Keep quite.

    3. An agent of DPP. The ones who are spending sleepless nights to ensure that MCP/UTM alliance does not materialise for their won benefit.

  18. How can a party go into an alliance with the aim of not removing the intended target? Does Chilima know what he is talking about. That’s the problem of overrating someone – arrogance creeps into the head. Chilima should know before UTM there were powerful parties the likes of Aford, RP, NDA and PP. Where are they today? Can UTM survive 5 years of opposition life? MCP can, as they have numbers in the national assembly that make the party get funding from government.

  19. Zeze the runningmate….paja munati zosiyilana lero Nanu mwakakamila u VP. Mphanvu munationesa pa nsanja ku mzuzu zili kuti?

  20. Chilima is fast sinking into oblivion.. If I was mcp president I would dial chilima and offer him post of minister of trade fullstop. Utm is desperate for alliance coz if dpp wins life couldn’t be worse for them. Unfortunately our coward weakling chakwera has no balls at all. He is shaking with gratitude for the alliance and will offer utm more than the value it brings. Skc ndi njoka, if you don’t reduce him to appropriate size now you will regret once he’s inside your house that’s when u see his venom.

  21. Koma Joyce Banda ndiye chitsa chomwe chimanditsamwa kukhosi kwangaku. Uyu ankatuma ana kumaba, lero ana aja ali mmavuto ena mwa iwo aluza miyoyo yawo lero tikuti Joyce Joyce Joyce, koma Malawi iwe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  23. Hehehe politics is a dirty game: I thought in the last general elections UTM was saying DON’T VOTE FOR MCP THEY ARE KILLERS. Today they want to form an alliance with the same KILLERS? They should apologise first for those statements

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