“You’ve Started a Fire You Can’t Put Out”: Chisale Slams MCP Over Mponela Violence
Malawi’s political temperature is boiling — and Norman Chisale has just thrown fuel on the fire.
In the aftermath of a brazen daylight attack in Mponela, where a minibus carrying DPP supporters was shot at and torched, Chisale — former presidential aide and senior Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) figure — is pointing the finger squarely at the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) youth thugs.
In a video gone viral, chaos erupts as gunfire cracks, and smoke billows from a burning vehicle. The victims were returning from a rally in Ntchisi, addressed by DPP’s Central Region Vice President Alfred Gangata. Several were left injured and traumatized.
But what’s more shocking is not just the violence — it’s the silence that followed.
Chisale says he rushed to the police — only to find indifference and inaction.
“The police have done absolutely nothing. Not even a token response,” Chisale seethed. “So I defended my people. And I won’t apologize for it.”
Labeling the ambush a deliberate act of political terrorism, Chisale unleashed a scathing attack on the MCP, accusing it of nurturing a culture of brutality and fear.
“This is no longer politics — this is war on democracy,” he said. “If MCP thinks it can silence us through bloodshed and cowardly ambushes, they’ve clearly forgotten history.”
But his most chilling words were reserved for the ruling party’s leadership:
“You’ve started a fire you cannot control. And when it spreads, don’t pretend you didn’t light the match.”
Chisale warned of uncontrollable retaliation if the violence persists, throwing down the gauntlet in a country already on edge.
The attack — and the weak police response — has reignited fears of state-sponsored impunity and deep-rooted political intolerance as Malawi marches toward the 2025 elections.
Civil society leaders and ordinary Malawians are now demanding more than condemnations — they want action, accountability, and an end to the violence before democracy is engulfed in flames.
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I do not support violence. And political violence must be condemned in the strongest terms possible. No matter who is behind any kind of violence, and no matter where it has occurred; political violence MUST not be tolerated…not even in the spirit of retaliation. We need peace.
However, I thought Bwana Chisale overcried. Not too long time ago did he publicly insulted the Malawi Police Service, and actually declared that he does not fear them and that he can finish them. Did he go to police to deal with them or to report an act of violence? Apolisitu ndi anthu. Tikamachita undermine their authority amatimva and zikatibwerera chances are high kuti akhoza kumangotiyang’ana. Even the emotionalism he is demonstrating in the video clips concerning the regretable Mponera incident, sangakhale kuti ku police anapita ngati Bwana nkuyamba kuopseza ma officers? Ndani angalondole munthu amene akukukalipira ngati niwe mwana kuti ukamuthandize? Bwana Chisale, learn some kind of tough diplomacy.