MCP Endorses Chakwera as 2030 Torchbearer Without Postmortem

Former President Dr Lazarus Chakwera has accepted to run again in 2030 after his party, the Malawi Congress Party-MCP endorsed him at a party meeting that was conducted at its headquarters in Lilongwe.

But this has infuriated some members including Members of Parliament who have questioned the rationale behind the move saying it is premature to endorse someone who was severely trounced by Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika during the General Elections.

They have also added that the party was supposed to conduct a postmortem before endorsing him because according to them, Chakwera is part of the larger problems of the party machinery.

Yesterday’s meeting was the first, since the party lost power to the Democratic Progressive Party-DPP on September 16. Chakwera’s loss was largely blamed on him for being insensitive to poor Malawians economic plight while he was busy traveling locally and globally which led to forex scarcity.

Several high ranking members of the party attended including Secretary General Richard Chimwendo Banda, former Speaker, Catherine Gotani Hara, former Minister of Trade, Vitumbiko Mumba, Eseihower Ndau Mkaka among others.

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