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DPP hits at Chakwera over donors’ letter

 

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday attacked leader of opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, accusing him of seeking donors’ wrath on government for selfish reasons.

The governing party was reacting to reports that Chakwera has written donors to complain about alleged intimidation and attempted bribery of Lawrence Sitolo, an aspiring MCP candidate in the Ocober 17 by-election in Nsanje Lalanje Constituency.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera

Speaking at a news conference Minister of Information and Communications Technology Nicholas Dausi, DPP spokesperson Francis Kasaila and National Governing Council member Ken Msonda addressed in Lilongwe yesterday, the DPP accused Chakwera of being power hungry.

Dausi said Chakwera had failed to report the alleged malpractices to constitutional institutions such as Malawi Police Service, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), arguing this indicated his aim was simply to damage the relationship between donors and government.

“The fact that MCP has avoided all these relevant institutions attests to our position that the allegations they are making are a sympathy-seeking stunt, having already known they will lose as expected,” he said.

On his part, Kasaila dismissed assertions that the DPP’s popularity in the Shire Valley was affected by businessperson Sidik Mia’s  move to join MCP.

But MCP deputy secretary general Einshower Mkaka yesterday laughed off DPP’s attack as unwarranted, saying the party could not report the case to police and MEC as the institutions are compromised.

“We have no confidence in them. We have written donors because a diplomatic note is a standard practice anywhere in the world, there is nothing abnormal about it,” said Mkaka. n

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  1. Chakwera was right in exposing this DPP govt to the outside world………….which police force can handle this case, not the politically compromised Malawi police obviously……….
    This is the same police that failed to arrest Moses Kuchingale when he was caught red handed in the Mchinji by-election impersonating an Electoral Commission officer…….
    This is the same police that stood by when the DPP henchmen went on a rampage and torched the Electoral Commission warehouse in Lilongwe to stop a recount of votes……..
    This is the same police that is accused of murdering Robert Chasowa at the Polytechnic, Mr Njauju at the ACB just to mention a few…….
    Malawians lost trust in the Malawi police ages ago and Chakwera would have been so naïve to report this case to the same young democrats infested police force…….The good news is that no matter how much noise Mr Dausi can make on this letter the donors already know the truth……..

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