Fed up with reports of infighting, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) grassroots official and a traditional leader yesterday called on the governing party’s leadership to focus on addressing issues it pledged to resolve during the campaign.
In her remarks during a DPP rally at Makhetha Ground in Blantyre yesterday, Blantyre City Nkolokoti-Ndirande-Matope Constituency women’s secretary Edina Muzungu said disagreements in the leadership structure do not reflect well on the party and warned that ordinary members will suffer if the squabbles continue.
“Please, take our message to APM [President Peter Mutharika]. This is not good. We are the ones to suffer with this. The fight will divert the major issues that people voted you for, to end hunger, fuel problems and …” she said.
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Group village head Chinupule of Traditional Authority Kapeni said people in her area were facing several challenges, including hunger.
She said while the DPP administration has lowered maize prices, most people have no money.
The traditional leader also said that in the face of the looming El Niño, the government should step up efforts to ensure people did not suffer.
In an interview on the sidelines of the rally, DPP director of legal affairs Chipiliro Mpinganjira assured supporters that the party was not fighting, but experiencing differences of ideas which is normal in a democracy.
He said the President was aware of what was happening.
“The President knows what is happening. He is a father and he is looking at working all this out,” said Mpinganjira, who is also Deputy Minister of Natural Resources, urging party members to focus on who was doing the right thing rather than dwelling on their differences.
The DPP organised the rally as part of a series of meetings across the country to thank voters for supporting Mutharika in the September 16 2025 General Election.
The first rally was held in Thyolo on Saturday before the party moved to Blantyre yesterday.
During the Thyolo rally, First Deputy Speaker of Parliament Victor Musowa said the opposition should not think DPP members were fighting.
“Ku opposition uko timangofuna mugule [we just want you to have data bundles] ma data. Koma ngati mukuona kuti DPP yagawanikana, mukunama. DPP is intact,” he said.
Yesterday’s rally started with performances by Ndirande Anglican Voices, Gibbo Pearson and the Black Missionaries Band.
The calls for an end to the perceived infighting come against a background of public criticism of Speaker Sameer Suleman, the party’s national organising secretary, over his decision to establish 12 investigations into governance concerns affecting public service delivery.
