Time is not on the side of PDP

 Dear judge Mbadwa,

My lord, have you noticed that every time the country is embroiled in some heated discourse either on corruption or governance and its lack of; increase in prices of fuel and fertiliser; the strange vanishing of civil society organisations leaders and their reappearance like some weird sisters in Macbeth; the People’s Demagogic Party (PDP) leadership wrangle narrative steps in from nowhere to distract the national dialogue.

My lord, the time everyone expects the biggest opposition in Nyasaland to step in and hold the government accountable on such important matters, PDP rushes to underwhelm you with its never-ending stories of who rightly holds authority.

The party, with its unceasing internecine strife, cedes on that premise the moral ground to speak with authority on challenges Nyasaland is facing as specks in PDP leadership eyes are nauseatingly accumulating.

PDP my lord, whether it is headed by Mapuya himself or a faction of Sangalalani Nakondwa, is graphically radarless and leaderless and I don’t care how some members would want to convince us that such is a healthy development.

My lord, I don’t think it is wrong for people to express interest to stand as PDP presidential candidates whether a national elective convention in the party will be held in 2030 or not.

While I agree that one’s ambition should not be at the expense of the unity of the party, I find it a strange occurrence, my lord, that Mapuya should give a blanket order, stopping talk of a succession plan on the basis that he still has the mandate to run the affairs of the party.

It doesn’t look good for that office to assume the role of a disputer-in chief now, rejecting claims that so and so have been highly endorsed by the Tsamba house.

It’s not inspiring either to see a biggest opposition always resorting to settle disputes in your tribunal because they cannot agree on the direction the party should be taking.

And you have leaders who believe they are the anointed to take the party to the next generation when they have not been given that mandate.

But the unpleasant dialogue about a succession plan should be encouraged anyway and let people start strategising now without hindrance.

My lord, most of the leaders in the party are serving selfish interests and they have no interests of its general good at heart. Well, this can be traced to the history of the party as, without a clear ideology, it was born out of frustrations with Chairman’s

 Yellow Party.

Sadly, time is not the luxury PDP has and if it is fooling itself that it will be allowed the opportunity to save itself in time for the next general elections, it would be in for a great shock.

My lord, if anyone within PDP applies to your court to handle their squabbles, throw them out so that intra-party democracy should be seen to work.

I don’t want to suggest that PDP might be dying a slow death if it is not careful but the way the party is being managed you cannot help to think otherwise.

Regards,

John Citizen