United Democratic Front (UDF) says the People’s Party (PP) logo, which depicts an open lock, is an indication of the party’s involvement in the cashgate through which billions of taxpayers’ money was stolen.
But PP spokesperson Hophmally Makande described UDF’s statement as baseless, saying the former ruling party has run out of ideas.
UDF vice-president Iqbar Omar said this during a political rally he addressed at Area 36 in Lilongwe last Thursday.
He said the logo indicates that PP left public coffers open so that everybody could get money at his will.
Said Omar: “The current regime is responsible for the Capital Hill looting. There are a lot of malpractices that are taking place in government. For example, some members of the ruling party have been offering themselves payments for services and goods they never offered. [Just] look at the ruling party’s logo; it’s an open lock, which means public coffers have been left open for them to embezzle public money.”
But Makande disputed the claims.
“We [PP] have heard opposition parties poking fun at our logo. But this just shows that these parties, including UDF, have run out of ideas. They are supposed to argue on pertinent issues that can benefit Malawians not logos. This is not the way we campaign. They should wait for us to see how a clean campaign goes. Our logo indeed is an open lock, but has nothing to do with cashgate,” he said in an interview.
