Chakwera says Mutharika should start packing: ‘Bye-bye, DPP, bye-bye’
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has declared it is a national priority to overthrow, through the ballot, the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and has told President Peter Mutharika to “start packing”, showing confidence that he would be able to defeat the incumbent in the May 21 2019 presidential elections.
“Well, start packing. It’s time to be evicted at Kamuzu Palace,” said Chakwera in his address on Times Television after he failed to address a public rally in Blantyre following heavy downpour.
Chakwera said Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) policies have not helped the Malawian people.
“DPP has guided Malawi in the wrong direction, and it’s time for MCP to develop the country,” he said.
Chakwera also dismissed what President Mutharika said that the MCP government did nothing to develop the country during its 31-year rule in one party state.
“Malawians, can this be true? Let us make a correction here because everyone can testify that MCP laid a solid foundation for national development.
“Everyone can see for himself or herself what MCP did when it was in power,” said Chakwera.
The leader of opposition said when ruling party members and everyone fall sick, they seek medical attention from Kamuzu Central Hospital and other medical facilities built by MCP administration.
“At the hospital, if you are treated or assisted by a doctor trained at Kamuzu College of Nursing you should know that it is MCP that built that [school],” he said.
He continued: “If today, you are proud of a degree you obtained from an institution of higher learning such as Chancellor College, the Polytechnic or Luanar (Lilongwe University of Agriculture Natural Resources), among others, where you either received your degrees or you sent your children or wards to.
“If you see multi-story building in Blantyre such as Delamere, Chayamba, Development House, Mount Soche Hotel, Ryalls Hotel, or Capital Hill in Lilongwe and Police Headquarters.
“If you have ever stayed in affordable houses in residential estates in Nkolokosa, Kanjedza, in Blantyre and Area 18, Falls Estate in Lilongwe, Mzilawayingwe in Mzuzu and many more areas. It is the MCP that built all these.”
He said even the President is staying in State residences build by MCP regime, including official Kamuzu Palace and Sanjika.
“So, as the President occupies himself with giving beers to the youth, he should not forget that even the roads he is using to ferry their party supporters were constructed by MCP. He shouldn’t forget that the airports he uses to travel abroad, but he fails to maintain them to the extent of leaking and drenching travelers, were built by MCP. Therefore, I wish to advise you, my fellow Malawians, to be taken or deceived by these people.
“I would like to advise DPP to leave us alone. Spare us the castigation. You may continue castigating your breakaway group. But don’t involve MCP in your castigations,” Chakwera said.
Chakwera, accompanied by his deputy Sidik Mia, said the DPP administration is a government that has to go on grounds that it is dishonest, incompetent, clueless, recalcitrant, abusive, violent, divisive, wasteful and secretive.
“The next government will be formed by MCP because Malawians are tired of voting for parties with manifestos full of empty and broken promises,” said Chakwera.
But DPP spokesperson Nicholas Dausi said since Chakwera lost the 2014 poll, he is a “very angry man” that he has not spoken anything good about the DPP administration.
“The man has specialised in insulting the President [Peter Mutharika]. We are, actually, not surprised with his outbursts. He is very angry and has hatred for our President.
“He wanted to be President yesterday, unfortunately, he will not be. Let him insult us, but Malawians know Chakwera is a total failure. The people will judge him,” Dausi said.
Malawi will hold tripartite elections in May next year to elect the President and Vice-President, 193 members of Parliament and 462 ward councillors.
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Always funny to hear MCP saying they are the one’s who laid the foundation for development etc…. The fact is that you banned all other political parties and murdered their leadership, your tinpot dictator then proceeded to dictate on which roads and buildings are built and where for 31 years. And compared to neighboring countries, you have very little to be proud of in those 3 decades apart from murder of our citizens. You really want us to clap that you built some basic roads, basic airports, basic hospitals and Nkula falls with the assistance of donors over 31 years?… Read more »
Who gave him the turn anyway? Lazaro must stop taking Malawians for granted.
All those declarations and pronouncements, become empty promises (church talk), when they are not accompanied with a concrete plan. And, that RED burns my eyes!!! – three exclamations on purpose. Asa. MCP – one of the political Parties with the worst human rights abuses in post-independent Africa – has to be obliterated from Malawi, by diverting people voting for alternate Parties. There are enough these Parties out there to make this doable. Lets abolish MCP by default, what our politicians would not do after the end of Kamuzu’s Nazi-like regime. When will the oChewa wake up and stop voting for… Read more »
MCP chipani cha nkhaza, chakupha
Tayambanso ngodya zinayi now + 1 zakwana HI -5 kikikikikikikikikikiki kick
Chakwera is one candidate Malawians should hold at arms length. Why? He is not explaining the means to an end of his promises. This is not an omission but a clever trick so that if they are voted in whatever they do will not have a preset measurable indicator on which citizens can take them to task.
MCP bomaaaa!!!!!
Okavotela tilipo ambiri chaka cha mawa mukutuluka m’boma agalu inu mufune musafune just for your information Malawi is not your estate.during kamuzu where was dausi?Pakilani muzipita your time is over and this is real
I think you are crying. Which Malawian citizen can vote for dpp a party which is raising the fuel price without even thinking about life of Malawians. What he says is what makes MCP and it is what MCP is all about development in this country. If you don’t agree please list down the development that was by udf, dpp and pp now. I will list all for MCP note that the president just mentioned a few mukodza magazi 2019 May tikutchotsa ka dp party