Omar join forces with Lucius Banda to fight UDF-DPP union: Prepared to give Mutharika ‘rude shock’
United Democratic Front (UDF) first vice-president Iqbar Omar who resigned from the party after he was snubbed as running of Atupele Muluzi in 2014 says he is back to fight the party’s political relationship with ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) .
Omar said he is partnering with Lucius Banda to mount a fight against the DPP-UDF union, saying even though President Peter Mutharika declared that it will “never end” they will give him a a rude shock.
The UDF and DPP became bedfellows soon after the 2014 Tripartite Elections when President Peter Mutharika drafted into his first Cabinet the UDF leader, Atupele Muluzi. Muluzi is currently Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development.
The President said he was pleased that the DPP and UDF working relationship continues to grow from strength to strength.
“This relationship will never end,” declared President Mutharika. “It will continue from 2014, 2019, 2024, 2038 and thereafter.”
Muluzi’s party moved from the opposition to government benches in the 193-member National Assembly.
Only Balaka North legislator Lucius Banda defied the party’s decision and is campaigning against the union.
And Omar said they are prepared to fight and give Mutharika and Atupele a rude shock of their political lives.
“The UDF has no memorandum of understanding with DPP. All supporters of UDF are very shocked. We don’t want our party to die,” said Omar.
“UDF is a party for the people not an individual,” he said.
UDF spokesman Ken Ndanga dismissed Omar and a group of people organised by Lucius Banda in Balaka to protest against DPP-UDF alliance, saying they were not UDF members.
“ Those people are not UDF. Any person can wear yellow [the colour that defines UDF], but that does not mean they are UDF,” said Ndanga.
Ndanga said UDF has never discussed or indicated that it would contest the 2019 polls in partnership with DPP, saying a party national convetion will decide after consultations with leaders at all levels and party membership.
“Working together in Parliament is not an elections’ issue. The elections will take place in 2019 and by then the UDF would have had conducted a process of identifying its leader through a convention and the NEC [national executive committee] will decide when to meet,” he said.
Ndanga also said the party has always been guided by its constitution on the issue and there is no departure from that and that UDF member is aware of the party’s activities.
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Lucius and Omar you cant fight this fight and win,mr Banda have you so quick forgotten the height of which you fell during the empeachment time? pofera salambula,keep doing what you are doing tikuoneraniso.
ife tikufuna chitukuko komanso chitetezo pa moyo komanso katundu wathu.UDF/DPP WOYEEE
‘… Our relationship will continue…’ this statement clearly shows there is something underground going on between udf old dogs running the party and Muthalika. As long as their pockets are being filled with pennies and they will forget their true nature as opposition parties.Scarcely we here them(udf) criticing gov when something goes wrong as they used to. Atupele is not udf nor is Ndanga.These two dogs are so incapacitated and luck brains to be leaders. Believe me or not as time takes it toll little by little pple are forgetting about udf.Plz ! Don’t kill our party!
Cold heart of Africa. Always kuba and Ndanga is one of beneficiaries in the dpp-udf amagament. Sakudziwa that the party’s morrality is slowly engufed by awowo. Keep up Lucias and Omar.
Lucius Banda is still having grudges against DPP because of the knock-out he received from Bingu when he Lucius wanted to show off during the Impeachment of Bingu. Iqbar Omar is looking for a revenge of what the writer says he was refused to be runningmate to Atupele in 2014. So the two guys are doing this because of the bruises they have.
ZOSANGALATSA, ZOSEKETSA AND ZODABWITSA.
Let be hournest, there is no permanent things on earth which will never change or end. But only Gods words will neve end up to the end of the world. Every thing has its on time, how long it will take, enjoy, opressing punishing and intimidate other, but one day it will collapse, vanish and gone for good, due to Gods will. The . Almighty sees and hear the crying of the innorncent and poor people of Malawi. Therefore Him will judge and intervin.
How about MCP and PP? Are the killings, the Thambani accident and others, not going to affect PP? How about the cashgate in PP, which prompted amai to run away to unknown locations, not going to affect MCP?
Bwana Omar, please remind us the constituency of which you are the MP. You resigned from UDF please keep quite or start your strategies to take back your constituency whether it means joining Tambala Wakuda.
I totally disagree with UDf and DPP alliance,because it blindfolds some other members particularly from UDF.I salutes those who r still existing in udf like honourable Licius and others they r true party members dont ignore them.But coalition its not much bad but coalite with gud aims