‘No party can be run by remote control’

Nov 29, 2017 Politics 25
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Joyce Banda

Former President Joyce Banda’s insistence to run the People’s Party (PP) by remote control by among other things addressing supporters through WhatsApp has been singled out as one of the reasons the party will not win the forthcoming elections.

Social commentator Onjezani Kenani has observed that the party is on a fast track towards oblivion because Banda is not in the country.

Onjezani Kenani
Kenani says malawian parties suffer a lot from the founder syndrome.

“Malawian parties suffer a lot from the founder syndrome. Without Mrs Banda on the ground, whoever can become leader will never command as much respect as she does. And without Mrs Banda in 2019, PP will be a spent force. It might retain some seats in Parliament, but only a handful,” said Kenani in a Facebook post.

He added that even if Banda returns it will be hard for her to win the support of Malawians and compete with President Peter Mutharika and Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera during the 2019 elections.

“The best option she will have is to align herself with either, which, if truth be told, is an option only available to parties that have turned into weaklings,” said Kenani.

Recently, PP Members of Parliament met Mutharika to discuss the possibility of an alliance between PP and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

The PP ruled Malawi from 2012 to 2014 after Banda became president of the country.

During her time in power, the cashgate scandal – in which civil servants stole money by mostly paying businessmen funds for services not delivered to government and sharing the loot – broke out.

Commentators including Kenani say the scandal was one of the reasons she was voted out of power in 2014.

Banda is currently in exile but she recently made attempts to come back to Malawi.

However, after informing the Mutharika administration that she was coming back, the police announced that they had been granted an arrest warrant for Banda though they are yet to make efforts to arrest her.

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25 Comments

  7. Don’t call her bitch coz mai aliyense ndi hule! kuyambila UDF, DPP “N” PP ma president onse anaba ndlama ndiye mwatopela joice banda? a malawi tazichangamukani joice siwolakwa naeso anatenga gawo lake

  9. Call her bitch but Dpp of bingu 94billion got lost thus first cashgate and just now admarc another 90 million has just been taken so how do you segregate?

  10. What is ur concern if they lose or win? They are big people and knw what they are doing .don’t be lazy go out there and look for stories like DPP is blocking electoral reforms and see what people will comment

  18. Kkkk iam asking for the link of mama joy please, tawasowa,mayi awa sindidzawayiwala maka pogawa zingwe za ng’ombe,mudzi transformation,bwelani kumudzi poti milandu ingakule bwanji idzatha,asofa awo ali phee pano sakukawonekela mmabwalo amilandu,chumacho mukudya ndi anthu akunjawo bwenzi mukupitiliza ma programme anu kuno Amalawife mkumapeza nawo la matemba,iiii amayi tachitaniko manyazi bwelani basi

    1. Thats true man bwenzi ndalamazo tukudya nawo and bwenzi timabusness tawo tikuyenda mkumatilemba timaganyu kwinaku timilandu mkumazizira pang’onopang’ono. Kwa eni kulibe mkuwe.

  20. I can see this PP dying a natura death. What Abiti Mtila is doing with he party is reminding me of a certain song done by a Zambian ” chikondi chapa telefoni.

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