Mutharika will be re-elected in 2019 – EIU

Jan 26, 2018 Politics 100
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A new report says Malawians will re-elect President Peter Mutharika during the 2019 elections.

Peter Mutharika
Mutharika: EIU says he will be re-elected

The report released by United Kingdom-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) says Mutharika and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will get a narrow win ahead of main contender Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP).

According to EIU, Mutharika’s popularity in the populous Southern Region will see him getting re-elected regardless of whether the electoral system used in the polls is the current one or the 50+1 percent system.

“Amending the electoral process so that the presidential candidates have to win an absolute majority may happen, but even if it does, we still expect Mr Mutharika, who has announced his intentions to stand for re-election, to win,” says the report.

However, MCP deputy spokesperson Ezekiel Ching’óma noted that the EIU report mentions a divided opposition and continued internal conflict in MCP as some of the conditions for a DPP victory.

According to Ching’oma, this shows that the opposition party will win the 2019 elections if the conflicts are resolved and DPP fails to end corruption as well as the economic hardships Malawians are facing.

But government spokesperson Nicholas Dausi agreed with the EIU saying the ruling party is working on its weaknesses.

EIU which is a member of The Economist Group has on many occasions made wrong predictions.

Before the 2014 elections, the think-tank tipped the then president Joyce Banda to win the elections but she lost.

The intelligence unit has also on several occasions failed to correctly predict election outcomes in Zambia while in America the EIU said Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 polls but she ended up losing.

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  3. DPP iwinadi. Kumwera anthu ndi ambiri. Chigawo chapakati sangafikire Kumwera. Kumpoto ndi kosadalirika. Ikangotengako 30% basi yawina

  4. tatopa ndi ma professors kuti azilamulila dziko la Malawi. ka EIU ka Dpp kanuko ku Thyolo konko osati kuno ku Mpoto

  11. DPP bomaaaaa razalo wanuyo azingokhala leader of opposition basi

  12. Kwawo kumweko ku nthyoloko simalawi monse ine panja ndinalosera kuti azamwine ndi CHAKWERA pakana lero ndi kuti CHAKWERA adzawine dzinayakhulindwa kale mu 2008 mamwene mulungu amayankhulila dziko lino

  14. Chisankho chili ndi a Malawi osati nzungu mphuno ili phsyuuuu alosele za zisankho zakumalawi kuno ayi. EIU keep your UK and leave Malawi for Malawians to decide what’s good for them. Komanso inu a Malawi 27 kaya mukuti 24 mumakonda kulankhula zopanda pake, kodi mulibe chanzelu chokuti mungakambe choti chipindulile a Malawi???

  18. Ine nde mzayamba kuvota …..ndikazaona kuti presdent yemwe anasankhidwa wakwanilisa zomwe analonjeza ,,i shall vote for his next term,,,kwa ineyo presdent azakwanilise izi..1.azakhale presdent wadziko osati chigawo chadziko,2.azathese ma blackout amenewa,3.azathese katangale,4.azakwanilise green belt,5.Azaonesese kuti maphuziro akuyenda bwino pa malawi pano,6azakhale ozindikira kuti police ndi aphuzitsi ndi anthu oyenela kulandira ndalama munthawi yake

  21. Zitsiru Zonama Azidyetsa Mabanzi, Komanso Amalawi Muziwe Kuti Akufuna akazabelaso Masankho Tizizati Zadusa Mu Kafukufuku. Mcp Boma

  22. Ngakhale adzawine koma ine singamuvotere.Olo mundinyoze ena inu amene mumatha kunyoza inu…koma ine sindingamuvoterebe basi.Eee,iyaaa.I can’t vote for him.

  23. i cant vote for this so called dpp nomatter what,now pple hav eyes which can even see far,zakuthyolo kwanu kumeneko though akuthyoloso ambiri sakumumufuna munthu okalambayo…Kkkkkkv

    2. Zoberazo amakunamizirani? Ulemu Msungama simunamubere mpaka munakawotcha ma vote ku MEC pokana kuchita manyazi ndi recount. Regardless any political party affiliation Moya, ine sindingavotere nkhalamba at my Youthful age or atandithira doom nkamwa.

  31. Zivute zitani ife a Malawi tili pambuyo pa Peter……….. DPP woooooo!!!!!!!! Malawi woooooo!!!!!! Boma iloooo!!!!!! Zamuwawa akagwele okooo!!!

  36. Eti Dpp? Ndiyekuti chani? Tatopa ndikulamulidwa ndi anthu opanda chisoni a Malawi tikuvutika, chonsecho iwo akuzilemetsa okha come 2019 Malawi will decide!!!!

  45. Sindingavotela tambala kuopa angazandigoneke ndi njala atadya chimanga changa chomwe ndayanika pamphasa UDF izandigonesa ndi njala munda wanga yonse wachimanga muli yellow DPP is my vote osusa ipsa mtima !!!

    1. kuthyoloko nkomwe dpp imawinira ma elections. so wait and see, Henry jere. its about the developments that will count on the day. iwe you hate dpp but the masses dont.specially the rural masses who vote.

    2. kodi kale loseri zitukukozo zidali kut? ndiye tsopano waona kuti zisankho zayandikila ndiye kumatangwanika ndi tizitukuko apa ndi apo cholinga anthu apuse ndizimenezi?

  52. Anthu amene mukumat 2019 dpp boma ndamene mukupangitsa kut mvula isagwe moenera .Mulungu sakukuoneran kukondwa.mcp woyeee

  54. EIU Mudzavote ndinu?ngati akudyetsani chisikono apiatalawo kuti mutipusitse izo ndiye zanu amalawi pano tinachenjela singatinamizeso,DPP yatibela mokwana,2019 ndinthawi yoti idzave kuning’ina.MBAVA IZI

  55. EIU always favours PETER & DPP.Do you remember last year after afrobarometer results,a week later this same group of DPP MALAWIANS based in UK also predicted this same fake DPP victory….

  65. Chiyambire kafukufuku wawo bungwe limene palibe chimene analosela cholondola, kuyamba ndi kwathu konkuno 2014 analosela kuti JB awina chisankho komano zamanyazi anambwita, ku America chimodzimodzi amati Hilary awina zimene sizinachitike, ku Zambia anagwa nayo. Choncho apa akamati Pitala akuwina 2019 ndi bodza lankunkhuza.

  66. Chiyambire kafukufuku wawo bungwe limene palibe chimene analosela cholondola, kuyamba ndi kwathu konkuno 2014 analosela kuti JB awina chisankho komano zamanyazi anambwita, ku America chimodzimodzi amati Hilary awina zimene sizinachitike, ku Zambia anagwa nayo. Choncho apa akamati Pitala akuwina 2019 ndi bodza lankunkhuza.

  72. mukufuna a mcp azitani mukamakamba zimenezo.tiyeni tidikile 2019 sitina fike musakhale ngati simukuziwa ife amalawi timatha kusitha maganizo thawi iliyonse or muthu kungotipasa k20 timakamuvotela.Ndiye no phuma thawi ilipo.

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