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Govt MPs rebuff Tembenu on Referendum Bill

Dec 14, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 13 &

Members of Parliament on government side on Wednesday rejected Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu's proposal to amend the Referendum Bill such that a president would only call for a referendum after being… ...

JB accused of signing a pact with ‘the Devil’

Dec 02, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 47 &

Africa Confidential, one of Africa's celebrated publications, has described as a 'pact with the devil' the alliance that former Malawi president Joyce Banda is forging with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). According to reports… ...

‘No party can be run by remote control’

Nov 29, 2017 Kondwani Mkhalipi-Manyungwa 25 &

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… ...

JB’s sister denies helping Mutharika

Nov 23, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 56 &

A sister to former President Joyce has dismissed reports she is helping President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to strike a deal with opposition People's Party (PP). Banda's sister Cecilia Kumpukwe who… ...

PP MPs seek guarantees for JB

Nov 21, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 124 &

People's Party Members of Parliament (MPs) want assurances that party leader Joyce Banda will not be arrested as one of the conditions for an alliance with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Mutharika met PP… ...

DPP, PP considering alliance

Nov 20, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 256 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and People’s Party (PP) are discussing the possibility of forming an alliance to boost their chances of beating Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the 2019 elections. According to the local media,… ...

Replacing Uladi won’t end PP woes – Analyst

Nov 14, 2017 Bright Malenga 3 &

A political analyst has said that decision of People's Party (PP) to replace Uladi Mussa with Ralph Mhone will not solve the party's problems since Mussa was right in calling for convention. Speaking in an… ...