LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The High Court in Lilongwe has stopped opposition governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from proceeding to hold the party’s national governing council (NGC) meeting which was slated for June 24, 2023 at Nkopola lodge to appoint dates for convention.
This follows an injunction the court has granted to the party’s deputy director of political affairs Billy Malata who in his sworn statement argues that the people who are being invited to attend are more than the people recognised under the DPP constitution to be members of the NGC.
A copy of the Order of Injunction by Justice Howard Pemba which Nation Online has seen dated June 22, 2023 restrains the party’s secretary general Grezelder Jeffrey, it’s spokesperson Shadric Namalomba and the DPP from holding the NGC until a further order of the court.
Malata’s lawyer Wapona Kita told The Nationonline that, “This is an important constitutional matter within the DPP party politburo because it will in the end determine when and who is supposed to attend and vote at the DPP convention.”
DPP leadership is yet to response on the matter.
The party has been in leadership crisis after losing 2020 presidential polls.
