Road to 2025 Malawi Presidential Elections looks bumpy for Vice President and UTM leader Saulos as doors are deemed to be closed.
According to The Nation, Vice-President Saulos Chilima has chosen silence on President Lazarus Chakwera’s declaration that he will seek re-election in 2025.
“I have no comment to make,” said Chilima in a terse WhatsApp response on Friday following Chakwera’s public declaration made at a development rally on Thursday in Lilongwe after the launch of the second compact of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Chakwera’s affirmation did not come as a surprise given that his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) gurus already endorsed him ahead of the August elective convention widely expected to be a formality.
But main alliance partner, Chilima’s UTM Party, has always clung to the narrative of an agreement between the President and his Vice in the run-up to the 2020 court-sanctioned presidential polls that a victorious Chakwera would serve one term then give way to Chilima to lead the alliance in the 2025 election.
Now that the President has clarified that he will contest, Chilima’s next move will be the most closely watched in the coming months.
My opinion
Without speech as a distraction, it is easier to pick up on tiny non-verbal signs, which helps one understand things and people on a deeper level. Silence encourages self-reflection and gives us a chance for contemplation.
One of the major reasons why silence has become an important part of everyday life is the ability to focus as the modern world and its various noises enter your brain all at once. The ability to focus on different tasks is often accompanied by a little background noise.
From a psychological perspective, silence helps facilitate introspection, a process that aids in self-discovery and the cultivation of self-awareness. Periods of silence can offer the opportunity to reflect on one’s experiences, thoughts, and feelings, promoting greater emotional understanding and cognitive clarity.
Without speech as a distraction, it is easier to pick up on tiny non-verbal signs, which helps one understand things and people on a deeper level. Silence encourages self-reflection and gives us a chance for contemplation.
Quiet people are so powerful. They have thinking power, judgment can insight into the truth of the matter, efficient and fast, less detours. Quiet people have power because they are willing to spend more time and energy on self-reflection, which helps to know oneself, practice self, stimulate potential, and improve self-personality.
Quiet achievers are known for their ability to think deeply and critically about a variety of issues. They take the time to reflect and analyse situations before making decisions, which often leads to successful outcomes.
Silence is better than speaking. Silence will help you process your mind to get a better decision. There is no better way to listen to someone’s life than being silent. Keep what you have in your mind until it is your turn to speak up.
In conclusion, a silent man is never silent within himself, he keeps talking to himself. Of course, the Vice President Saulos Chilima is disappointed with what is going on but his silence could mean one or two things, first he is too disappointed to speak to the press fact that is best option is to remain silent.
Secondly, the vice president could be feeling ashamed of himself to react to the reality of the political landscape in Tonse Alliance so the best option is not to say anything but probably to act as a certain appropriate time. I also want to believe that perhaps the MCP has pinned Chilima down and that he is finished. However, all these are just my assumptions the ones who knows best is Chilima himself.
