By Vincent Gunde
LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has started its campaign for President Lazarus Chakwera to be the party’s torchbearer for the 2025 presidential elections.
This comes before the party holds its convention to choose on who will represent it in the 2025 polls.
The endorsement comes also amid MCP partnership with other parties including UTM, Petra, Peoples Party (PP), AFORD, Umodzi, Freedom Party.
First to endorse was MCP North Vice president Harry Mkandawire, followed Binton Kumtsaila who told development rally held at Mitundu primary school ground in Lilongwe that Mitundu alone will produce 100 percent votes for Chakwera during the 2025 elections.
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani-Hara also repeated the same sentiments during Tambala Night held at the Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe on Saturday.
Gotani-Hara said no one can be against the decision reached by the majority of MCP members that Chakwera is the rightful candidate but warn members that going that way, there will many challenges.
“We are building Chakwera for 2025 elections and no one can untie what we have all agreed that Chakwera will be our torchbearer,’’said Gotani-Hara amid clapping hands by the listeners while Chakwera did not produce any gesture only listening.
Gotani Hara sentiments have received with anger within the party arguing that its too early for campaign amid economic challenges the country is passing through as Chakwera Tonse government is failing to tick.
“It does not make sense to start endorsing presidential candidates when the leadership is in a mess to address economic challenges.
“The nation is bleeding over sky-rocketing prices of essential goods including soap, sugar, bread, and cooking oil, among others. Hara is out of salt and drank with power. She must tell Chakwera the truth whats on the ground,” says a MCP diehard of Mvera in Dowa, Rodgers Kamphangala.
