By Mayamiko Phiri
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The opposition Democratic progressive Party (DPP) governor for the southern region who is also a member of parliament and former cabinet minister Charles Mchacha has down played suggestions that he will stand for presidential position during the pending DPP convention.
Speaking during an exclusive interview on Monday, January 26, Mchacha highlighted that he does not have any plans to stand as a presidential candidate.
DPP is expected to hold a convention to elect office bearers including its president who will replace former leader Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika.
Mchacha said that whatever he said during the recent television interview was just to show that DPP as a Party adhere to democracy principles.
“Though it’s my rights to stand for any position in the party, I will not stand for presidential seat during the convention,” says Mchacha.
Regarding his academical credentials Mchacha stated that he sat for M.S.C.E exam’s while serving as a deputy minister in the Professor Peter Mutharika administration.
He also enrolled at Malawi College of accountancy (M.C.A) whereby he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business management on April 26, 2019.
Mchacha observed that negative stories about his academical credentials is a plot by some people within a party thinking that he was vying for DPP presidency.
