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I join the widows in suspecting foul play from graphic pictures in the Chikangawa forest, autopsy report and burial where families were denied chance of seeing faces of their loved ones,&#8221; said Kamphangala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has accused the MCP leader of repeating the 1983 history that families, relatives and friends of the four tragically murdered cabinet ministers, Dick Matenje, Aaron Gadama, Twaibu Sangala, and David Chiwanga were denied access to see faces of their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kamphangala said the widows have tarnished the good image of the MCP as a national party enjoying a strong grassroot support but the Chikangawa plane crash has reduced the party to a briefcase type political party that all Malawians cannot side with it anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said what is paining him most is that MCP will always be remembered as the party of darkness and deaths saying their quest to bounce back into government in 2030 must be stopped for a national rebuilding of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MCP diehard said he is supporting all efforts which are being made by patriotic Malawians to have 18th May be remembered as Heroes Day in Malawi saying Chilima and eight others, will be remembered on this day advising the MCP leadership to go back to the drawing board not to waste time arguing with the widows but to accept for any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Kamphangala says widows have implicated MCP, Chakwera in Chikangawa deaths&#8230; 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