BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-People’s Development Party (PDP) interim president Kondwani Nankhumwa has announced that he has relinquished his position as Leader of Opposition in parliament.
He says he has made the decision due to his association with the new party.
Nankhumwa has also said that he has instructed his lawyers to withdraw all court cases on the matter.
Speaking in Chichewa, Nankhumwa boasted: “Ine sindimachotsedwa pa mpando koma ndimasiya ndekha.”
Controversial Leader of Opposition in Parliament Kondwani Nankhumwa says his decision follows the formation of his party, the People’s Development Party (PDP).
Nankhumwa says he has instructed his lawyers to withdraw all the court cases concerning the Leader of Opposition.
In January 2024, DPP fired Nankhumwa and other key officials including former secretary general Grezelder Jeffrey, legislators Mark Botomani and Nicholas Dausi and former director of women Cecilia Chazama over what the party called indiscipline. It also suspended several others for varied periods of time.
Embattled Mulanje Central parliamentarian Kondwani Nankhumwa took opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to the High Court of Malawi over his expulsion from the party.
He was seeking an order to set aside his expulsion and the matter went before Judge Yakuwawa Msiska in Lilongwe on February 12 2024 for the hearing of the application which had already been filed with his sworn statement.
Nankhumwa, who was booted out of DPP alongside 10 others for calling, leading and attending the December 6 2023 nullified national governing council (NGC) meeting in Lilongwe, argued that the party’s central committee, which made the decision, flouted the party’s constitution.