Lilongwe, April 8: The United Democratic Front (UDF) president, Atupele Muluzi, who is also Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister, Friday said his party would soon come in the open on its position and future.
Muluzi said this on Friday at Parliament in Lilongwe when journalists pressed him for clarification following the movement of the party’s members in the House to Government side, and the insistence of the party’s leader in the house, Lucius Banda, to remain on the opposition side.
Atupele Muluzi faces tough choices. If he continues to serve in Mutharika’s cabinet, it will make his job as leader of UDF very difficult as he will be forced to implement policies his party might not agree with. The Noble thing to do is to relinguish the party leadership position to someone for the time being.
“Mr. Ndanga is preparing a statement and we will be holding a press briefing very soon on the matter,” said Muluzi, who refused to be dragged into commenting on the matter further.
UDF parliamentarians’ movement to the government’s side in the house with its leader still on opposition side has attracted a lot of comments within and outside the house.
The leader of UDF in the House, Lucius Banda, wrote the speaker earlier in the week that he would maintain his seat on the opposition side while still maintaining his role as leader of UDF in the house.
Banda said he would continue to support government as he had done before regardless of where he sits in parliament.