MCP defends Central Region dominance
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has defended the dominance of members from the Central Region in its newly announced National Executive Committee (NEC), saying all appointments into the committee were based on provisions in the party’s constitution.
The party added that appointments were also based on the extent to which the nominees were seen to respect the party’s four cornerstones.
Last week, MCP released the list of names of other people who have joined the party’s NEC. The list saw 22 positions going to Central Region members, eight positions going to Northern Region members and seven positions filled by members from the Southern Region.
In an interview on Monday, the party’s administrative secretary Potiphar Chidaya said the region where one comes from was immaterial when the party’s president Dr. Lazarus Chakwera led the process of appointing the NEC members.
“It does not matter where one comes from provided they are loyal to the party and its leadership. They are supposed to be obedient to the leadership and capable of delivering,” said Chidaya.
Chancellor College political analyst Joseph Chunga argued the MCP NEC would have still been dominated by people from the Central Region even if all the positions were filled through elections at the convention.
When a party has a president from the north and most executive members are from there, a lot of noise is made about northerners being of tribalism,but when it is other regions doing that there is silence.There is too much hypocrisy in Malawian politics and the country has a long way to go in order to realize mature politics and development.
MALAWIAN POLITICAL ANALYSTS amaze me. Are you not the very same people who condemned DPP for being a regional party yet if truth is to be told regions are well represented in DPP as compared to MCP. DPP assigned certain positions to be contested by members from that particular regions but you condemned DPP. A few months down the line one person in MCP is handpicking people into various positions from one region and not through the ballot – but the analysts are nowhere to be seen. Shame on Malawi and her so called analysts and political opinionists.
Look here. How many ministers does Joyce Banda have from the Central Region and I am not talking about the useless deputy ministers and very few people from Central Region question this. How manay ministers did Bingu have from Central Region? How many ministers did Bakili have from Central Region? I can even challenge you that 90% of the government directors and principal secretaries are from the Southern Region. MCP has more supporters from the central region than other region and the same with UDF and PP who have more supporters from the South. It is now up to the people to change their mindset and start supporting a party that will develop Malawi as a whole. Issues that affect people should be considered before we make choice and I mean a party that has the welfare of people at heart. We have seen that the recycled politicians have nothing to offer and only want to enrich themselves. We have seen the looting and what can you say? All the papers have been reporting the ills of the current government and though cabinet was dismissed but we have seen almost the entire cabinet coming back. MAlawians no longer want to be folled liek this.