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Monday, October 29, 2012

Malawi Opposition not Weakened by Defections

The spokesman for Malawi’s main opposition -- the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says the party is strong, and it is the future of the country.

This comes as President Joyce Banda remarked Friday that the resignations of both the DPP vice president and secretary general within one week were a sign of “failed leadership” in the party.

Former DPP Secretary General Wakuda Kamanga has since joined the ruling People’s Party (PP).
 
DPP Publicity Secretary Nicholas Dausi said the defections are not a sign of a weak opposition, but rather the DPP is going through what he called a political metamorphosis whereby its members are exercising their constitutional right of freedom of association.

“It’s a sign of failed leadership. I think we are going through a political metamorphosis where people are exercising their constitutional inherent right to freedom of association,” he said.

Dausi said the DPP is stronger in that it has almost 78 members of parliament, and the party is the only for the Malawian people.

President Joyce Banda said she has never seen, in her life, a vice president and secretary general of one political party resign within one week.

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