The decision has thrown the race wide open and most pundits believe made the Malawi Congress Party's (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera favourite to win the localism and tribalism-infested race...
Others including Lazarus Chakwera the leader of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) accuse Mutharika of sleeping on the job and point to presidential aides and cronies who have he says amassed unexplained wealth...
Some pundits believe a deal between Banda and the MCP's Lazarus Chakwera is a possibility either in the shape of an electoral pact or with Banda standing on Chakwera's ticket for the vice-presidency...
In his scramble to weaken his main challenger Lazarus Chakwera leader of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Mutharika is going flat out to recruit leaders of other parties opposed to his governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)...
In the meantime the leader of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera is riding high and influential opinion polls including Afrobarometer indicate that he is on the way to unseating Mutharika if his support holds up...
Many think his appearance a signal that he may become running mate for Mutharika in the next elections with the aim of countering the MCP's Reverend Lazarus Chakwera who is currently dominant in the Central Region...
The opposition won far more: the Malawi Congress Party (MCP)'s Lazarus Chakwera won 27...
Disregarding the constitution she tried to cancel the polls when it became clear that she was running a distant third behind her arch-rival Peter Mutharika for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Lazarus Chakwera for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP)...
First is the party that was once the only legal political organisation the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) which is led into the arena by the former Assemblies of God President Lazarus Chakwera who came to politics only last August (AC Vol 55 No 3 Scandals to dominate polls)...
A newcomer to politics yet President of the Malawi Congress Party Reverend Lazarus Chakwera had his offer of the vice-presidential candidacy snubbed by retired Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo who fought him less than a year ago for the leadership of the party...