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...
Professor Peter Mutharika of the DPP and the Reverend Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are also faring poorly...
The MCP’s presidential hopefuls include a respected cleric Reverend Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of Malawi’s largest Pentecostal denomination the Assemblies of God Church; the ex-President of the influential Farmers’ Union of Malawi Felix Jumbe; and retired Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo whom Banda accused of being part of the plot to swear in Peter Mutharika after the death of his brother in April 2012 (AC Vol 53 No 10)...