Dausi demands release of all of DPP functional review documents

By Linda Kwanjana

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Publicity Secretary, Nicholas Dausi has told his party to unconditionally release all functional review documents

Dausi challenged the DPP after accusing the leadership of hiding contentious revised clauses in the party constitution which the party failed to tell delegates during the recent party national governing council meeting in Mangochi.

Giving the party, the first jab, Dausi accused the DPP politiburo of sidelining other sectors when it comes to running party affairs.

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Dausi says it was sad that other people feel being much DPP than others and this has created confusion.

Dausi has put forward some few key issues if they need peace.

First he has demanded that the party should print the constitution which is being talked about and distribute to all National Governing Council (NGC) members.

It is believed that the ammendments which Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are championing are set to cause more miseries to Malawians with their new party constitution in which they have decided to introduce new amendments that are deemed undemocratic.

One of the issues that the Mutharika has decided to put in the constitution is to bring back party cards.

Section 7(3) says: Any member of the party is demanded to pay a minimum of K2,000 per month for you to be registered a member failing which your affiliation will be withdrawn.

Section 8(3) says: any board member or ambassador must pledge to the party that once appointed he or she will be 10% of their earnings to the part failing which the party will have authority to withdraw your appointment.

Section 10(1) says: all government companies like Water Board, ESCOM among others are required to be paying 10% every 4 months for the smooth running of the party.

Other ammendments include giving powers to the President to choose the Secretary General.

Party headquarters must move from Lilongwe to Blantyre.

Anyone aspiring for any directorate position in the party be Women’s Director, Youth Director among others must have a degree.

The handpicked Secretary General must have Masters Degree.

All MPs must not be NGC members and must not vote at the convention

Patron must be the immediate past president and must be voting at the convention and allowed to sit in the Central Executive Committee of the party.

President of the party must be answerable to the Patron.

Abolishment of regional Vice Presidents.

Any person who has sued the party in the past regardless that the court made the judgment in favour of him or her, must never run for any office in the party.