By Andrew Mkonda
Over 200 members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Lilongwe have defected to the ruling Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
One of the members, Daniel Zulu, said he and his colleagues decided to leave DPP because of lack of visionary leadership.
“We were expecting to have a youthful and productive leader for the party. However, it seems the party is for the elders and it has been taken as a family institution or estate, and is losing direction,” he said.
Speaking during the defection of the members on Saturday at Malembo Community Day Secondary School ground, Dr. Hetherwick Ntaba, who led the group said time has come now for all the people who went astray, including himself, to come back to their party.
“It started with me and other members to leave DPP. It’s time now for all members who went astray to come back to the only party that is development conscious and has the welfare of the people at heart,” he said
MCP Secretary General, Richard Chimwendo Banda, who welcomed the members on behalf of the party said the party is expecting more people to join it because of its sound leadership and different developments within a short period of time under the leadership of President Dr Lazarus Chakwera.
“Whether one likes it or not MCP is winning the September 16 general elections. People should forget that DPP will come back to rule this country; never!” he said.
Thousands of people from different walks of life patronized the event where President Chakwera launched construction of 34 schools of excellence.
