By Vincent Gunde
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has described the National Governing Council (NGC) meeting of 6th December, 2023 in Lilongwe as unprocedural and illegal claiming that the Party’s Secretary General Madam Jefu wa Jeffrey did not consult the President as required of her by the Constitution of the party.
Madam Jeff wa Jeffrey in her capacity as Secretary General of the DPP convened a media conference in Lilongwe that she is calling for an NGC meeting to be held in Lilongwe which among others, will set a date for the Convention as ordered by the court.
The media conference was quashed by another DPP press conference of Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika who argued that powers to call for the NGC meeting rests in the hands of the party’s President in consultation with the Secretary General.
On Wednesday afternoon, High Court Judge Simeon Mdeza rejected an application filed by DPP interested Parties in the names of Honourables Shadric Namalomba, Chipiliro Mpinganjira, Jean Mathanga and Thom Kamangira to stop the 6th December, 2023 NGC meeting called by the Secretary General Grezelder Jeffrey.
Jefu wa Jefuiles’s post carried a message to the 6th December, 2023 NGC meeting that take it from them, NGC meeting is on, Convention is on within 90 days as sanctioned by the court and the judgement is clear.
“Za contempt of court, ife sitikupanga nawo, wina alira meaning that we are not part and parcel of contempt of court, one will cry” reads Jefu wa Jefule’s post on the wall.
And writing in a statement dated 5th December, 2023 signed by the DPPs Spokesperson Shadric Namalomba, the party has informed all of the NGC members and the entire membership that there will be no NGC meeting on Wednesday 6th December, 2023claiming that the meeting was not sanctioned by the Central Executive Committee.
“The party is aware of an application by interested Parties for an injunction which the court has declined on the basis that all matters to do with the convention have been adjourned to 12th January, 2024,” reads part of the DPP statement.
The statement says former President of the Republic who is DPP leader Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika will in due course call for a meeting of the Central Executive Committee to discuss and map the way forward.
In the statement, DPP NGC members have been advised not to attend the illegal NGC meeting saying sanctions will apply to those that defy the order.
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