By Chisomo Phiri
Cracks continue to widen in the former governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as the party’s Deputy Chief whip in parliament Mary Navicha has stepped down from the position.
Navicha who is a Member of Parliament ( MP) for Thyolo-Thava Constituency confirmed of her resignation with media on Monday afternoon saying now time is running out and she wants to concentrate on her political career by fulfilling campaign pledges in her constituency.
But the DPP legislator denied assertions that the move is aimed at positioning herself to a certain camp amid political infighting in the erstwhile party.
Commenting on the matter, one of the country’s political scientists, Victor Chipofya said Navicha has a right to do that, but the timing is bad where people would obviously connect intra-party squabbles.
“It is her right to do so but she could wait a bit as they are a lot of things happening in DPP,” said Chipofya.
Currently, there are seemingly divisions in DPP over who should be its presidential candidate in the 2025 presidential elections,with others endorsing party president Peter Mutharika.
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