By Chisomo Phiri
United Democratic Front (UDF) has announced that it will hold its elective convention in July this year.
The party made the announcement on Saturday during its Nation Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held at its Naperi offices in Blantyre.
Speaking to journalists, the party’s current president Lilian Patel said the NEC members have since chosen the second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Aisha Mambo Adams to lead the convention committee which has 11 members including Mambo Adams.
She said the 11 members chosen are tasked to set up an actual date and the venue for the event.
“We have chosen 11 members to lead us as we hold our elective convention. The convention will take place in July but the members chosen are yet to give us an actual date and venue of the conference.
But Patel, who took ove leadership of the party following the resignation of Atupele Muluzi on the position, maintained that she will not contest at the convention.
“I will not contest for any position at the convention. I have done my part and I should let others do theirs. This is my decision and its personal. It is not from the party,”said Patel.
She added that the party will announce whether it will go solo or make an alliance in the 2025 general elections.
UDF is a political party in Malawi founded in 1992 by Bakili Muluzi.
The party claims to be a liberal party in Malawi and is mainly strong in the southern region populated by ethnic Yao.
Bakili Muluzi was President of Malawi from 1994 to 2004.
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