MCP Blasts ‘Political Persecution’ as Arrests of Top Cadres Spark Outrage - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

MCP supporters blast Chakwera: “he abandoned his team in prison”

By Staff Reporter Lilongwe, Malawi — Outrage is swelling among Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters as former President Lazarus Chakwera faces accusations of abandoning his own cabinet ministers, now languishing in police cells. Voices from within the party are sharp and unforgiving. “Chakwera has shown his true colors,” said one MCP loyalist who spoke on condition of anonymity. “He has no love for his own team. While his ministers and party s…

MCP Blasts ‘Political Persecution’ as Arrests of Top Cadres Spark Outrage - Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has launched a fierce attack on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government, accusing it of weaponising State institutions to silence political opponents and threatening to escalate the matter to the donor community and multilateral partners. The former ruling party says a spate of arrests targeting its senior cadres since Friday […] The post MCP Blasts ‘Political Persecution’ as Arrests of Top Cadres Sp…

MCP Condemns Arrests of Three Senior Leaders as Politically Motivated

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has expressed concern over the arrest of three of its senior leaders, describing the move as politically motivated. The party’s secretary general Richard Chimwendo Banda, Vitumbiko Mumba, and spokesperson Dr Jessie Kabwila were arrested by police between Friday and Saturday. Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Lilongwe this morning, MCP officials condemned the arrests, saying state instituti…