Former MCP Cabinet Ministers Summon Chakwera to Push for Removal of Chithyola as Leader of Opposition

Reports reaching Nyasatimes show that former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Cabinet ministers have this morning summoned MCP president Lazarus Chakwera to an urgent meeting at the party’s headquarters in Lilongwe, in a coordinated move to push for the removal of Simplex Chithyola Banda as Leader of Opposition. The meeting is being described by insiders as […] The post Former MCP Cabinet Ministers Summon Chakwera to Push for Removal of Chithyola as Leader of Opposition appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.


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