Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has secured his occasion’s backing to hunt reelection within the 2025 election. Nonetheless, his probabilities of a second time period might hinge on discovering a brand new alliance companion, as his earlier ally, the United Transformation Motion (UTM), withdrew from the coalition following the loss of life of its chief, former Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima. Chilima’s UTM was instrumental in serving to Chakwera win an absolute majority within the 2020 election. Chakwera’s 2020 path to the presidency featured guarantees to finish corruption and develop the financial system. Nonetheless, opposition events criticize him and his occasion for failing to satisfy their guarantees, significantly relating to the financial system. Chakwera’s most important rival for the presidency is former President Peter Mutharika. He’s anticipated to obtain the endorsement of the Democratic Progress Get together, the primary opposition occasion, at its conference later this month.
SOURCE: REUTERS