Just a day after President Lazarus Chakwera crippled the delegated powers of his deputy and his Alliance partner United Transformation Movement (UTM) leader Saulos Chilima he has called for an emergency meeting for Tonse Alliance partners which is scheduled to take place tomorrow at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe.
However the agenda of the meeting is yet to be known but some of the Tonse Alliance partners have confirmed receiving the invitation to attend the meeting.
Some of the members under anonymous condition describes it as a make or break meeting by the Malawi leader.
He said: “Some of us will be eager to know the future of this alliance. I just feel that we seem to have taken a different direction. Do we still have this alliance or it’s time each of us focused on their own parties?”
Umodzi Party President, Dr John Chisi, while confirming that he will attend the meeting, said he is not aware of the agenda and therefore cannot comment on what issues he may raise.
Chisi said: “I just got the communication yesterday. I do not know about the agenda so I really cannot say what issues I will raise”.
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Publicist, Reverend Maurice Munthali, also said he is not aware of the agenda.
“I do not know the specific agenda. All I know is that the President has to call for such meetings (of all alliance partners) on regular basis for concerted efforts in rebuilding this country” said Munthali.
Munthali said the President does two things during such meetings; briefing the partners on some key issues pertaining to the running of government and also listens and takes note of what partners feel over the same.
This is the first time the partners are meeting since last year.
Source; Nation Online
