The 2019 Malawi Presidential Nominations and the future they predict
Greenwell Matchaya, PhD Three months before the 4th of February 2019 I had suggested at mfumusaka’s blog that one of the most crucial periods in this election cycle would be the 4-8th February and I repeated this just two weeks ago. The reason is to do with the opportunity that political parties have to bolster their images by an addition of one more faces to their presidential tickets. The addition can come in the form of just a running mate who can be from within the same party, or better still from another party with a different base. If the running mate choices are made meticulously with cognizance of the choosing party’s weaknesses, the running mate can make a huge difference. Unfortunately, in the political space in Malawi, information on the principles of engagements in negotiations are not common knowledge and this is reflected in the many bad deals that Malawi as a nation gets, be it in the arena of mining or indeed politics. On the politica...