{"id":24061,"date":"2022-06-15T19:59:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T19:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/dpp-wants-referendum-in-malawi"},"modified":"2022-06-15T20:20:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:20:02","slug":"dpp-wants-referendum-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/dpp-wants-referendum-in-malawi","title":{"rendered":"DPP wants referendum in Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says the Lazarus Chakwera administration should call for a referendum in order to ascertain if Malawians still have trust in the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>DPP officials held a press conference in Lilongwe today where they made the call. DPPs Spokesperson Shadreck Namalomba claimed that Malawians have lost trust in Chakwera\u2019s leadership due to his administration\u2019s failure to deliver on campaign promises<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this stage, I advise the Tonse government to hold a referendum to hear people\u2019s views on how you are running the affairs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The call for a referendum was repeated by several speakers at the press briefing. The DPP officials faulted the Chakwera administration over its economic policies which they said have left many Malawians suffering .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government has failed to put the right economic policies to sustain our economy. Malawians are suffering today because the current leadership has messed up and it has no clue on how to turn around things,\u201d said former Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor Dalitso Kabambe.<\/p>\n<p>On his part, Former Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe condemned Chakwera for not implementing cost-cutting measures. He claimed that Chakwera has been spending forex while country is running short of foreign currency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we are calling for a referendum for the people to assess his popularity,\u201d said Gondwe.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the DPP is a better alternative to the Tonse Alliance considering that it was in power between 2014 and 2020, Gondwe said the DPP administration managed to deal with economic challenges by among others cutting expenditure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result was that we reduced inflation and stabilized the economy. The IMF came here and did not ask us to devalue the Kwacha,\u201d said Gondwe. \u201cIf you hand the economy back to us, we will show you how to turn a bad economy into a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\">Malawi<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says the Lazarus Chakwera administration should call for a referendum in order to ascertain if Malawians still have trust in the current administration. DPP officials held a press conference in Lilongwe today where they made the call. 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