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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Emotions boiled over at the PAGE House where the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) held a press briefing with the party\u2019s leader losing it and called Malawians stupid for voting him out of power.<\/p>\n

Responding to one of the questions, DPP President and the country\u2019s former Head of State Peter Arthur Mutharika angrily said Malawians made a \u201cstupid\u201d decision for not voting for him in the 2020 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cAm sorry to say this, Malawians you made a choice; munandinena kuti ndine okalamba, opanda mano<\/b> and those nonsense and all that stupidity,\u201d said Mutharika<\/p>\n

It is very strange that Mutharika, three years after his embarrassing loss, he is still bitter that he is not at the State House. Throughout the press conference he was visibly seething with rage.<\/p>\n

Somehow it was understandable that he resorted to ranting, after all the presser was happening in the wake of the humiliating defeat in yesterday\u2019s Dedza Central by-election where a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate Willard Gwengwe trounced DPP representative with unassailable lead.<\/p>\n

That, coupled with the gains which government is having in revitalising the economy particularly Malawi\u2019s qualification for the Extended Credit Facility from the IMF, rendered the press briefing a waste of time. It was clear that with these recent developments, Mutharika went ahead with the presser without tangible ammunations to attack government with.<\/p>\n

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