{"id":69641,"date":"2025-04-12T12:53:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T12:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-primary-troubles-rock-zomba-chingale-constituency"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:01:27","slug":"mcp-primary-troubles-rock-zomba-chingale-constituency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/mcp-primary-troubles-rock-zomba-chingale-constituency","title":{"rendered":"MCP primary troubles rock Zomba Chingale constituency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary elections continue to be rocked with claims of political manipulation, the latest being the exercise in Chingale Constituency in Zomba District.<\/p>\n<p>There, one aspiring parliamentary candidate, Brian Mungomo Sr, has expressed outrage with how the party\u2019s ranks handled the election on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Things got haywire such that his wife, Lorna Mungomo, was reportedly beaten up for taking a video that captured developments that would ultimately implicate those handling the elections for malpractices.<\/p>\n<p>Mungomo said ballot boxes were moved to a new centre for counting before people completed casting their votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wonder why ballot boxes were moved to a new station, almost 15 kilometres away from where the election was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when my wife asked and captured a video of what was going on, she was beaten up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mungomo was contesting against Duncan Kamwendo.<\/p>\n<p>Voting took place at Masaula Trading Centre but counting was done at Chipini Parish, within the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Team leader for the elections, David Lally, confirmed to have moved counting to another location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe moved the station for counting because one of the aspirants [Mungomo] complained that he did not know some of the areas that took part in the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis caused commotion, and we wanted a safer place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lally said all parties were aware of the relocation of the tally centre and their respective monitors witnessed the final counting of the votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter we moved to Chipini, counting was being done in the presence of all monitors from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut on a sad note, one aspirant [Mungomo] did not sign a result sheet which indicated that he lost with his 250 votes to Kamwendo\u2019s 321 votes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Mungomo said he would not allow others to destroy MCP with their personal interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will defend the integrity of the party. These people must know that they are jeopardising not only my personality but also that of the President,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He described what happened at Chingale as a shame.<\/p>\n<p>MCP is conducting primary elections for parliamentary candidates and complaints of manipulation has risen in a number of areas including in Linthipe Constituency in Dedza, Chitipa North Constituency and Bunda Constituency in Lilongwe.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions have also emerged in Mzimba Central Constituency where primary elections that were set for today have seen some people writing the party\u2019s Director of Elections, Elias Chakwera, to shift the election to May.<\/p>\n<p>Among contestants in the Mzimba Central Constituency is Vitumbiko Mumba, who is also Minister of Trade and Industry.<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Victor Chipofya said it is unfortunate that political parties are not learning from the past where such ugly occurrences have frustrated voters and compromised chances of the \u2018chosen\u2019 candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical parties must make sure they prioritise the needs of their people for democracy to prevail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have seen in some cases that people cast more votes for a person who lost primaries,\u201d Chipofya said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Malawi<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary elections continue to be rocked with claims of political manipulation, the latest being the exercise in Chingale Constituency in Zomba District. There, one aspiring parliamentary candidate, Brian Mungomo Sr, has expressed outrage with how the party\u2019s ranks handled the election on Monday. 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