{"id":72600,"date":"2025-08-15T08:43:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp"},"modified":"2025-08-15T08:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:46:15","slug":"we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp","title":{"rendered":"We are not changing Candidate, runningmate\u2014DPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has categorically denied reports alleging that it intends to change its presidential candidate or running mate ahead of the September 16 General Elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by party spokesperson, Shadric Namalomba, the DPP branded the claims as false, deceptive and intended to mislead the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make it crystal clear that Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika is the DPP\u2019s presidential candidate and has already made a firm and final decision to choose Justice Dr.Jane Ansah SC as his running mate,\u201d said Namalomba.<\/p>\n<p>He further emphasised that the decision is final, binding and enjoys full backing of the party\u2019s leadership, members and alliance partners.<\/p>\n<p>Namalomba said: \u201cThere are no discussions or intentions to replace Justice Dr.Jane Ansah SC. These false narratives are part of a broader scheme to mislead the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Namalomba was responding to an article published by an online publication, Nyasa Times, which alleges that the DPP was planning to replace Mutharika with Ansah as the presidential candidate and Michael Usi as her running mate.<\/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. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has categorically denied reports alleging that it intends to change its presidential candidate or running mate ahead of the September 16 General Elections. In a statement issued by party spokesperson, Shadric Namalomba, the DPP branded the claims as false, deceptive and intended to mislead the public. \u201cWe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[533,4911,234,299],"class_list":["post-72600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-elections","tag-jane-ansah","tag-malawi","tag-peter-mutharika"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>We are not changing Candidate, runningmate\u2014DPP - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has categorically denied reports alleging that it intends to change its president ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We are not changing Candidate, runningmate\u2014DPP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has categorically denied reports alleging that it intends to change its president ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T08:43:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-15T08:46:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2025\/08\/sm_1755235126.631951.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"540\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"We are not changing Candidate, runningmate\u2014DPP\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-15T08:43:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-15T08:46:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp\"},\"wordCount\":195,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2025\/08\/sm_1755235126.631951.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"elections\",\"Jane Ansah\",\"Malawi\",\"Peter Mutharika\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/we-are-not-changing-candidate-runningmate-dpp\",\"name\":\"We are not changing Candidate, runningmate\u2014DPP - 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