Malawi VP launches party, attacks president

Blantyre (Malawi) (AFP) – Malawi Vice President Saulos Chilima on Saturday launched his own political party to run against the government in next year's elections, persisting in his public attack against the office of President Peter Mutharika. , was hand-selected by Mutharika in 2014 on the ticket of the Democratic People's Party (DPP).

But Chilima left the PDP last month citing corruption and nepotism

he launched the United Transformation Movement (UTM) in the capital Lilongwe, seeking to overthrow Mutharika, 79 years old.

"It's because of the decay we see everywhere that we are launching UTM," Chilima "We should not allow people to continue treating us like fools, everyone should have a bright future no matter where they come from or what political party they support. "

The ruling party has been beset by civil action group for its leader to resign after a report leaked by the anti-corruption bureau accused Mutharika of having received $ 195,000 (167,000 euros ) of backlash from a contract to provide food to the police.

Chilima continued his scathing attack on the DDP and Mutharika He said his party's mission was to guide Malawi on the road to prosperity by tackling unemployment, electricity shortages , corruption and creating viable markets for farmers

. influential politicians as party members, including Parliament Speaker Richard Msowoya, and former first ladies Callista Mutharika and Shanil Dzimbiri.

Political analyst at the University of Malawi, Henry Chingaipe, said that there were clearly political positions on certain issues. UTM, some of its goals seem unrealistic.

"The creation of a million jobs the first year is politically sexy, especially for you However, the general framework or strategy that he describes for it should not be removed from 39, here a year, "he told AFP

" On agriculture, there was nothing new …

Heads of … Successive states of Malawi have been mixed up with corruption and corruption scandals in the aid-dependent country.

In April, thousands of Malawians took part in the first national anti-government demonstrations since 2011.

marches, organized by civil action groups, were against alleged corruption and bad governance under Mutharika.