The main opposition parties the Malawi Congress Party led by John Tembo and the UDF led by ex-President Bakili Muluzi have personal scores to settle with Mutharika and are happy to paralyse the government...
• Bingu wa Mutharika President since he won the 2004 poll with support from the outgoing Bakili Muluzi and his United Democratic Front...
• Bakili Muluzi President 1994-2004 UDF Chairman...
Bakili Muluzi's house in Lilongwe's Area 43 hosted UDF caucuses and the ex-President was busy doing what he does best: amusing party rallies with jokes aimed at the oversensitive President and promising to puncture his tyres...
Zambia's Frederick Chiluba and Malawi's Bakili Muluzi tried to hold on to power by changing their constitutions met widespread condemnation and failed...
Politicians must now decide which is worse: the risk of missing out on jobs and on development funds for their constituencies or angering Bingu's predecessor Bakili Muluzi who's still UDF President and losing his patronage network...
The long-awaited showdown between President Bingu Wa Mutharika and his predecessor Bakili Muluzi is under way (AC Vol 45 No 24)...
They may be even more so in 2005 watching the power struggle between President Bingu wa Mutharika and ex-President Bakili Muluzi's United Democratic Front (UDF)...
He has wooed figures formerly loyal to ex-President Bakili Muluzi such as Leader of the House Yusuf Mwawa Natural Resources Minister Davis Katsonga Deputy Chief Whip Henry Mussa and Information Minister and former UDF spokesman Ken Lipenga...
When Bingu wa Mutharika won the presidential election in May 2004 nobody expected much change from the previous ten years of Bakili Muluzi's presidency...
A long queue of cases waits to be heard in court cases concerning crimes allegedly committed during the decade of Bakili Muluzi's presidency when billions of kwacha leaked annually from government revenue...
People widely seen as having questions to answer include the former President current Vice-President and some of the UDF National Executive Committee (NEC): Bakili Muluzi: enormously wealthy Muluzi will probably escape prosecution at least for now...
