The UDF and its Chairman former President Bakili Muluzi are bitter because Bingu has abandoned their party and angry that he has brought some of their most talented members into the DPP...
Chilumpha remains stubbornly and openly loyal to the UDF leader ex-President Bakili Muluzi...
There are no obvious alternatives and misgovernment is no worse than under ex-President Bakili Muluzi who along with the incumbent Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha will probably be arrested during the coming year...
Personally he is more visionary and responsible than his immediate predecessor Bakili Muluzi and he has some loyal ministers of unquestionable ability such as Goodall Gondwe (Finance) and Hetherwick Ntaba (Health)...
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...