With elections slated for 21 May 2019 Mutharika is facing a challenge from his former deputy Saulos Chilima who left the governing DPP last month accusing it of corruption (AC Vol 58 No 20 Mutharika's uncertain future)...
An opposition alliance task force has been formed and is targeting Khumbo Kachali Banda's Vice-President who has formed his own Freedom Party and is exploring the possibility of pairing up with the current Vice-President Saulos Chilima should Mutharika dump him from the ticket...
Mutharika's age suggests that he may not stand for a second term so the public gaze has already fallen on Vice-President Saulos Klausi Chilima...
Instead they are focusing on the parliamentary elections because they are bitter about their leader's choice of Saulos Klausi Chilima as his running mate instead of a prominent figure such as DPP Vice-President Hetherwick Ntaba or Secretary General Jean Kalirani...
