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...