Abida Mia still commanding lowershire: As MCP whips DPP in Nsanje-Lalanje By-elections
Abida Mia still commanding lowershire: As MCP whips DPP in Nsanje-Lalanje By-elections
Abida Mia on the campaign trail
BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The firebrand Lands and Housing deputy minister, Lower Shire Giant, Abida Mia should never be underestimated as she still in control of lowershire that every elections Malawi Congress Party (MCP) continues to carry a day.
This is has been testified in the just ended June 29, 2021 By-elections that while nine parties of the Tonse Alliance failed to beat Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Nkhata Bay, MCP managed to whip DPP in Nsanje-Lalanje with the help of Abida.
While nine parties of the Tonse Alliance failed to beat DPP in Nkhata Bay, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has whipped Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in Nsanje-Lalanje by-election with the help of Firebrand Lands and Housing deputy minister, Lower Shire Giant, Abida Mia who intensified campaign in the area.
MCP candidate for Nsanje-Lalanje ward, Abdulhackeem Annuary Hassan, with the Abida Mia effect, won the elections for a ward councillor on Tuesday against DPP’s Gerald Paul and two independent candidates Fraction Lapozo and Henry Benford Seda.
Workaholic Abida Mia on the campaign trail
Dubbed the ‘Giant of the Lower Shire, who is also nicknamed iron Lady, Abida Mia camped in Nsanje-Lalanje and campaigned vigorously to make sure that MCP wins the by-election and keep MCP alive in the Lower States.
July 1, 2021 Watipaso Mzungu-Nyasa Times 1 Comment
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Dr. Chifundo Kachale has declared the results of the Tuesday by-election as a true reflection of the will of the voters.
Speaking in Blantyre on Wednesday when he announced the results, Kachale expressed the Commission’s satisfaction that the by-election was conducted in an environment where the electorate were free to elect candidates of their choice without fear and intimidation.
“The Commission, therefore, declares these elections as a credible one that has met legal requirements and international best practices generally in as far as free and fair elections are concerned,” he said.