Mumba Calls for Chaponda’s Resignation over Remarks on Mzimba District
Malawi Congress Party lawmaker Vitumbiko Mumba called on senior Democratic Progressive Party figure George Chaponda to resign and urged President Arthur Peter Mutharika to dismiss him if he refuses.
thehindu.comVitumbiko Mumba, Member of Parliament and Malawi Congress Party running mate in the 2025 presidential election, demanded the resignation of senior Democratic Progressive Party figure George Chaponda on 15 June 2026. Mumba said President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika should dismiss Chaponda if he refuses to step down.
" He said the remarks were perceived as targeting people from Mzimba District, where he himself hails from.
"The nation's progress depends on our shared humanity and merit rather than on ethnic or regional origins," Mumba stated. " Mumba warned that failure to act against Chaponda would reinforce perceptions that the remarks reflect views tolerated within the ruling establishment.
He called on Malawians to reject politics built on division and embrace a national vision founded on unity, merit, and equal opportunity.
"Let us replace the politics of division with the politics of progress," he said.
