In a fiery, no-holds-barred display of political combativeness, Minister of Homeland Security Ezekiel Ching’oma on Sunday drew unmistakable battle-lines within the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), issuing a stern and thunderous warning to would-be schemers plotting against loyal party stalwarts.
Addressing a charged crowd at Chowo Primary School grounds, Ching’oma abandoned the language of diplomacy and took off the gloves, delivering a speech soaked in passion, indignation, and unwavering loyalty to those he called the “true sons of the struggle” — seasoned MPs like Eisenhower Mkaka, Lowe, and himself.
With the force of a seasoned warrior, Ching’oma thundered that those who think they can now feast at the table of power without having carried the burden of opposition battles are gravely mistaken. He declared that the looming MCP primary elections will not be a tea party but a bruising battlefield where political opponents will clash openly, soil each other, and fight tooth and nail for their rightful place.
“This is no time for political opportunists,” Ching’oma roared. “Those who did not bleed with us during the wilderness years must not expect to inherit what they did not build. We are ready to fight — and fight we shall!”
Shifting gears from internal party warfare to the national battlefield, Ching’oma passionately rallied the people of Lilongwe, a district that proudly registered over one million voters, urging them to rise to the moment and deliver a thunderous mandate for President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera. He stressed that it is Lilongwe’s sacred duty to provide the bedrock of votes before other regions can fortify the march to inevitable victory.
In a dramatic swipe at the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Ching’oma declared them crippled and defeated before the battle even begins, arguing that DPP’s failure to mobilize mass voter registration has already sealed their fate at the ballot box.
The rally itself was nothing short of a political spectacle — a grand gathering where almost all of Lilongwe’s Traditional Chiefs and Members of Parliament stood in solidarity. It was, by all measures, a colossal event: a festival of unfiltered, raw politics where decorum was cast aside, and the brutal realities of the coming political wars were laid bare for all to see.
