Olemba Burnett Munthali
Phungu wa dera la kum’mwera cha ku m’mawa kwa mzinda wa Blantyre, Sameer Suleman, wapambana pa chisankho cha chipulula cha chipani cha Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) kuti azayimira dera la Blantyre City-Chigumula-BCA-Club-Banana pa chisankho cha phungu chomwe chichitike m’mwezi wa September.
Chisankhochi chinali chofuna kusankha munthu yemwe adzayimire chipanichi pa mwayi wa kukhala phungu wa m’derali mu chisankho chomwe chikuyembekezeredwa kwambiri padziko lonse la Malawi.
Sameer Suleman anagonjetsa Wild Ndipo, yemwe ndi mfumu yakale ya mzinda wa Blantyre ndipo adalimbikitsa kampeni yake moona mtima komanso mwa luso.
Pazinthu zomwe zasintha malingaliro a anthu ambiri m’derali, anena kuti Suleman wakhala akugwira ntchito limodzi ndi anthu a m’deralo ndipo akuwadziwa bwino mavuto awo.
Povota, Suleman wapeza mavoti 458, zomwe zikuwonetsa chikhulupiriro chachikulu cha anthu a m’deralo pa utsogoleri wake.
Kumbali ina, Wild Ndipo wapeza mavoti 17 okha, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuti anthu ambiri sakhala nacho chikhulupiriro chokwanira pa mfundo zake komanso njira zake zotsogolera.
Chisankhochi chinachitika mwamtendere, ndipo anthu a m’deralo adapeza mwayi wosankha munthu yemwe amawawakilira molingana ndi zofuna zawo.
M’mawu ake atangopambana, Suleman anathokoza anthu onse omwe adamuvotera komanso amene adachita nawo kampeni limodzi, ndikulonjeza kuti sadzawataya koma adzawonetsetsa kuti mawu awo amafika komwe akuyenera.
Ananenanso kuti adzapitiriza kugwira ntchito yothandiza m’deralo, kukonza misewu, kusamalira zachilengedwe, komanso kuonetsetsa kuti achinyamata alandira mwayi mu ntchito zosiyanasiyana.
Nthumwi za chipani cha DPP zomwe zinali pa malo a chisankho zinayamikira mmene chisankhochi chinayendera komanso chidaliro chomwe anthu awonetsa.
Malingana ndi DPP, chisankhochi chinali gawo lofunikira kwambiri m’njira yawo yokonzekera chisankho cha September, pomwe akuyembekeza kubwezeretsa chipanichi m’boma.
Chisankhochi chachititsa chidwi kwa anthu ambiri m’mzinda wa Blantyre, makamaka chifukwa cha mbiri ya Suleman yemwe nthawi zambiri amadziwika kuti amateteza anthu a m’dera lake ndi kulimbana ndi ziphuphu.
Pomaliza, kupambana kwa Suleman kukuwonetseratu kuti DPP ili ndi mphamvu ndi thandizo m’madera ena a Malawi ndipo izi zingakhale chinthu chomwe chipanichi chingagwiritse ntchito mokwanira kukonzekera chisankho cha dziko.
Zikuyembekezeredwa kuti Suleman adzakhala m’modzi mwa anthu ofunikira pa kampeni ya DPP ya m’chaka cha 2025, ndipo anthu ambiri akumuyang’anira kuti aone ngati adzakwaniritsa zomwe walonjeza.
