By Vincent Gunde
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) led government has intensified crackdown on senior DPP members when it has arrested DPP Central Region Vice President Alfred Gangata over a 2018 Malawi School Certificate of Educations (MSCE) believed to have been obtained illegally.
The arrest of Gangata has not come as a surprise, his name is appearing on the list of those targeted to be arrested for various offenses they committed in the previous government which the opposition parties have described this as political witch-hunting.
According to the list of those targeted for arrests are Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika, Atupele Muluzi, Norman Paulosi Chisale, Dr. Patricia Kaliati, Roza Mbilizi, Jean Mathanga and others, in a move which is likely to affect DPP preparations ahead of the much-anticipated 16th September, 2025 General Elections.
Police have discovered that Alfred Gangata was not enrolled as an external candidate at Chitowe Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Dedza warranting him to obtain a Malawi School Certificate of Educations (MSCE).
Political Activist Bon Kalindo made a prophecy in one of his previous audio clips, that the MCP government will intensify arresting opposition party leaders a head of the September, 2025 elections with an agenda that their parties go to the polls without a presidential candidate to challenge President Chakwera’s bouncing back into government.
Kalindo asked opposition leaders and supporters to get prepared claiming that MCP has a plan to plunge the country into political violence with an aim of postponing the 16th September, 2025 for it and President Chakwera to continue running the country.
“MCP is prepared for war and the war has started with the arrests of opposition party leaders to divert peoples’ attention on its corruption schemes,” said Kalindo.
The DPP has strongly condemned these acts of political harassment and reaffirming their unwavering commitment to defend the hard-won democracy, urging all of their members and supporters to remain calm and steadfast during this challenging time.
Gangata handed himself over to police at Area 30 in Lilongwe after learning that they were looking for him through a Warrant of Arrest, he was questioned and later taken into custody and questions are still on the card that who is next to be arrested after Gangata.
Ever since Gangata assumed office of the DPP Vice President for the Centre, he has suffered persecutions after persecutions to silence him so that he should not mobilize support for Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika in a return to proven leadership in Malawi.
