Erstwhile Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) continues to be bruised by resignations of its executive members, with former Deputy Director of Legal Affairs, Oscar Asima Taulo, being the latest to leave the party.
Taulo has since joined the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as he embarks on a journey to drum up support for President Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera.
His defection to MCP comes barely days after DPP lost another senior member, Dr. Dalitso Kabambe, to UTM Party. He resigned from the DPP in January 2024 and immediately announced his withdrawal of interest to contest at the party’s forthcoming convention.
Taulo – who deputized Charles Mhango in DPP – was officially welcomed into MCP fold on the sidelines of a whistle-stop tour President Chakwera conducted on his way to Mzuzu on Tuesday.
Speaking in an interview after being welcomed into the MCP fold, Taulo said he had decided to join the party because he is impressed with the infrastructure development projects the party is initiating and implementing across the country.
According to him, MCP – under President Chakwera – has demonstrated seriousness in transforming the nation, citing the modern roads the government is constructing in all the regions of the country.
“I am very happy to associate with a party that is doing great things for the nation. My plea to Malawians is that we should support President Chakwera wholeheartedly so that he continues with his vision of changing the face of Malawi,” said Taulo.
Meanwhile, highly placed sources in the DPP have disclosed that more executive members are expected to dump the party, citing lack of intra-party and dictatorial tendencies by the party leader Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika.
