The ruling Democratic Progressive Party District Governors for the Central Region have thrown their weight behind the unopposed candidature of His Excellency Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika in the forthcoming tripartite polls. Speaking during a media briefing, the governors from all the 23 political districts in the region said they are rallying behind President Mutharika as a torch bearer for DPP in 2019 elections.

The High Court in Blantyre, has failed to make a ruling in a matter in which Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera and other National Executive Committee (NEC) members are challenging an injunction that is restraining the party from holding a convention.

All the twenty-two Democratic Progressive Party Political District Governors in the North have reaffirmed their commitment to continue supporting His Excellency the President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika for the region to continue receiving development projects aimed at uplifting peoples’ lives.

Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Clement Chiwaya has bowed out of frontline politics and has since announced his intention not to contest for his Mangochi Central Constituency in May 2019.