High Court Orders DPP Convention In 90 Days

The High Court sitting in Lilongwe has ordered the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to hold an elective convention within 90 days in a case related to the controversial National Governing Council meeting held at Nkopola Lodge in July this year.

In his determination, High Court Judge Simeon Mdeza made his ruling in the work of the party’s National Governing Council (NGC)’s meeting which was held on 3rd July 2023, member’s resolutions among others endorsed the current party president Peter Mutharika as the torch bearer for the DPP party in the coming 2025 general elections.

Following the meeting which sidelined some top party officials; Vice President for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa, Secretary General Grelzeder Jeffrey, Jappie Mhango and Yusuf Nthenda who in reaction filed an application for order to nullify the proceedings and resolutions made at the July NGC meeting.

He has since ordered the party to hold a “properly constituted National Governing Council meeting and Elective National Conference be applied to within ninety days.

Meanwhile, Judge Simeon Mdeza has nullified the NGC meeting, describing it as a sham and a threat to intra-party democracy.