From inception, chances that People\u2019s Party (PP) would stand the test of time looked slim.
\nFounded by the de facto alternative during Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)\u2019s 2009 to 2012 reign of bad laws and terror, PP quickly attracted motley opportunists.
\nSadly, rather than benefit from the demise of former President Bingu wa Mutharika, PP turned out to be the biggest loser.
\nYou may recall that even before late Bingu had been interred, so called DPP \u2018heavy weights\u2019 who had been calling Mrs Joyce Banda all sorts of unflattering names to look good to Bingu, migrated en masse to PP.
\nWhen cashgate erupted and with it the likelihood of a PP\u2019s loss, one by one, the opportunists started dumping PP.
\nBy the time PP finally lost the election, it was no longer migration; more like an exodus.
\nSome claimed to have \u2018retired\u2019. Others went into hibernation, lying in wait like black mambas for the appropriate time and prey to strike, stun and destroy.
\nIt is worth noting that even amidst the PP exodus, some politicians remained put. The likes of now expelled former acting president Uladi Mussa and Ralph Jooma (removed as party vice president for Eastern Region), dug in; creating an impression that unlike the defectors; they were a principled lot who believe that in a democracy, a good politician can be just as effective in opposition as in government.
\nWell, this was true until the Electoral Reform bills.
\nIt was when the reforms were about to land in parliament that it became obvious that when a hyena crosses the road to hunt in the adjacent forest, it still remains a hyena. Typically, they didn\u2019t need much coaxing to betray the nation.
\nThe rest, as they say, is now history.
\nIn this duo\u2019s shoes, especially now that it has been confirmed that PP was never in formal cahoots with DPP, I would be very ashamed of myself.
\nLook here Blues\u2019 Orators: what further evidence do we need to make a case that these turncoats are guilty of sabotaging the much needed reform for personal gain? And if this is not betrayal and abuse of office, what is? And again, isn\u2019t abuse of office the classical definition of corruption?
\nIf I were in PP, I wouldn\u2019t even bother dignifying the nonsense they are churning as the reasons for their expulsion with a response.
\nWith respect to their prospects in DPP, the dilemma facing these two jumos is one of the rare instances when I celebrate DPP\u2019s existence.
\nYou see, according to the DPP modus operandi, these two guys are lepers.
\nIn the first place, they were DPP. When it suited them, they left to chase self-gratification in Joyce Banda\u2019s bosom.
\nAs fate would have it, when Joyce Banda lost the 2014 election, DPP quickly slammed the doors shut for gold diggers.
\nThis is how the people whose true colours are blossoming now got stuck in PP until the Electoral Reforms surfaced and just like an old woman is troubled when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb, Mutharika panicked.
\nTalk of the reform left Mutharika in a quandary.
\nOn the one hand was the temptation to remain principled and continue shunning political prostitutes. But this carried the risk that the Electoral Reform Bills would be passed.
\nOn the other hand, was the disgusting notion of having to intercourse with political trollops known to have serviced everyone in town.
\nCaught between a rock and a hard place, Mutharika decided to follow the DPP book of rules where the mantra is: consort \u2013 if you must – with harlots, but \u2018advisedly\u2019.
\nBlues\u2019 Orators, if there is anything we can learn from DPP is how to sup with the devil but come out unscathed. How does DPP achieve this feat?
\nWhen it has had its way with harlots – using reels of protection, it doesn\u2019t only dispose of the now compromised protective sheaths, but it also dumps the harlots.
\nIn Mussa and Jooma\u2019s case, now that DPP got what it wanted, they are just as expendable as used condoms.
\nThe future looks far from bright for both Mussa and Jooma because in the DPP book of rules, they are now disposable.
\nTo understand DPP\u2019s philosophy, get into DPP\u2019s mind i.e.:
\n\u201cMussa and Jooma were once blue. They left and having reached a d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu; they are just too keen to work as our mercenaries. The questions are: do we need them? If we let them re-join DPP, what would stop them from double-crossing us again? How would people who have been with us through thick and thin feel if these migrant mercenaries are given senior positions?\u201d
\nThis is what is playing in DPP\u2019s mind.
\nIs there anything that MCP can learn from all this? Stand by.
\nMussa and Jooma are now heading to the back pages of history. As to their respective expulsion and demotion in PP, the issue here is less about Joyce Banda\u2019s dynastic ambitions. If truth be told, I find Mussa\u2019s and Jooma\u2019s respective reactions to the expected fallout totally ridiculous!
\nPP is right that the two have tarnished the party\u2019s name and image by lying that PP, as a party, is against Electoral Reforms.
\nWhile Jooma and Mussa are pondering their next political home, it\u2019s high time MCP did some soul-searching on the many prostitutes flocking to its fold.
\nMCP should pause and ponder lest it find itself collecting sand thinking it\u2019s gold, only to see the sand wash away when elections come and go with no trophy to show.
\n\u201cAll that glisters is not gold;
\nOften have you heard that told:
\nMany a man his life has sold,
\nBut my outside to behold:
\nGilded tombs do worms enfold
\nHad you been as wise as bold,
\nYour in limbs, in judgment old,
\nYour answer had not been in\u2019scroll\u2019d
\nFare you well: your suit is cold.\u2019
\nCold, indeed, and labour lost: Then, farewell, heat and welcome, frost!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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