Malawi Congress Party (MCP), the UTM Party and other partners in Tonse Alliance for the fresh presidential election, has distanced itself from a newly-formed diaspora entity in the United Kingdom that is conducting its political business under the name Tonse Alliance Diaspora Wing.
A joint statement from MCP and UTM publicity secretaries, Rev. Maurice Munthali and Chidanti Malunga says this diaspora wing was independently established outside the Tonse Alliance as well as the mainstream party structures of all the electoral partners.
This has come to the fore after one individual, Alex Tengani Chanthunya -- claiming that he is president of Tonse Alliance Diaspora Wing -- posted on social media announcing a live streaming on Facebook on an 'exclusive Interview on Low Profile Malawi', which was meant to be broadcast on May 14, the Kamuzu Day.
There is also another poster on social media that purports that a UK-based Memory Kazombo was elected to be publicity secretary for the Tonse Alliance Diaspora Wing voted on May 6, 2020.
But Nyasa Times sources within the legitimate Tonse Alliance Diaspora Wing disown Chanthunya, saying he formed the alternative group without the knowledge of the party executives both in Malawi or those in the diaspora.
