The Pangolin Online can confirm that Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika is back in the country. He arrived around 14:35hrs today on a Malawian Airlines flight through Chileka Airport.
Mutharika who has been in South Africa on “private business” was seen at the airport in “good and robust health smiling and laughing” with DPP officials, including Norman Chisale, who came to welcome him.
Professor Mutharika arriving at Chileka Airport a while ago
It was clear that the elections battle is now on and APM is ready to hit the ground running after missing a good part of the campaign.
APM’s departure to South Africa almost a month ago exposed the lies and dishonesty of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) which insisted that the former Head of State was still in Mangochi at his Page House.
However, despite assurances from party spokesperson Shadreck Namalomba, the party Secretay General Peter Mukhitoi was forced to confirm that APM was indeed in in South Africa on a “private business trip”, exposing internal contradictions and a troubling pattern of opportunistic dishonesty and lies.
It was later revealed that actually the DPP leader was in hospital in South Africa where he underwent a critical ear surgery.
“There is no cause for alarm. The former president is at his home and well,” said Namalomba when asked of Mutharika’s where about.
Days later, the DPP Secretary General delivered a starkly different narrative.
“His Excellency recently undertook a private visit to the Republic of South Africa, traveling via a scheduled public flight with Malawian Airlines from Chileka International Airport,” the statement read. “This mode of travel underscores the transparency and legitimacy of the trip, which bears no secrecy or cause for public concern.”
Mukhito further claimed that Mutharika was in “excellent health,” reiterating that he remains fully committed to returning home and leading the DPP into the upcoming elections.
Welcome back home Professor.
We will be updating you on this story and we be following APM’s campaign trail.
