NARC NOT TO CONTEST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

NARC NOT TO CONTEST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

By Frank Kauteka Tembo

The New Rainbow Coalition Party (NARC) has revealed that it will not feature a presidential candidate but supporting President Joyce Banda in the upcoming Tripartite Elections.

The party’s President Loveness Gondwe confirmed this in an interview with Voice of Kanyawazi early this week saying she will not stand as a Presidential candidate.

Gondwe said despite her party having structures all over the country; she doesn't see any reason to contend with her fellow woman but to support her.

“I have been quiet because am happy that we [Malawians] have a female President, one of my goals was that this country should have a female President and has been achieved so am not going to stand as a President this coming 2014 elections.

 I don’t mind serving under her [President Joyce Banda] because her success is my success, if she does wrong it’ all about women not her alone so I don’t want to pull her down but I want to support her,” said Gondwe.

Gondwe who was the only female Presidential candidate during 2009 general Elections says she will stand as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Mzimba West constituency on her ticket and further said she still see the future to lead the country after the President Joyce Banda’s serving terms.