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| Affiliation | Mgwirizano Coalition |
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| Name | Gwanda Chakuamba |
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, , Malawi |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 05, 1935
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| Died | October 24, 2016
(81 years)
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| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Sep 17, 2022 02:32pm |
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| Info | Gwanda Chakuamba, the 69-year-old opposition front-runner, has the support of powerful religious leaders and is standing as a joint candidate for a coalition of seven opposition parties.
He has a reputation for violent outbursts and has spent most of his adult life either on the political platform or in prison.
"If I was a young man, there could have been blood in this country," he said after losing the election to President Muluzi in 1999.
He claimed he was robbed of victory after polling half a million fewer votes than his opponent.
While a senior minister in 1982, he was sentenced to 22 years in prison for trying to assassinate former leader Hastings Kamuzu Banda.
Although found with a pistol, the political gladiator has protested his innocence.
"When I went into prison, I was so bitter that if I had a gun I would have shot everyone," he said.
He was released after 12 years when Banda was under intense international pressure to improve his human rights record.
The white-haired presidential hopeful claims age and religion have mellowed him.
While enjoying strong support from his native south, Mr Chakuamba is also expected to poll well in the north.
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