Marriages Of Inconvenience

President Bakili Muluzi has called a general election for May 18, after which he will step down after two terms in office spanning 10 years. He is not going voluntarily, however, but was left with no choice when parliament voted down his attempt to alter the constitution to allow a third period in office. Yet there is little doubt that he will continue to try and control his United Democratic Front Party (UDF) from behind the scene, as shown by his selection of a little known party outsider, Bingu wa Mutharika, as the UDF’s presidential candidate. This move split the

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