Suspected youth cadets for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) alleged to be sympathizers of leader of opposition Kondwani Nankhumwa on Friday afternoon disrupted a press briefing organized by the party’s spokesperson Brown Mpinganjira at Crown hotel in Lilongwe.

The cadets drabbed in DPP regalia accused Mpinganjira, party Administrative secretary Francis Mphepo and National Organising Secretary Chimwemwe Chipungu of causing divisions in the party.

It took the intervention of the law enforcers to calm down the situation at the hotel and the briefing proceed.

Speaking after the fracas, Mpinganjira strongly condemned the violent act by unknown DPP youth cadets.

Mpinganjira hinted that the party will take drastic action against perpetrators of the violence, saying the party believes in democracy.

He said internal matters of the party cannot be solved at the hotel.