Information reaching this publication indicates the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has been taken to court over criteria used in allowing candidates to take part in the elective conference scheduled for next month in the capital Lilongwe.

Two months ago the National Governing Council (NGC) which was presided over by President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera in Lilongwe agreed that only members who have been with the party more than two years are the ones eligible to contest for any post at the convention.

This did not go down well with some new members and some top officials in the party who penned the Secretary General demanding a reversal of the decision.

But over the weekend the Presiding chair of the convention Kezzie Msukwa insisted that the new criteria will be used at the forthcoming convention.

This has forced some MCP members led by Eddie Banda to drag the party to court.

Effort to talk to MCP spokesperson on the matter proved futile.