The newly appointed spokesperson on Finance for the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Joseph Mwanamvekha has hinted the that party is set to kick out President Dr.Lazarus Chakwera in the forthcoming 2025 polls.

Mwanamvekha said this when responding to the National Budget presented by Finance Minister Simplex Chithyola Banda two weeks ago.

“I would like to assure this house and all Malawians that DPP is coming back in 2025 to take Malawians out of Bagamoyo and lead them into the real Canaan!”

“Next year, I am going to stand here as Minister of Finance presenting a people centred budget! I thank you”, said Mwanamvekha.

Turning to the budget statement, Mwanamvekha said the current budget is Dead on Arrival, adding it is not aligned to Malawi 2063 as it has not allocated enough money to the three pillars of Agriculture, Industrialisation and Urbanisation.

The former finance minister further argued that the government has for the past three years been spending above the approved figures; a development he says puts to question the credibility of the 2024/25 national budget.

Mwanamvekha said in 2020 when the DPP was moving out of government, the budget for State Residences was K4 billion and that this year the budget has shot to K42 billion which demonstrates government’s non-commitment to cut on expenditure.