By Chisomo Phiri

Atupele Muluzi has now accepted a petition by southern region United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters to contest for 2025 presidential elections though his reply was not such direct on yes or not.

“Last week people led by our regional governor (south) Dorothy Masinga, marched to my house asking me to bounce back into active politics. The petition gave me seven days to respond to the wishes of the people.

“As you know, this issue has been in circulation for a while as UDF will be having its convention soon. I would like to thank the regional governor for the request and I want to assure you that I am there to fight for you and I will die for you,” he said.

Muluzi went on to call on people who would like to get back into the party to do so now and not later.

“I would like to ask people who left the party to come back, time to come back to the party is now and not wait until we get somewhere and you will be there saying,you were fighting with us but underground.

“Let us not bar those who would like to come and join us including the youth,” he said.

The young Muluzi also appealed to the youth to show interest and contest for positions at the next elective conference of the party and in the 2025 General Elections.

“As we are heading to the polls as a country in 2025, I would like to ask young people in the party to pick positions and contest in order to contribute positively to the development of the country,” emphasised Muluzi.

He further indicated that he is back in active politics and ready to lead Malawians from 2025 as the President.

Atupele said if elected as a president, he will make sure that he is meeting people’s needs as per his promises of making Malawi a corrupt-free nation.

In his turn,Law maker for Blantyre Malabada Constituency Ismael Mkumba said as part of the party’s agenda on youth empowerment, he is sensitizing youths in his constituency to develop an enterprenuership and hardworking spirit citing locally manufacturing of products such as water packaging among other skills.

Yesterday, UDF was celebrating 30 years of existence at a colorful event held at Nyambadwe Primary School Ground in Blantyre.

United Democratic Front is a political party in Malawi founded in 1992 by former President Dr. Bakili Muluzi.

UDF claims to be a liberal party in Malawi and is mainly strong in the southern region populated by ethnic Yao.