so do you have meetings with president mutharika? not afterjune. meetings with president mutharika?ot afterjune. not since june, which is when you left the ruling dpp party? absolutely, absolutely. do you meet any of the cabinet and this is? not officially, except when we attend functions together sometimes. it could be cultural events or church functions, and when you meet, you say hello, because we worked together before. but you are still drawing your salary as vice president, even though clearly you are not discharging your duties? well, iam. are not discharging your duties? well, i am. you said you haven't met the president since june? well, i am. you said you haven't met the president since june ?|j well, i am. you said you haven't met the president since june? i haven't met him, not at all, but what i am saying is the officers there, the office has not been vacated. i am still in that office and therefore i am available to provide counsel, to respond to enquiries by citizens, to respond to enquiries by citizens, to respond to enquiries by citizens, to respond to enquiries by

has president mutharika asked you to go? no, he hasn't.ause three cabinet ministers say it's difficult to understand how saulos chilima can discharge his responsibility to advise the president, or collective cabinet responsibility, when he has clearly taken a stand that is opposed to and challenges the policies of the current cabinet government. well, again, that is strange. i don't think that the policy of the government is to promote corruption. that is what we're fighting against. and speaking against corruption, speaking against nepotism, is actually not quite speaking against, you know, a government, or government policy, rather. it's speaking against the evils. so i would disagree with insinuations to the effect that i am speaking against government policy. it's not government policy to promote corruption. but you are not obviously part of collective responsibility. don't you feel uncomfortable yourself, saying i am vice president, but actually, president mutharika, i have left your party? i'm going to stand against you next year, bu

mutharika said, you want to be president.ays. that is what all of this is about. really? i'm going to contest that for a fact. in order to, if i go to the elective conference and i am nominated, then i'm going to contest. if i am not, maybe it won't happen. so you might not stand for the you tm. i would like to go for a democratic process. i am one of the founders. i created it myself, there isa group. founders. i created it myself, there is a group. c might not be the presidential candidate. you like if someone comes up, so be presidential candidate. you like if someone comes up, so be it. does that give you enough time to build a solid base you have the established parties, particularly in the south of the ruling party with its stronghold in the south and the opposition malawi congress party, stronghold in the centre. what's important is what i am offering. let me put it this way, the election was next year, and not about changing one president or replacing a ruling party. the election is next year and this is about the fut