Joyce Banda Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Vice-President (2009–2012)=== Banda ran as the vice-presidential candidate of the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi)|Democratic Progressive Party]] (DPP) in the [[2009 Malawian general election|2009 presidential election]], running alongside Mutharika, the DPP presidential candidate.<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=nw20090517062152198C571749 "Women are ready to stand in Malawi poll"], Sapa-AFP (''IOL''), 17 May 2009.</ref> She served as Malawi's first female vice-president. In a surprise move by the DPP, Joyce Banda and second vice-president Khumbo Kachali were fired as the vice-presidents of the DPP on 12 December 2010 for undefined 'anti-party' activities.<ref name="google">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hL67jrYgDT7owjKuvbRyuFCXkkqg?docId=CNG.52397de5df64c519397daac1afa54385.ed1 |title=AFP: Malawi ruling party fires two vice presidents |date=11 December 2010 |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref> In attempts to ostracise her, the President continued to give roles that were previously held by her to [[Callista Mutharika]], who was included in the cabinet in September 2011.<ref name="snub">{{cite web|url=http://www.afriquejet.com/malawi-cabinet-snub-2011090921991.html |title=Malawi: Mutharika's estranged deputy 'unmoved' by Malawi cabinet snub |publisher=Afriquejet.com |access-date=7 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612062217/http://www.afriquejet.com/malawi-cabinet-snub-2011090921991.html |archive-date=12 June 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> The court blocked attempts by Mutharika to fire her as Vice-President on constitutional grounds. This included attempts to seize her official government vehicle and to block her from registering her new party.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-politics/society/5522-new-natl-congress-party-on-the-cards-court-orders-pps-registration.html |title=Archived copy |website=www.maravipost.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531055912/http://www.maravipost.com/malawi-politics/society/5522-new-natl-congress-party-on-the-cards-court-orders-pps-registration.html |archive-date=31 May 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mwnation.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D20460%3Acourt-rescues-malawi-vps-vehicles%26catid%3D1%3Anational-news%26Itemid%3D3 |title=Home |The Nation Online | Your window on Malawi |access-date=11 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607015632/http://www.mwnation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20460%3Acourt-rescues-malawi-vps-vehicles&catid=1%3Anational-news&Itemid=3 |archive-date= 7 June 2014 }}</ref> On 8 September 2011, the role of Vice-President was left out in a cabinet reshuffle. However, she was still the legal Vice-President because the post was mandated by the constitution.<ref name="snub"/> She was urged by DPP spokesman [[Hetherwick Ntaba]] to resign as Vice-President.<ref>[http://www.nyasatimes.com/national/ntaba-argues-vp%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98constructive-resignation%E2%80%99/ Ntaba argues VP’s ‘constructive resignation’] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120904192203/http://www.nyasatimes.com/national/ntaba-argues-vp%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98constructive-resignation%E2%80%99/ |date=4 September 2012 }}. ''Nyasa Times''. Retrieved 10 April 2012.</ref> [[File:Joyce Banda Department for International Development photo crop.jpg|thumb|Banda in 2012]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page