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! ===Factions in DPP=== The relationship between Banda and President Bingu wa Mutharika had become increasingly tense because of Mutharika's attempts to position his own brother, [[Peter Mutharika]], as his successor.<ref name="google"/> Although she was fired from the position as Vice-President of the [[Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi)|DPP]] together with Second Vice-President [[Khumbo Kachali]], she continued to serve as [[Vice-President of Malawi]] as stipulated in the constitution.<ref name="google"/> This move led to mass resignations in the DPP and the formation of networks that supported her candidacy to become President of Malawi in the 2014 general election.<ref name="woes">{{cite web|url=http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/malawi:-vice-president%27s-woes-dominate-malawi-media-2010121864614.html |access-date=18 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220022503/http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/malawi%3A-vice-president%27s-woes-dominate-malawi-media-2010121864614.html |archive-date=20 December 2010 |title=Malawi: Vice-President's woes dominate Malawi media }}</ref> The DPP denied that mass resignations had occurred and insisted that they were only a few.<ref name="woes"/> 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