| 词条 | Malawi Congress Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Malawi Congress Party | logo = Mcp flag 3.gif | logo_size = 200px | colorcode = {{Malawi Congress Party/meta/color}} | abbreviation = MCP | president = Lazarus Chakwera | secretary_general = | spokesperson = | founder = Orton Chirwa Aleke Banda | slogan = | founded = 1959 | predecessor = Nyasaland African Congress | headquarters = Lilongwe | newspaper = | youth_wing = Malawi Young Pioneers (disbanded) | membership_year = | membership = | ideology = Ubuntu Conservatism Nationalism State capitalism Anti-colonialism | position = Center-right to right-wing | international = Centrist Democrat International | affiliation1_title = African affiliation | affiliation1 = | colors = Black, Red and Green | anthem = | seats1_title = National Assembly | seats1 = {{Composition bar|48|193|hex=#FF0000}} | seats2_title = SADC PF | seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|5|hex=#FF0000}} | seats3_title = Pan-African Parliament | seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|5|hex=#FF0000}} | symbol = Cockeral | flag = | website = {{URL|www.malawicongressparty.com}} | country = Malawi | country_dab1 = | parties_dab1 = | elections_dab1 = | footnotes = }} The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is a political party in Malawi. It was formed as a successor party to the banned Nyasaland African Congress when the country, then known as Nyasaland, was under British rule. The MCP, under Hastings Banda, presided over Malawian independence in 1964, and from 1966 to 1993 was the only legal party in the country. It has continued to be a major force in the country since losing power. In the 2009 elections, it received approximately 30% of the national vote. HistoryThe Malawi Congress Party was the successor to the Nyasaland African Congress (NAC) party, which was banned in 1959. The MCP was founded in 1959 by Orton Chirwa, Nyasaland's first African barrister, soon after his release from Gwelo Prison, and other NAC leaders including Aleke Banda and S. Kamwendo, in agreement with Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who remained in prison. The purpose for dashing the original NAC to form the MCP was the need for free operation, since NAC was a banned party by that time. Orton Chirwa became the first MCP president, and later was succeeded by Hastings Banda after he was released from Gwelo Prison. Banda continued to hold the Presidency until his death in 1997. In the 1961 Nyasaland elections, the MCP won all the seats in the legislature and later led Nyasaland to independence as Malawi in 1964. When Malawi became a republic in 1966, the MCP was formally declared to be the only legal party. For the next 27 years, the government and the MCP were effectively one. All adult citizens were required to be party members. They had to carry "party cards" in their wallets at all times. The MCP lost its monopoly on power in a 1993 referendum and was roundly defeated in the country's first free elections the next year. In opposition since 1994, the MCP remains a major force in Malawi. It is strongest in the central region, populated by ethnic Chewa and Nyanja people. At the May 2009 elections its candidate for president, John Tembo (a longtime confidant of Banda), won 30.7% of the vote and the party won 26 out of 193 seats. Presidents
MCP members
Electoral historyPresidential elections
National Assembly elections
See also
References{{Malawian political parties}}{{Authority control}}{{Africa-party-stub}}{{Malawi-stub}} 3 : 1960 establishments in Nyasaland|Political parties in Malawi|Parties of one-party systems |
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