Malawi’s former President Mutharika vows to fix economy if elected in 2025
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Former Malawian President Arthur Peter Mutharika says if he is elected in 2025 his priority would be to fix the economy by cutting spending and reducing the country’s debt. Mutharika was president from 2014 to 2020 before, according to him, he was removed by a “judicial coup.” His Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chose him unopposed over the weekend as its candidate for the 2025 elections. Mutharika tells VOA’s James Butty, he is the right person to reclaim the government from the people who took it away from the Malawians