FORMER PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has advised presidential candidates to pick running mates with high calibre and not “anything that has breasts”. She argues that since former vice-president Inonge Wina was the first female running mate, many now assume the position must automatically go to a woman. In an interview, Tuesday, Phiri said running mates should be chosen based on credibility, not just because they are women. “And this notion which people have, because madam Inonge Wina was the first woman running mate, they automatically think there should be a woman who is a running mate. It shouldn’t be like that. We should get a person, whether [it is] a young man, a young lady [or] a woman...

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