Rotational presidency - Afrobarometer

One  question Afrobarometer asked  was what people think about rotation of the presidency along regional lines. The idea was unpopular, and very much so in the Central and Southern regional. 39 percent of Northerners, as compared to about 22 percent and 20 percent in the Central and Southern respectively, favoured rotation. Would this be an indication of the belief that a Northerner is unlikely to be elected under the present arrangement?

 

 Support for Rotational Presidency at the Regional Level

Issue	Region
	Central %	North %	South %	Total %
Support Rotational Presidency	22	39	20	23
Against Rotational Presidency	76	57	79	75
Neither	-	-	1	-
Don’t Know	2	5	1	2
Total	100	100.0	100	100

Source: AfBS Malawi, 2008

 

On educational qualifications of the leader, an overwhelming 84 percent insist that university education should be the minimum. There were significant differences along regional lines, with 95 percent of the North insisting on this minimum as compared to 85 percent and 81 percent in the central and Southern respectively,

 

Table 9: Support for University Degree Requirement for Presidential Candidates at Regional Level

Issue	Region
	Central %	North %	South %	Total %
Support for Degree Requirement	85	94	81	84
Against Degree Requirement	14	5	17	14
Neither	-	-	1	1
Don’t Know	1	1	1	1
Total	100	100	100	100

Source: AfBS Malawi, 2008