His regime remained popular with workers, peasants, and students, who constituted the majority of the country's population, while opposition came primarily from the middle class; thousands of doctors, engineers and other professionals emigrated to the US, causing an economic brain drain
Ulamuliro wake unakhalabe wotchuka ndi antchito, wamba, ndi ophunzira, omwe anali ambiri mwa anthu a m’dzikolo, pamene chitsutso chinali makamaka cha anthu apakati; masauzande a madotolo, mainjiniya ndi akatswiri ena adasamukira ku US, zomwe zidayambitsa vuto lazachuma