Setting about strengthening his movement, he established an 11-person National Directorate but retained autocratic control, with some dissenters labelling him a dictator; he argued that a successful revolution could not be run by committee and required a strong leader
Atakhala kuti akulimbikitsa kusuntha kwake, adakhazikitsa boma la anthu khumi ndi mmodzxi koma adasunga kuwongolera kokuti ziziyenda zokha, ndipo adamulembera iye mwankhanza wolamulira; Adanenanso kuti kusintha kopambana sikungathetse komiti ndipo kumafunikira mtsogoleri wolimba