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Machinga Likwenu MP David Lali of United Democratic Front (UDF) has asked the government to look for money elsewhere in...
The Mover should have also included a close whereby if a president wins elections with party X and leave that party and form another party…..what should the law do?
Remember what happened with Bingu when he dumped UDF the party that ushered him into presidency. Again Madam Joice Banda after being removed fron DPP she formed her own party which eventually become a ruling party after the death of Bingu.
I feel this and other pertinent issues should be included too. W e want a through electoral registration for our country!!!!!
Sorry that I have decided tto comment again. This is very important As explained earlier, the fifty percent plus one vote should be approved by Parliament and assented to by the presidential so that it become part of the constitution. 50 percent plus one vote means that a candidate who becomes President of Malawi should win presidential elections by over half the number of the votes cast. When a leading candidate fails to obtain the majority of votes cast, an election re-run will be conducted between the top two contenders so one presidential candidate wins with over 50 percent plus… Read more »
For a long time now, a minority president has presided over millions of Malawians most of whom may not even have voted for him. Presidents such as Peter Mutharika, have all led this country on minority votes owing to the current First-Past-The-Post electoral system. This system allows whoever gets more votes than other candidates to be crowned President of the Republic of Malawi irrespective of whether the margin was minimal or large and irrespective of the percentage of the winning candidate. For example, in 2014, Mutharika got less than 40% of the votes, in practical terms it means that the… Read more »
If 50 plus one is not there , then the mover of the motion is stupid
How can he leave out 50 + 1 election result sytem? This is the most crucial part of the electral system. Otherwise if this system was in place, we wouldnt be having this pETER mUTHAIKA as president. There would have been a second round and Chakwera would have teamed up with Joyce and win the election