Chakwera to be declared winner of Malawi presidential race within 2 days : Kachale says MEC authenticating every result
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Chifundo Kachale has said the declaration of the winner in the Tuesday’s re-run of last year’s presidential election could be done within two days as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has a comfortable lead over incumbent President Peter Mutharika.
Mutharika, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, (DPP) faced Chakwera and little known Peter Kuwani of the opposition Mbakuwaku Movement for Democracy (MMD) in the court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections.
Announcing partial results at the main tally center Thursday in Blantyre, MEC Chairperson Kachale , a judge of the High Court of Malawi, said the commission was authenticating every result and determining the final results of Tuesday’s election might be concluded in the next 36 to 48 hours.
“The Commission continued to look at the results and make its determination,” he said.
Kachale stressed that the pollster is committed to “get this job done as soon as possible” and “We wouldn’t want to create any anxiety by delaying this process needlessly.”
However, unofficial aggregated results indicate that Chakwera held a strong lead with 55 percent of the vote, compared to 40 percent for Mutharika.
MCP secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka said: “There could be some changes because unlike in the past, what the Commission is now doing according to the law is to look at the null and void votes.
“So, in some cases they are determining that ‘No, this shouldn’t be a null and void [vote]’. There might be some small, small, changes but not material enough to change anything,” she said.
Voters went to the polls on Tuesday for a second time in just more than a year to elect a president after the Constitutional Court ordered new elections in a historic vote seen as a test for democracy in the southern African country.
The electoral commission has until July 3 to announce the final, which within eight days from the day of voting as required by law.
Why taking so long to announce the winner. Is it rigging going on behind the scenes like last time?
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glezeda
pakamwa mpa boma hedeeeee uluuuu.
yolodaloda ife tiyambepo makozedwe a dziko. mmangotinamiza kudya kusakaza ndalama mutati kanikizila ku kona. Blue nite hedeeeee.
ma honeymoon nde munawanjoya left right and centre.mose munayambila komema ma investors nde munakabwerako mmwenye odhinda fake ballot papers.
Ife ndi opemphera iwe glezeda .za ufiti zakozo wamenyetsa anthu.wabaso 11 million. uisaza.
mukunya munatienjeza.ka bright malopa hedeee mwamupusikanga he dhadha winu. munamuika pa cithizu ndi homeless wa camba pa foto kuti akuzamanga 350 chalets ku mangochi heeedeee ocita kuoneka kuti anasamba tsiku l9mwelo. akubwiza nayoni. gudegude pretending to be holy.mwanya. David wal9wa mmalo atiolotse muone.
cipani ca
mbava
mahule inu
Chisale ulipoooo
Tupe moni mukaphuzitsazo ku Chona.
jeni ansah mukangoti bwaibwai kuona ife mbuli
kunje matama ose aja pwilikiti.eetu soziilanasiilana izi.
AMAYAMBA NDI MAKUTU(MATU)
KUFA THEN ANACIPHIKILA MU MASAMBA.
BUUUUUU
Congratulations the winning team lead by Abusa Lazurus Chakwera for ascending to the highest office in the land.May God bless you
Kenako tidzangomva
alodzana ndi STROKE yakumidima
Zaka ziwili sizitha
Mumusamale
cadet walira mayiwaweeeeeeee tasuzgika nikale
I hear mutharika is about to reshuffle his cabinet, kikikikiiiiiiii.
wayamba kale siwacita deploy ku police for Zim. abale anga tili limodzi
Anthunu akumwera, apakati ndi akumpoto ndi abale Anu. Please deal with them mwachikondi. We need our country to be developed. Please use synergy we have in our country like modernization of farming, mining, oil to develop our country.
CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER to the President Elect!
Now when IPOR predicted a win for TONSE ALLIANCE cadets here and elsewhere trashed the survey.
Tonse Alliance will not waste time with the DPP crap. However all those who be found on the wrong side of the law shall face the music.
We know who did what as a country. The chief Secretary to the government will be the starting point. The Deputy Chief Secretary Cliff Chiunda was convicted of contempt of court but mafia and deviou APM promoted the guy..
nyekhweeee is reAl!
etiiee etiiieee
boma latose lokomera tosee ndilotheka vivaa mcp viva utm
Congratulations to Mr Chakwera/ Chilima. . Thank you that you have thought a good fight. My advice is please develop Malawi as a country starting from the Northern Malawi to Southern without nepotism. lesson should be learned. God bless New Mother Malawi. ❤❤
After 7 years of the Wait…. Congratulations Laz proud to have new leadership
Dr Laz and Chilima, all I want is to see justice on who torched the UTM office in Lilongwe that eventually killed the family living therein. Just this.
Not only that, there is so many cases which need to be investgated don’t forget our mothers and sisters at Msundwe
Chakwera should take it a priority to end corruption in police. Police is a security organ therefore very dangerous if corruption is left unabated. And this MCP Govt should empower indeginous Malawian small-scale businesses. Burundians, Nigerians, Tanzanians doing small business illegally should be stopped
Phwisa, point of correction, it’s not this MCP government. It is the Tonse Alliance government led by the MCP president. We should always have that at the back of our minds if we need to succeed in realising the goals of the Tonse Alliance.
Zoona, these are the type of people that we need to trim to sense before things go the DPP way.. please let us be sober and not start squabbles…It is futile
The ballot had MCP candidacy in Chakwera name any of those suggestion are not legally binding
Stain Phiri, you need to understand that there were three parties contesting, thus DPP, MCP and this other party of Mbakuwaku. Tonse Alliance was not on a ballot. UTM and the other small parties just helped MCP to win elections. I rest my case
God you are wonderful! Congratulations Dr Lazarus Chakwera!
Our Almighty God is indeed wonderful.
Hearty congratulations indeed! Ambuye muwakhululukire onse aja amanyoza ndikutonza a Chakwera kuti sangalowe mboma! Lero sitikuwawona abisala ndimunyozo wawo! Ulemu wanu Yehovah!
You have reminded me of Chataika, Jamax, and chilipa Thako! The Jonah is now the President of the Republic of Malawi.
Akalemba Mulungu walemba!
Zoona @Kaitano – Mulungu is no respector of persons. ananyanya abale mwawatchulawo kutukwana pa Nyasa Times pano.
We are Forever grateful to God for the New Dawn for Malawi 🇲🇼🇲🇼🇲🇼✊🏾✊🏾💪🏾💪🏾 Congrats Dr Laz, Dr SKC and the Tonse Team!
Bwana Chakwera congrats! Your presidency has arrived at the appointed time. Here is how I figure your inaugural speech to address: Albino killings, Njaunju Murder, Buleya Luke, Current corrupt cases, nepotism,/tribalism etc
Congratulations! but remember this, even you cannot survive 11 months of mass demonstrations. So better be good.
Activists Kamangira and Billy Banda, what are your comments now? You have abused MBC and your time is up. Now you will have to pay either Times or Zodiak to air your stupid press conferences unfortunately, Adad will not give you the money for this nonsense.Mulungu watiyankha. Billy Banda please resign honourably as Malawi Gaming Board Chair.