Ansah won’t resign, MEC tells Chilima: Malawi awaits evidence of her misconduct
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says its beleaguered chairperson Jane Ansah is not resigning from the pollster as demanded by UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and other quarters of the society.
MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa said it is only the appointing authority – President Peter Mutharika – with the power to fire her.
“If it’s about removal, only the State has powers to remove her on recommendations from parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC),” said Mwafulirwa.
On Friday, Chilima called on Ansah to throw in the towel because of the messy election results.
Addressing a news conference at UTM headquarters in Area 10, Lilongwe, Chilima, who is the former State vice-president, said the party has gathered evidence of misconduct by the head of the electoral body.
He said UTM will officially release contents of a letter containing the evidence if Ansah refuses to step down within five days.
“We have further gathered evidence of alleged misconduct on the part of the chairperson of the commission which shall be shared with the commission privately.
“Our position with respect to the chairperson of the commission is that, having dismally failed to lead the commission and having returned the most fraudulent elections in the history of this nation, she should do the honourable thing in the circumstances, that is, to immediately resign so that a more capable person can lead the commission,” said Chilima.
Chilima said some of the irregularities for which UTM has credible evidence include failure to collect and seal away extra ballot papers before counting and compiling results thereby making extra ballot papers available for post-polling marking and stuffing to consummate the fraudulent results records or put future verification against the ballot paper in peril.
Others include, failure to determine complaints before announcing the presidential return, refusal or failure to provide UTM and other political party representatives with results records as required by law; thereby opening the results to tampering and interference.
Chilima also said other irregularities included altering, transposing results records in favour of the candidate declared winner, serious breach of security of the results records in favour of the candidate declared winner as well as voters being allowed to cast more than one vote for the presidential election in areas where the declared winner supposedly had his main support.
He also said other irregularities were transposition of results for candidates in favour of the declared winner and intimidation of UTM monitors and agents.
“Beyond the above-mentioned evidence, we have further gathered evidence of misconduct on the part of the chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission [MEC] which shall be shared with the commission privately,” Chilima told the media.
He said all the evidence shall be brought before the court.
Civil society grouping, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) were first to call for resignation of Ansah last week.
“We have lost trust in her completely,” HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo said.
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why Ansah is sticking to that position now it its an evidence shown cleary that he belongs to DPP, alot of pple are suffering bkoz of her greedy, ansah bear in mind that though those pple can shield yu, the wrath of GOD is following yu, lets just wait and see what gonna happen for in three months to come
Elsewhere, the photos of Ansah standing with DPP cadets, are enough evidence of misconduct and she would be forced to resign in no time. Not even further evidence is needed to throw her out. Ansah knows this. This woman is so daft and dumb. Wonder how such a lowlife woman is a supreme court judge. Don’t start me on to say she is educated. Some people get PhDs or degrees but inwardly they are just empty, daft and corrupt. One of them is Ansah. The cries on the millions of Malawians will not go in vain. Karma always follows. When people are dying and starving while few people are benefitting by oppressing and stealing from them, the result is always the same. The oppressors end up in the same path of destruction. We cannot change life. Whatever we do in life, someone has done it before. People just don’t learn from experiences of others – there were MCP oppressors, there were UDF oppressors, the were PP oppressors, there was Bingu the oppressor, there was Bakili the oppressor, there was Mugabe, there was Obasanjo, there was Jean- Bedel Bokassa and there was Juvenal Habyarimana a very close match to Peter Mutharika who stayed in power due to electoral fraud. Habyarimana promoted tribalism the same Peter Mutharika is doing and was respobsible for the hate and ethinic cleansing of the Tutsis. Where are all these oppressors today? They are all long gone from the scene and some a languishing. Therefore whatever DPP, Ansah and Peter Mutharika are doing someone better than them has done it before but they all ended up in the same result – failure and destruction.
Arresting a criminal is the responsible of police officers,But when a citizen sees crimal activities within his proxy ,it becomes his duty to assist law enforcers to arrest that one.Jena and you have done the same and just wait. When the referees will blow the whistle.
Ineyo a Sangwani ndikusowa choti ndingakambe. Dikirani muona revolution Chaka chake ndi chani.
this boy called Chilima is too rude and thinks he wiser. No elections were rigged, He feels he is a better leader yet he was part of the deal that stole the 2014 elections.
Lilian, I think you reason with your bottom.
LILIAN KAUNDA NDIWE GALU YA MUNTHU…CANT YOU SEE YOUR NOSENSE COMMENT
Sangwani chisankho ichi mwasamba nacho, mpaka zibwenzi ziwiri , account yanu yankhuta , ma allowance 40 days pa mwenzi kkkk muyaluka
The whole MEC is compromised, not Ansah. The TPE was rigged long before we voted when APM made sure to pack the MEC with commissioners owing allegiance to the DPP regime
not JUST Ansah
Jane Ansah, Moffat Banda, Jean Mathanga and Sam Alufandika are all DPP supporters masquerading as commisioners and Chief Executive officer respectively..
I hope our appointed judges at the constitutional court will not let us down on this case. Malawi needs a honest judgement on this one.The greatest want of the world is the want of men. Men whose conscious is true like the needle to the pole. Men who can not be bought or sold. Men who will stand for the right even if the heavens fall.
No matter what on 24th may,2019 we will pay a visit to Chilima.Believe you me. I trust Chilima.Ndiye akamati walephereka kupita ku Nsanjika sizoona ayi.Iye ali ku Nsanjika basi
I hear this silly witch was booed at the bank
Mahule ndi anthu ovuta,,leave it to God,he will strike her off..Misozi ya mphawi Namalenga akuyiona.
Saulosi kulankhulitsa sikuzakuthandiza mwana iwe. Kodi waiwala zomwe unkawauza anthu kuti palibe angabere chisankho ichi? Kodi waiwala unkawauza a Malawi kuti pa 23 iwe uzalumbiritsidwa kukhala President? Kodi waiwala you told people to leave Ansah to do her job at MEC? Your problem is that you talk before thinking and you take yourself as very intelligent person and indispensable. MEC did it’s job my brother so stop crying
You also talk too much shit and out of context –You are just hiding in diaspora without contributing to the nation
Mbuzi ngati inu (apwiya) sizofunika ku Malawi kuno.
When you say the president, that means, even those who mandates the president, which is the people of Malawi. The 62% of people will force MEC chair to go. It is a matter of time.
62% yake iti imeneyo? Vuto ndiloti mukumawona ngati zimene akuyankhula Chilima aliyense akugwirizana nazo. Alipo ena safuna Ansah kuti apange resign. Aliponso ena safuna Peter kuti apange resign. Ndiye masamu anuwo muzipanga bwino. Osamawaika anthu mau mkamwa.
Inuyo akuvutani masamu.100% – 62% =42% ndi amene akufuna Peter ndi Ansah.Koma tsopano inuyo bwana za tippex zi mukugwirizana nazo? This is where the bone of contention is built.Enafe tingofuna kuti Jane Ansah asowe chifukwa sanafotokoze bwino za tippex.Mwina inu muli ndi answer mugaweneko ndi azanu kaa.
Not strange. We are in a strange land where the law and everything protect those in power as they oppress the poor and the disadvantaged. Where those who vote have no word but those who announce the results and those who appointed them have. Where law is tactifully manipulated if it tends to go against the thieves, the oppressors and the killers. What do we expect of her if number one thief, Muntharika himself could not resign after being implicated in MK145m scandal, when the number one killer himself cannot even up to now ensure Malawians know the truth when his team is implicated in the killings of people with albinism? Fellow Malawians, our situation is so pathetic and making matters worse, we are failing to stand up for a difference. We will be squeezed and our children will be squeezed. We have surely sown a sour seed, we will face the music and our children will even suffer more. Believe me if we wont stand against this now, even if we change government next time, it will be the same. Those of us without names will be squeezed on the roads to cough out everything we have to fund them while those labeled “ana adad” without any certification, carrying body parts of our brothers and intimidating us everywhere even in the father of their father killer are free. Nations and organizations will pump in billions of kwachas in the name of helping the poor Malawians only to benefit from less than 20% while the rest benefits the thieves and the killers! I cry for Malawi, I cry for my brother who was killed just because he was born without skin pigment!
Sangwani uatinyase ndipo ndalama wadyazo ubweza ndi mnzako ansah yo wava mr sangwani
Ok
Jane ansah is reputable lady ,zangokuvutani basi
He behaves like a woman talking too much. Where does he come from? Thats not the behavior of Ntcheu people.
KKKKKKK………………………….Chilima,,all the noise during campaign and you want to start the noise towards ansah kkkkk you are a pathetic looser imagine coming third i thought u said on 24 u will be at state house chitsilu
APUMBWA tippex mwamubera munthu
Ndani amene anayambitsa chipani less than 10 months mkupeza ma vote 1mil???? Nonse mukudana ndi chilima ndinu a dpp simungakanenso ai,chilima ndikatundu mufune musafune.Mzika yeniyeni yofunila zabwino dziko lake,musaiwale a dad anu anabelekedwa kumbuyo ndi aachimwene awo,anayamba alamulira dziko lakuti before?
You guys at MEC are dreaming in a fantasy world. Lucky that you and your tipex president can get away with that level of arrogancy in Malawi. Elsewhere, the Answer woman and the tippex man would have been dragged off those positions by angry citizens.