Voter apathy has hit the second registration exercise in the central region, the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) stronghold as the first day of the registration was marred by low turn out.
Voter registration has worried stakeholders as fewer people have registered as compared to those targetted
The second phase of the voter registration started on Friday in Ntchisi, Dowa, Mchinji and Nkhotakota.
In Ntchisi, the registration exercise was delayed because political party representatives reported for work late.
In Nkhotakota, the registration exercise was marred by faulty equipment.
At one centre, only 12 people had registered before the equipment was withdrawn because it was faulty.
Human rights activists are already in arms, telling the pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission to ensure that the second phase of the registration exercise is well organised.
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30 replies on “Apathy hits second voter registration exercise, MCP stronghold in disarray”
MCP count this a timely blessing in disguise. A call for real action if u r serious to win. No time to depend on mercy. This election shall be taken by force not academic approach if winning is it goal. leave academic approach to the movement.
Humble yourselves and connect with on the ground. If DPP wins again u hv urselves to blame coz it’s dead everywhere. Pipo see each DPP member as a thief. very DPP vehicle as thieved. every DPP cloth as thieved. any voice from DPP guru as corrupt.
personally I will blame SKC and Joyce if DPP comes into power for not humbling urselves and join others against DPP
This is not the problem of people neither the problem of political partirs ,neither of stake holders. Purely this is the problem of MEC..The MEC voter registration patterns have be incositence.In 2008 Voter registration kickstarted in all regions.There were three groups spread over thrree regions with sub regional administrations.This phase regional registration is more regionalistic in nature and can not work along side with faulty machine.The whole exercise has turn out to be a serious political exercise.I listened a DPP rally in north where a certain politician come urging people of north to go and register.The messege is more reginalistic and tone showed that DPP is very happy that Central region has low turn out because it believed that its a stronghold of MCP.Believe me that MBC which believed to favour DPP will take very active role when this registration comes to southern region which believed to be DPP stronghold..However issues of low turn out will continue because of low turnout rumours spreading like fire considering Malawians have almost similar mindset..This is when MEC which believed to be favouring DPP will start to act but it be too late.The solution to this low turnout problem is to temporaliry suspend the regional registration fo two wks and review the probems and start again with one district in the north, three districts in at centre and another three districts in the south one phase or having one district from each region as a phase otherwise what is happening is total mockary of whole exercise and digging graves for innocent people.Remember,a tiny hole on the innocent dike lead the collupse of whole dike.Nzeru ya dziko la pansi Mulungu adaibisa mu anthu opanda dzinafe.Kutengako maganizo mpanda dzinafe.
Low turnout has nothing to do with faulty equipment. People are not interested in Chakwera – it’s as simple as that.
You cadet wait nd see. U think DPP or mbava party will rule us again. No way. whatever u gonna do. u r way out.
To think Mrs Ansah heads a church is unbelievable. This Lady is evil and bent on frustrating MCP. Firstly it was people fed up with current leaders and reluctant to register in large numbers. Now it’s faulty equipment. This lady is going all out to rig on behalf of DPP, her paymaster.
Anthu a ku central mwatani kodi? Ntchito ndi mbewa, nyau ndi Ku fwenthera mamina. Inu ndithu osadabwa kuti kalembela nthawi zonse amayamba chigawo cha pakati osati Ku South? This is one way of rigging on behalf of DPP. I bet all MEC members have been palm oiled.
Wake up Dowa, Ntchisi, KK and Mchinji. Make up for the losses in Kasungu, Salima and Dedza. All is not lost yet.
Wake up Central Shame the devil
Yes .. we know that you are a very dangerous corrupt DPP cadet………………………………. but be patient with your propaganda you can not just start making unnecessary conclusions within 30 seconds inside the second phase of voter registration exercise……..you are very shameful..
Shame on Jane Ansah!! Mai Ansah why have you been hiding these other key reasons stated in this article. Sincerely its illogical to blame people for not registering when your equipment were faulty and or when political party representatives, not just MCP [as initially alleged] were coming late to centres.
Abale kodi anthu akumidziwa timawaona ngati chani? Do you appreciate that they equally have other things to do for their survival? How can party officials [DPP, UDF, MCP, AFORD etc] go late and expect them to keep up waiting for you!! Sincerely its stupid to blame Central region people and or claim that its them who have caused voter apathy!! Munthu amene akudziwa za khalidwe lonunkha la anthu a zipani zokonda kubela atha kuona kuti a chipani akonda zobeleka nkotheka kugwilizana kumapita mochedwa dala kumalo olembetsela chifukwa akudziwa kuti olemba sangamalembe anthu iwo kulibe ndipo choncho chifukwa adziwadikila, pamapeto anthu olembedwa akhala ochepa!! Khalidwe la upandu heavy ndipo lonunkha osakhala zomwe Ansah ndi Moffat Banda akhala akunena!!
Komatu dziwani kuti anthu mukukhomelelawo ndi a Mulungu ndipo nkulakwa kutelooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Mr Central, do you live in Malawi or in the clouds?For your own information, Malawians have no sense of time.Tell them to report for work at 7am you will see them reporting for duties at 9am.Just visit any of the government departments and you will see how lazy Malawians can be.Politics has nothing to do with the late coming of party representatives.Blame Malawian culture.
Sidik Lebwedelebwede Mia, how about the faulty equipment? Is that a weakness of electorate? and Why is MEC avoiding to come straight and apologise on that? Lets learn to be sincere with issues and avoid trying to play it clever always!! Imagine, in 2014 Nkhotakota became DPP stronghold, are they [DPP] concerned with the voter apathy? If yes what have they or are they doing? You will see that they are comfortably seated and doing nothing!!
Lets all start raising eyebrows on what is happening because comments mentioned by the previous reporters such as people are saying they can’t register because whoever they vote is never given the mantle should never be taken lightly!! Why? It will be those same people who could not accept the results and go on ra mpage!! So its time there was collective action on addressing the issue, not blaming one group of people because mavuto a zandale akadzayamba adzakhudza tonse! Please open your eyes and look ahead as leaders! What I hate most with Malawian leaders is the speed they take to address issues……………………………!!
Inde muzilemba zimenezi kuti cadet azisangalala, Chakwera ndi boma kale, batayani nthawi mkulongolola pa social media, anzanufe tikufuna president who can make reasonable decision in order to develop this country, no chance to agogo aja.
Amwene ganyu muyitha!
That’s Gods plan,Chakwela ll never rule this country, kumwela kuno ndiye tilembesa zenizeni
Iyai sizoona, this is mr Ibu’s plan
MCP Mps are to blame because they don’t go home to conduct meetings .People needs to informed on the importance of registering and voting .ours are busy enjoying constituency allowance they get from parliament .They only go home when there is funeral to provide coffin not conducting meetings thinking that everything is well.They will be shocked when their colleages from government side will go flat out sensitising their subject to register in large numbers to enable them to vote.
Deliberately bringing faulty equipment. MEC continuing rigging for DPP.
Report everything
In Southern Region there will not be reports of faulty equipments…. take my word. Kubera DPP yayambira patali.
Yes we know you’re a corrupt dpp cadet…..but be patient with your propagandas…you can not just start making unnecessary conclusions within 30 seconds of voter registration…..you are very shameful…
This article has no substance. Is delay apathy? Why make conclusion just a day out 14?
Fruits of failure to do the will of the people. Politicians focus on their interest only without the welfare of the people. This is just the begining, next time people will refuse to pay tax.
The big question we have to address is why many people are not interested in voting? MEC should do the job here. The Human Rights Commission is still sleeping. Useless body
Where will oChakwera run to when he can’t garner many votes in districts like these? Can’t run to Chikhwawa with Mia, that’s for sure, as the latter will also be on the run, after May next year.
Nobody, now, seems to have confidence at all in his leadership.
This is systematic rigging
is this registration about MCP or Malawians? is a shame that Nyasatimes want to create an impression that this is about MCP.
Anyway, we live in an era were journalism is a dying profession, what we have now are political poodles ready to write fake and sensational news.
Very bad. I am also one of them. I am not voting. Malawi Politics too much pulling down syndrome necessitated by hatred.. God bless Malawi
From this reporting, it does not really show that MCP stronghold is in disarray.
Inu a chipani chakupha chonukha cha Kongolesi, now is the time to mobilize the people kuti akalembetse phase II, you have a couple of days or weeks. Sikuti registration ikatha nde muzibwera ku MEC muvekere “ayi anthu sanalembetse, yambiransoni” muli mphuno panee!!! Mbuzi za wanthu inu.
MCP count this a timely blessing in disguise. A call for real action if u r serious to win. No time to depend on mercy. This election shall be taken by force not academic approach if winning is it goal. leave academic approach to the movement.
Humble yourselves and connect with on the ground. If DPP wins again u hv urselves to blame coz it’s dead everywhere. Pipo see each DPP member as a thief. very DPP vehicle as thieved. every DPP cloth as thieved. any voice from DPP guru as corrupt.
personally I will blame SKC and Joyce if DPP comes into power for not humbling urselves and join others against DPP
This is not the problem of people neither the problem of political partirs ,neither of stake holders. Purely this is the problem of MEC..The MEC voter registration patterns have be incositence.In 2008 Voter registration kickstarted in all regions.There were three groups spread over thrree regions with sub regional administrations.This phase regional registration is more regionalistic in nature and can not work along side with faulty machine.The whole exercise has turn out to be a serious political exercise.I listened a DPP rally in north where a certain politician come urging people of north to go and register.The messege is more reginalistic and tone showed that DPP is very happy that Central region has low turn out because it believed that its a stronghold of MCP.Believe me that MBC which believed to favour DPP will take very active role when this registration comes to southern region which believed to be DPP stronghold..However issues of low turn out will continue because of low turnout rumours spreading like fire considering Malawians have almost similar mindset..This is when MEC which believed to be favouring DPP will start to act but it be too late.The solution to this low turnout problem is to temporaliry suspend the regional registration fo two wks and review the probems and start again with one district in the north, three districts in at centre and another three districts in the south one phase or having one district from each region as a phase otherwise what is happening is total mockary of whole exercise and digging graves for innocent people.Remember,a tiny hole on the innocent dike lead the collupse of whole dike.Nzeru ya dziko la pansi Mulungu adaibisa mu anthu opanda dzinafe.Kutengako maganizo mpanda dzinafe.
Low turnout has nothing to do with faulty equipment. People are not interested in Chakwera – it’s as simple as that.
You cadet wait nd see. U think DPP or mbava party will rule us again. No way. whatever u gonna do. u r way out.
To think Mrs Ansah heads a church is unbelievable. This Lady is evil and bent on frustrating MCP. Firstly it was people fed up with current leaders and reluctant to register in large numbers. Now it’s faulty equipment. This lady is going all out to rig on behalf of DPP, her paymaster.
Anthu a ku central mwatani kodi? Ntchito ndi mbewa, nyau ndi Ku fwenthera mamina. Inu ndithu osadabwa kuti kalembela nthawi zonse amayamba chigawo cha pakati osati Ku South? This is one way of rigging on behalf of DPP. I bet all MEC members have been palm oiled.
Wake up Dowa, Ntchisi, KK and Mchinji. Make up for the losses in Kasungu, Salima and Dedza. All is not lost yet.
Wake up Central Shame the devil
Yes .. we know that you are a very dangerous corrupt DPP cadet………………………………. but be patient with your propaganda you can not just start making unnecessary conclusions within 30 seconds inside the second phase of voter registration exercise……..you are very shameful..
Shame on Jane Ansah!! Mai Ansah why have you been hiding these other key reasons stated in this article. Sincerely its illogical to blame people for not registering when your equipment were faulty and or when political party representatives, not just MCP [as initially alleged] were coming late to centres.
Abale kodi anthu akumidziwa timawaona ngati chani? Do you appreciate that they equally have other things to do for their survival? How can party officials [DPP, UDF, MCP, AFORD etc] go late and expect them to keep up waiting for you!! Sincerely its stupid to blame Central region people and or claim that its them who have caused voter apathy!! Munthu amene akudziwa za khalidwe lonunkha la anthu a zipani zokonda kubela atha kuona kuti a chipani akonda zobeleka nkotheka kugwilizana kumapita mochedwa dala kumalo olembetsela chifukwa akudziwa kuti olemba sangamalembe anthu iwo kulibe ndipo choncho chifukwa adziwadikila, pamapeto anthu olembedwa akhala ochepa!! Khalidwe la upandu heavy ndipo lonunkha osakhala zomwe Ansah ndi Moffat Banda akhala akunena!!
Komatu dziwani kuti anthu mukukhomelelawo ndi a Mulungu ndipo nkulakwa kutelooooooooooooooooooooo!!
Mr Central, do you live in Malawi or in the clouds?For your own information, Malawians have no sense of time.Tell them to report for work at 7am you will see them reporting for duties at 9am.Just visit any of the government departments and you will see how lazy Malawians can be.Politics has nothing to do with the late coming of party representatives.Blame Malawian culture.
Sidik Lebwedelebwede Mia, how about the faulty equipment? Is that a weakness of electorate? and Why is MEC avoiding to come straight and apologise on that? Lets learn to be sincere with issues and avoid trying to play it clever always!! Imagine, in 2014 Nkhotakota became DPP stronghold, are they [DPP] concerned with the voter apathy? If yes what have they or are they doing? You will see that they are comfortably seated and doing nothing!!
Lets all start raising eyebrows on what is happening because comments mentioned by the previous reporters such as people are saying they can’t register because whoever they vote is never given the mantle should never be taken lightly!! Why? It will be those same people who could not accept the results and go on ra mpage!! So its time there was collective action on addressing the issue, not blaming one group of people because mavuto a zandale akadzayamba adzakhudza tonse! Please open your eyes and look ahead as leaders! What I hate most with Malawian leaders is the speed they take to address issues……………………………!!
Inde muzilemba zimenezi kuti cadet azisangalala, Chakwera ndi boma kale, batayani nthawi mkulongolola pa social media, anzanufe tikufuna president who can make reasonable decision in order to develop this country, no chance to agogo aja.
Amwene ganyu muyitha!
That’s Gods plan,Chakwela ll never rule this country, kumwela kuno ndiye tilembesa zenizeni
Iyai sizoona, this is mr Ibu’s plan
MCP Mps are to blame because they don’t go home to conduct meetings .People needs to informed on the importance of registering and voting .ours are busy enjoying constituency allowance they get from parliament .They only go home when there is funeral to provide coffin not conducting meetings thinking that everything is well.They will be shocked when their colleages from government side will go flat out sensitising their subject to register in large numbers to enable them to vote.
Deliberately bringing faulty equipment. MEC continuing rigging for DPP.
Report everything
In Southern Region there will not be reports of faulty equipments…. take my word. Kubera DPP yayambira patali.
Yes we know you’re a corrupt dpp cadet…..but be patient with your propagandas…you can not just start making unnecessary conclusions within 30 seconds of voter registration…..you are very shameful…
This article has no substance. Is delay apathy? Why make conclusion just a day out 14?
Fruits of failure to do the will of the people. Politicians focus on their interest only without the welfare of the people. This is just the begining, next time people will refuse to pay tax.
The big question we have to address is why many people are not interested in voting? MEC should do the job here. The Human Rights Commission is still sleeping. Useless body
Where will oChakwera run to when he can’t garner many votes in districts like these? Can’t run to Chikhwawa with Mia, that’s for sure, as the latter will also be on the run, after May next year.
Nobody, now, seems to have confidence at all in his leadership.
This is systematic rigging
is this registration about MCP or Malawians? is a shame that Nyasatimes want to create an impression that this is about MCP.
Anyway, we live in an era were journalism is a dying profession, what we have now are political poodles ready to write fake and sensational news.
Very bad. I am also one of them. I am not voting. Malawi Politics too much pulling down syndrome necessitated by hatred.. God bless Malawi
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk mcp munya simunati.mulila chokweza ndipo mobangula
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk mcp munya simunati.mulila chokweza ndipo mobangula
From this reporting, it does not really show that MCP stronghold is in disarray.
Inu a chipani chakupha chonukha cha Kongolesi, now is the time to mobilize the people kuti akalembetse phase II, you have a couple of days or weeks. Sikuti registration ikatha nde muzibwera ku MEC muvekere “ayi anthu sanalembetse, yambiransoni” muli mphuno panee!!! Mbuzi za wanthu inu.