Commentator faults MEC for fixing voter registration exercise for fresh polls

March 5, 2020 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 42 Comments

A political commentator says it is irregular for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to hold the registrar of voters exercise on March 10 without consulting political parties.

Mvula:  No Necof meeting

MEC says it will hold the registration exercise from March 10 in central region amid questions on the legality of the exercise after the Constitutional Court and the Public Appointments Committee of parliament found that the MEC commissioners were incompetent to handle another election.

The political commentator Humphrey Mvula said MEC should have consulted the political parties through the national elections consultative forum (Necof) meetings.

“This is the beginning of rigging process. There has never been Necof meetings to agree on this, the opposition needs to be careful,” he said.

He also said that it was illegal for the MEC commissioners to hold another election after they were disqualified by the Constitutional Court and the Public Appointments Committee.

President Peter Mutharika is yet to fire the commissioners following recommendations from the parliamentary committee.

“These commissioners are illegally holding on to their office. Even the chief executive officer Mr Sam Alufandika has been found to be incompetent, this is why parliament has appointed the clerk of parliament to handle the next election,” said Mvula.

He said the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) just wants to rig the forthcoming presidential election in the confusion it is deliberately creating.

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42 replies on “Commentator faults MEC for fixing voter registration exercise for fresh polls”

  1. We are meddling with powers which we will soon realize we cannot comprehend; …

  2. We are ready to fight our country. This country doesn’t belong to Jane Ansa & Peter mutharika. Am ready to stop these thieves from stealing. The fact is Peter mutharika you have failed & Jane Ansa nde umunthu MULIBE, uchipeza chomwe ukufuna ndekha. Pofera salambula.

  3. what Ansa n pitala are doing is bad.They cant keep forcing on us.Something terrible will happen soon,there after pitala and Ansah will be sent to international court of justince

  6. Why does MEC start with Central region during every voter registration? MCP leadership why do you allow this? This is another rigging strategy, coz truth be told the dpp uses the Central region voter registration outcome to come up with voter awareness meetings in the South for numbers to counter what normally comes out from the Centre. This time around, it could be proper to give the Central region people time to wait and be the last!! Chakwera and Mkaka please open your eyes!!

  7. But how do Malawians waste time listening to this charcoal-black thief called Mvula? Of all people we have, is Mvula an exemplary person? Mvula store huge sums of money from Stagecoach Bus Company up to the point of making it bankrupt and closed. Is he holly today just because he is Tumbuka? Shame on you northerners who see evil only on southerners. Iwe Mvula kagwere ukooooo!!!!

    2. That’s very true, I side with you. How can Mvula be a political commentator, he is a real thug who brought down Stagecoach, he is trying to clear his wrong doings, and starting to smear people with lies. He is another failure in politics. Ask him to talk about Stagecoach and hear is thuggery views.

    3. Nkhani yake iti……….. mpaka charcoall black? Iwenso Nyekwe1 nde ndiwe nyekweditu!! Do we have a perfect person under the sun? APM is known to have dubiously pocketed K145m re you perfect? APM is known to have dubiously pocketed K145m can we regard him as a perfect person? God gave us chance to repent, are you aware of that? Did Mvula ever told you he doesn’t make mistakes? Irrespective of whatever he looks like to you, are you seriously thinking there is nothing in what he has said and is outright nonsense?

  8. NO RERUN OF ELECTION THIS YEAR , THE ELECTION WILL BE POSTPONED DUE TO FEAR OF CORONAVIRUS WHICH IS CLAIMING LIFE …..

  10. Last time registration started in central region. why can’t they start in the South this time?

  11. When someone is incompetent has fired period. If Muthalika fails to fire the commissioners then he will fired immediately. These are thieves they have stolen a lot of money bet you. Should God prevent to win they are in for it straight. The courts have uphold democracy by defending constitution and ensure democracy reign.

  12. Does Mvula know that it is through NECOF that came idea of creating cctally centers which court found it illegal. From the judgement it is clear that MEC should be doing its own way coz there is no where in the constitution that stipulate where MEC should consult political parties or what so ever

    1. A perfect observation..The constitution as per court doesn’t give powers to MEC to consult political parties..

    2. Consultations are part of change. MEC was wrong when it implemented the idea without Parliament approval of the bill. The creation of the tally centres was incorporated in the bill that contained 50%+1 which parliament short down in January 2019 that also included swearing ceremony to be done after 1 month. MEC implemented the tally centres despite the bill being rejected in Parliament hence illegal.

    3. But then which elections are these illegal commissioners planning to run!! Why should they impose themselves on Malawians when they are shown the exit door………………………….!! Awatu ngati sakudziwa awona zija za Isman Imedi zija kwa Msundweeeeeeeeeeeeeee, lets wait and see! Siakuti akukayambila ku Central Region? Let them go ahead!! Akapita ndi pamene adziwile kuti anthu ndi okwiyaaaaaaaaaa!! Akuyesa ku Central Region kwa Goliati………..Ndiye akamabwelatu anthu akuti adzangotsanzikilatu ku mabanja a kwaooooooooooooooo! Anthutu akuti paja zayamba zogawana madela, zija wayambitsa Gefrey ku Mangochi!!

  13. Why does MEC always start the exercise in the Central Region? Please start with the Southern or Northern Regions if indeed you are qualified to do so. The Central Region is sick and tired of being a Guinea Pig.

    1. They always want to do their experiments in the central region, get people unexpected and perfect the situation in the south after enough civic education. Start elsewhere now and end with the central region

      1. Their motive is not to experienment, NO! It is a planned act and the reason is NEVER TO GIVE CENTRAL REGION PEOPLE enough time to organize and register in large numbers but to take them by surprise so that not everybody registers!! Iwowa zomwe amafuna ndi kuti azikhala ndi nthawi yokwanila yopangitsa misonkhano ku South kukalimbikitsa anthu awo kuti aliyense akalembetse!! This is the reason APM is not willing to let these moron Commissioners to pack up and go!!

    2. If you have indeed failed to comprehend the wisdom in what he has said then iwe nde “CHIBAKHA” chachikulu heavyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and useless moron!!

  16. A MEC akupeza mphamvu chifukwa wakuluwa adasiyidwa mu office. Court and PAC should have done the firing and should not have put bwanawa mu office chifukwa term idatha. Padafunika governing council headed by a combination of the representatives of the arms of the government.

  17. Chrissie stop commenting nonses here ngati suziwa zintu mumene zimayendesedwa mu boma bola mungokala chete ndi umbuli wanu , court its an institution ngati anapeleka direction mumene mec igwlile nchito , stop kubakila nonses

  18. Mr Mvula u r 100% right, these DPP thugs are on a mission to try anything even if it means killing just to remain in power. Malawians need to be very very careful, if these Mec fraudsters insist to remain as commissioners including Ansah simple solution is a Malawi kungozitaya basi osavota asiyeni a ku south omwewo azamvotele gogo waoyo & then let’s see……people better be careful I see nkhondo itha kuchitika ku malawi which is very unfortunate

  20. It is my observation that time is limited for these particular elections. If the current group of commissioners is incompetent having had acquired experience, then the new group of commissioners will be even more incompetent having had no experience to run elections.

  21. Chrissie, What confusion has the ConCourt created? Did you want them to look the other way whem they had noted something was wrongandthat MEC was compromised? Iwenso ndi judge eti? Ukungoyankhula ngati wopanda mutu. Kuombera mfiti mmanja. Umafuna angowasiya atalakwitsa? Ifetu MEC ya Jane Ansah ndi anzakewo sitikuifuna yatikwana.

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