Day 4 Malawi elections case: Chilima admits he has no answers
As predicted, Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale is expected to wind up Wednesday after successful soliciting from Saulosi Chilima that his evidence was hearsay, unfounded and a shocking admission that he did not speak to monitors who claimed malpractices that allegedly affected the 2019 elections.
The pattern for the day was the same, with defence laywers Marshal Chilenga, Chikosa Silungwe and Bright Theu taking turns to interrupt Kaphale, asking him to run through the evidence. Kaphale insisted on putting every document presented on record, saying he had a bitter lesson from his past experiences.
The UTM Party presidential candidate who tried to fight back after miserable performance in the first three days he gave evidence only worsened the position of the party claims, when he said he did not have an answer why he did not ask monitors.
The second catastrophic response when he was asked if he had spoken to the witnesses who had given sworn affidavits. Chilima again said he had not.
On whether he was able to get a different set of results from the duplicate, tippex or any other form he called “fake or irregular” the former Vice President said he did not have any results.
It would be interesting to see how Chilima’s claim can be defended as he has no other results save for irregularities which in basic legal sense would not change the electoral outcome against him.
The uneventiful day four ended with the same question as before, why did the UTM leader tell Malawians he had overwhelming evidence, when clearly, through the cross examination, either he does not know or he was not even in touch with people who made the allegations.
Chilima’s representatives across Malawi did not dispute any alleged irregularities or produce contrary results. May be the MCP will have a strong case.
So far we can safely say the odds are against the UTM leader.
kodi my loads my lady yu ndindani kumeneko ??? george kasakula kapena ??
did you watch his deputy hullicinating that he was being robbed. These dudes want to use violence to get their wAY BUT THEY DONT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE. they have contracted Ntambo to cAUSE havock with his bunch of thieves that he is sending out to steal.
AMALAWI mwina muchangamuka.Masomphenya tiribe .Moti aliyense akhoza kukulondolerani njira yolakwika inu komko.Pano mwatseguka m’maso koma mutalondola ndi kugwiritsidwa ntchito molakwika.Pano ogwirizana Aja ayambanso kuthawana ndi kukanilana ndipo sipapita nthawi.Kodi abusa nkhani yonseyi ndiyawo.Popeza Ali kukhwapa kwa Chilima iwo abweretsa chiani choposa bwana wawo Chilima.Asaonongetse ndalama za boma ndi nthawi.Angoti Amen.
As a lawyer, chilima is not a deal the deal will be from government to explain the tippex and Jane answers interview with zbs.
Other wise chilima’s answer either way can not bring judgment as he is not offender.
You must be a Chinese lawyer..
Join the dalready explained munakapala motoscussion…
Don’t forget the standard of proof in this issue is ‘balance of probability’
on tippex chilima already answered that it was not used for fraud. on who supplied tippex that will be answered by presiding officers and the answer is that they were using government offices that have such things.
Bring evidence
When APM said ‘ndikunyenyanyenyani’ I thought it would be done in physical form.But now from the court proceedings, it is obvious that the tonne of bricks he was referring to was in fact intellect. Bravo to the smarts. Let justice prevail.
waiting for MCP’s cross examination
BWANA K PLEASE TACHEPETSANI MAFUNSOWO ZITHE MSANGA IZI DZIKO LIYAMBENSO KUYENDA BWINO M MALAWI ALIYESETU DISOOOOO LILIPA INU AKUTI MAFUNSOWO AKAMACHULUKA CHONCHO KHANIYI ITHA LITI?
Chilima ndimbala yeni yeni osati masewela. Wearing an army regalia and calling for unmitigated violence against your kin and kind is really a tell-all sign of what kind of a leader we almost voted into power. Truth be told, the only opposition we have in Malawi is MCP and I hope the registrar of parties deregisters all nonperforming parties such UDF, PP, UTM and all. If we had fewer than 3 presidential candidates, all this hullabaloo would have been avoided. Now this clueless Chilima is busy parading himself like a fool in front of the whole world making frivolous and vexatious accusations that are utterly baseless.
Has nyasatimes been infiltated by the agents of the most regionalistic, nepotistic, corrupt and inefficient regime Malawi has ever had. We are winning ths case after all the AG has admitted to deliberately tampering with the electroral results. The percentage is inmaterial.
Did he admit a case on behalf of MEC? When?
Of course! Nyasa Times has always been a hand clapper and stooge of the DPP. However this will all come to pass once this court case is over, election nullified, a rerun takes place and MCP will ascend to power. The corrupt DPP syndicate will come to an end together with this garbage paper….
your eyes are just like mine. am not sure how much nyasatimes has pocketed to report with biases
CHILENGA AND CHILIMA THATS ANICE MOVE IKANAKHALA CHASE TIKANATI CHILIMA WAGWIRITSA NTCHITO CHECK
Analysis from a cadet.
Chilima wagwa nayo kkk
Chilima is smart .thats how you answer a trained lawyer. The court has the answer to tell Malawians, not Chilima. If chilima has an answer there is no need to be in court today
Linda madzi apite uziti ndadala. This case will not just end with one side cross- examining but both parties will. Again Lawyers from both camps will be engaged in a fierce battle of argument which will give a clue of the direction the case will be taking. What the author is doing is premature celebration. Look, Kaphale has been challenged several times to a point that the panel of judges has so far sustained more with the petitioner’s challenges except when they decline to stop translation. Kaphale has this morning started with a goof when Silungwe challenged him on the point of law which the judges also sustained. These challenges are in some way affecting Kaphale’s performance in this case and is likely to lose direction. Don’t you see that Kaphale is blundering because he is doing all this to save his job due to the external pressure? I guess you know who is giving him pressure. A bambo zinthu sizinafike pa chiinde inde. Kaphale will be cornered by the petitioners Lawyers to a point where he will also say he has no answer.
this is just a beginning lets wait for Chilima’s turn
HAHAHAHAHAHA MAYOOOOOOOOOOOOO
” Speaking of finish, finish, Nanthambwe took” Kulankhula kwa ndithe ndithe, Nanthamwe anazitengera.
And, it is safe to also suggest that the odds are MCP will not have credible answers, and oChakwera will, just like Chilima, end up embarrassing themselves, their parties and (because of the way Malawi culture operates) their families too. Including their extended families.
Chilima did NOT talk to UTM (Bus Co.) election monitors, so as to get the stories from the horses’ mouths, so to speak? Nor did he personally speak to the witness who supplied the Party with the affidavits. This is amazing.
Is it perhaps because he considers the monitors and witnesses too low in the hierarchy – we all know he really thinks VERY highly of himself as a person, has no humility (except perhaps when faked in church) and he does have a sense of entitlement too. And, could this also be a sign of exaggerated or overrated ego on his part, as some armchair psychologists have suggested?
Finally, the picture painted by Kaphale in his sessions or seminars is one of Chilima as a wounded wannabe lion, and one with all the teeth and claws pulled out, so the animal cannot bite or otherwise catch any prey. Just waiting out its days in life: meaning Chilima is now damaged goods, and he should not even consider running for anything in 20024.
He cannot recover from this debacle.
Chilima is childish. Really immature and a poser. his decision making at every level leaves a lot less to be desired. He goes where the water goes,has no governing personal principals. why did he say he has overwhelming evidence? a plethora of evidence? without even looking at the evidence.
No i think your article is shambles chilima was not on the scene and I think he has monitors who had sworn statement filed in court wait time will come for those witnesses then will be able tell.Dikirani madzi adutse ndiye mudziti ndadala
This was his time to bring evidence not any other time. He confirmed to the court that there were no monitors who had swon statement to dispute the results. So, when will they come?
Very nice to see Arafat in this situation – the Emperor is naked. We said it upteen times that the nonsense that he went around the country blowing was all hot air. He did not even have the sharpness and acumen to notice that the entire high table of his campaign trail comprised of fools who could not win any elections. He is now totally haenarized, bamboozled and humbled. After today he can go and rest in pieces.