EU postpones fresh Malawi election observer report presentation
The European Union (EU) Election Observer Mission (EOM) has shelved it’s presentation of its final report on the disputed May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections hours after UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) counterpart Lazarus Chakwera who are challenging the results in court over alleged irregularities. cried foul.
Nyasa Times source within the EU mission in Lilongwe says a public statement would be issued soon to give details of what will now happen when the delegation arrives.
Chilima said in a letter to the EU Malawi office dated January 7 2020, said the report is sub judicial as the presential elections dispute is awaiting judgement.
He said: “We are waiting for judgement [in the Constitutional Court]. The EU should respect the courts and wait for the judgement. We have informed the EU in writing that we will not be attending the meeting.”
Chakwera also announced he would not meet the EU team.
The EU, Commonwealth, Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) and other foreign observer missions largely stated in the aftermath of the disputed elections that the country’s sixth post-independence general elections were free, fair and credible.
However, the international observers’ preliminary vote of onfidence has received subsequent strong criticism from the opposition parties and civil society who described it as a rushed and overused cliché.
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DPP called them that’s why those journalists were arrested at airport….wapusitsidwa mzungu….kusanduka mbuli coz of DPP.. DPP can even bribe a corpse and the corpse will receive that money before dying again….
This is fake news.
How can Europeans who pressure us to meet deadlines whenever they fund local NGO’S took 8 months to release a report. This is fake and coming after the European ambassador was unceremoniously chased out of the country it smack foul play. Any report that has passed it’s useful shelf life ceases to be relevant. This is a missed opportunity. Had they released it before the case one of the court parties could have tendered in court as evidence. Poor fake EU. Mwabisala poyera msana waoneka. Mwatchera kumwezi nkhanga zaona
So after the judgement will their observation change? This just goes to prove that these observers are a useless bunch of idiots. Just reporting what politicians want to hear. Report what you observed actually they should have been called as witnesses in court. But no. They release a report months after the election just to show us how incompetent they are. Asadzabwerenso amenewa.
Why utm and mcp are scared of the report, international community are part of the election wittiness
Zavuta kumupanda
With all wisdoms Malawians have,EU thinks to convince Malawians just because they are Europeans whites, EU feels to become judges of high court in Malawi.Off with your connived ideas .
THAT IS Y WE SAY MALAWI IS ON FIRE
Cairo ndi mnzako ukuyankhayo, nanga inuyo a DPP mukupa chiyani mukuitana EU pano mlandu utakambidwa kale? Mumaopa chiyani muja mumakakamira kuti mlandu aupange dismiss? Nthawi yonseyi a FU anali kuti? Kupanda kuti mlandu unlowa mkhothi akanabwera ndi Final Report lawolo? Anthunu ndinu akubadi!
This is the very reason the west cant be trusted by africans. Do you fault the late uncle Bob of Zim?
My worries are on those who follow them depending on how white monopoly rules and runs the world undermining the black readership and when are we going to believe ourselves and having confidence in that we as 🇲🇼 can solve this problem without calling the mighty whites for intervention.
ELECTORAL OBSERVATION WAS ALL AN ACT OF FRAUD AND BETRAYAL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI.
There was a time when Malawi as a country desperately needed an input which could at least be used to put out the fire which broke out following highly disputed polls in May last year.
Part of that input was supposed to have come from the European Union(EU).
Last year’s polls were a sham with many irregularities.The Electoral body,MEC,rushed to declare Mutharika investigating and resolving those disputes.
Sadly,the International Observation rushed to declare the election free,fair and credible which stirred alot of public frustration.
The opposition saw that as an attack on electoral democracy and took their grievances to the High Court sitting as Constitutional Court.
The role that the International Observation played lacked substance because it did not stood its ground in making their presentation during the whole period of the court proceedings to defend their part of the story.
What is it that the opposition is fearing????
Am surprised too kuti akuopa chani?
shame to E U members where were you all this time don’t hide your foolish let the truth be the truth
EU should not interviene in this……. tisiyeni Tikhale MMoyo Mwathu.
EU needs to be serious and they need to know the context. Let them not pretend that they do not know where we are in the process of the election issue. Chilima is right. Let our judicial process go undisturbed
Next demo visit them for shopping
If using Tippex , missing original ballot papers, using duplicates, using ghost workers, , is free and fair then EU, SADCC are nothing but a big joke
Malawi needs an apology from the international observers for declaring the elections free and fair when infact it had so many irregularities. They are fighting to save face but all we need is a trip of apology regardless which way the judgment swings, they failed their job terribly and God knows how many other elections in Africa have they made the same blunder. They need to retract their statement and acknowledge their failure or else its of no use having International observers during elections.
Nonsense, unamva kuti zoterezo. If u think the opposition will win this case, iwalani bcz there are so many factors to be considered in making the final judgement. Inutu. mungoyang’ana pamwamba otherwise these judges make such judgements in reference to other similar cases in the past.
EU can not solve its own problems. The whole of EU is broke. They all depend on America for defence. Poverty levels in France, Germany and UK are rising rapidly. They have nowhere to go but embed their stupid conplans to Africa as they steal the wealth to prop up the or economies. France is still stealing in West Africa. France is now using live bullets to shoot at protesters who are fed up with Sarkozy and his mother wife. Angela Merkel is a communist who is hell bent to keep UK in EU because they have no money now. They used their money on distributing to refugees in order to get votes. EU leaders are useless. Get the EU out of Malawi as all they do is meddle in local politics. They had their own stupid observers who did not see that DPP were stealing votes. Stupid azungu awa. Wake up and tell them to pack and go. If we want cooperation then it must be with individual countries but as for EU they have nothing to offer. They won’t even buy our crops but they want us to have their expertise and produce. They won’t help any African country but they will destroy anything constructive. African leaders tulo too much. EU wants DPP to continue ruling because they rule us easily when we are such divided. If opposition wins this election case, timatcha EU isowe. Watch this space. Tachangamuka tsopano. Nxaaaa!!
Azungu amadana ndi wakuda ochenjela.Ngatisalilimodzi ndichilimayo ndie kuti amukhwefula mwa style
Azungu sagonjela wina kupatula muyuda kapena nzungu nzake.2024 Chilima sadzalamula.Mbamba mzungu ndiwau
Let them take the colonial mentality back to where they came from !!
That is what happens when the country is soooooo poor and almost totally donor dependent to survive! The white man thinks we are poor in our brains as well , he believes that we have no leverage and can do whatever he wants, when he wants and how he wants……..we say he’ll NO!!! Hi back to your country!
EU guys are nothing but stupid, aona ma demo atha ati Malawi ndi opusa yembekezani court judgement, they failed to testified during the proceeds of the case now they are showing up. mukufuna kutibera tikuona Chilima ndi Chakwera ndi fire🔥 🔥 🔥🔥 🔥🔥🔥 🔥
This only points to fresh malawi elections…
Kodi majaji athuwa angagamule mosemphana ndi EUROPEAN kapena US kapena AU kapena sadc kapena comonweth?Nanga onsewa angagojele za otsutsa?Komanso UN ndi anthu kuwili
Trump himself is a conman who did not win popular vote in US 2016, Hillary did. The man is all over trying to solicit foreign Ukrainian help to put dirt on his main potential challenger in 2020 elections. And these whites are all over in Europe promoting nationalist policies in their
countries at the same time ill-treating and maiming, Nigerians (West-African,s) Somalis, Arabs, Ethiopians flocking to Europe for better life. At the same time conniving with thieves trying to mess up our young democracy. What are these firthy neo-colonialism up to? Decimate Africa?
We believe one Malawi one Nation we can do this ourselves, EU is coming to distruct everything what we have already done better. Don’t let them come with bullshit here these people we call EU some they can be insane. Thanks to our wise young man our president to Dr Saulosi Klaus Chilima for the letter he wrote to these stupid EU people.
Thus the way to go, we no longer need your report and you may keep it forever.
EU IS A CONFUSED BUNCH — WITH BREXIT !!
Chilima you are our only hope in Malawi job well done for writing the letter to the EU Muppets who are not honest enough so long they receive allowances
So this brute Chilima knows that the issue is in courts but goes ahead to endorse demos by these two terrorists Mtambo and Chakwera over Jane Ansah resignation calls?
Thanks for postponing your report, European Union should not even visit Malawi until the judgement is given to the people of Malawi.Why can’t you stay in your countries and enjoy your riches? This is not colonial time.Leave Malawi to solve her problems.
A welcome move by the EU. Courts have to be respected across the globe. A goo gesture of respecting the Rule of Law.
Good riddance to bad rubbish
Still dunderheads. Shame!
It’s malawians who can solve the problems of Malawi not EU or other outside groups called SADC . This groups were there when the election was misconducted and they agreed that it was free and fare, now you’re telling us that they can bring good report for malawians never. Leave Malawi alone, leave our court alone # Malawi alone.
GOD protect this country should the court ruling go against the petitioners.
very true….they should leave us alone