HRDC demands Ansah must go following ConCourt ruling

February 3, 2020 Nyasa Times Reporter 53 Comments

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) chairperson Timothy Mtambo has demanded embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to voluntarily step down following Constitution Court  judgement ordering  fresh presidential election following the electoral body’s mismanaging the May 21 Tripartite Elections .

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Mtambo says HRDC is ready to hold more protests if the demands are not met.

The five-judge panel on Monday  nullified the  presidential election results owing to alteration of results sheets and the general results management system.

The court  said there was t widespread use of correction fluid, widely known for the famous brand Tipp-Ex, which was a serious irregularity that undermined the credibility of the elections.

“Now that the court has made its determination, Ansah should honourably resign. We are prepared to hold more protests if she does not announce her exit from MEC,” said Mtambo.

It an unanimous decision. All the five judges agreed with the ruling as read by Justice Healey Potani who was the lead judge for the five-judge panel of the Constitutional Court.

Court determines that fresh elections be held within 150 days (5 month). It has also determined that fresh elections consider 50+1 voting system.

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53 replies on “HRDC demands Ansah must go following ConCourt ruling”

  2. we have had peaceful judgement and Mtambo is still pining for destruction and the so called demos! amazing! some people are born poor quality through and though! Mtambo let the court do its job without you forcing them. If the bosses that the lady is answerable to feel she should go she will go!. Stop destabilising our country! We are peaceful people and respect out culture please! take you savage behaviour back to where you came from!!!

  5. The ruling has been delivered, madam its time for you to go and face the other side of life. The whole country has witnessed it all and your gross incompetence justified.

    1. The court ruled out to her incompetence of her managing elections positively
      The answer was already given for Jane Ansah to step down.
      Who will conduct the coming fresh election in Malawi again?
      The whole MEC body must be resolved b4 this June fresh election
      If really Devil Peoples Party still don’t understand about transparency then expect more woes will follow to oust Jane Ansah and her company.
      For her to maintain as profile woman in Malawi she must obey what that court said.
      She failed dismally to manage the election.
      She must step down with immediate effect than Malawi won’t have fresh election in June of Jane Ansah still leads MEC.
      I swear to u all heartless mimbulu called Cadayes to expect blood shed if ur Jane Ansah still leads MEC.
      She must resign amicably

  6. Jane just come here mzasi fo sho and prostute ,ife kuno ku joni tikutika kuthawa dziko lanthu kamba ka anthu adyela ngati mayi iweyo ndiwe satana khope yonyasayo

    1. Jezebel would still bizarrely pat herself on the back. She still would mention the word of God in vain. The woman is just evil. Devil living on earth.
      Shops were looted, burnt…. there was chaos.
      But still Jezebel like her DPP confidants thought amapanga ma demo were shear mbava, now the question is why did the same mbava loot after a court ruling this time?
      Please thieves learn to accept anthu can easily read chilungamo. And with chilungamo there’s never violence, even mvava

  11. Our Judges are our heros they deserve a very big respect in our beloved country, this is our land not for peter, jane or dpp. Now its time you need to go and rotte in jail. you stupid full mbuli zenizeni our youths are failing to get proper education just because of your useless poor minds u satan and u must go to hell

  12. This so called Jane anser must be prosecuted i want to see the law must take its on course she has misused our tax money. This is a stupid prostitute who only loves money and must face the jail time satan woman

  13. Parliament should also discuss moving main tally centre from Blantyre to capital city because DPP used advantage of taking southern region as their main bedroom therefore kutengera chilichose kuopseza koma zimenezi zithe basi. THANK YOU GOD FOR STANDING WITH US. IT WAS A TOUGH BATTLE BUT WE HAVE SEEN YOUR PRESENCE AND YOU INDEED LISTEN AND PROVIDE ANSWERS TO PEOPLES PRAYERS IF WE ASK YOU IN TRUTH

    2. I agree why have them in Blantyre….they should bring them to Lilongwe…Believe me thats why Kamuzu moved capital from Zomba to Lilongwe it was not just Geograhical he smelt something about the South……
      We can all see……

      1. it was moved because kamuzu was from the cetral basi. tisaname zambiri. who said a capital city must be centrally located. study the world capitals

  14. Don’t not allow the clueless Mutharika to pick the next Chairperson of MEC because he will pick his clueless and just as corrupt bedfellow Judge Muhura. Let us look for retired judge Msosa wherever she may be if we can convince her to take-up the job: she has the experience, lawyerly judgement and skills absent in Ansah. As a country we must be ashamed to have to hold presidential elections twice, a very costly blunder that has cost us billions in MK and the inconvenience of having to do it twice all because the clueless Mutharika picked someone who he could manipulate to cheat his way to state-house! Parties should also carefully consider who they nominate for commissioners because it is implausible that not one commissioner came out to ‘out what was going on’!

  17. And Elections chairpersons should be protected by MDF not police make those changes as Jane should resign with her commissions

  19. HRDC must assist Us to lobby for the Changes to the Constitution….50+1 …Independent Electoral Commission . …as Soon as Possible without these Changes this Drama will go on for Ever ….As for the Lady dont Bother …She will Go …She is just waiting for the Courts to Declare she did Such a Wonderful Job …Atodikira Appeal …Koma kumuzi kulibe achibale Omwe angatiyankhulireko Mayiwo…..

    1. Was actually thinking the same – HRDC must now peacefully lobby for the constitution to be changed to allow 50 + 1, an independent electoral commission with the commissioner chosen by an act of parliament, rigorous interviews by some public affairs body or something. There must be total independence. A commissioner being chosen by a sitting president is already a recipe for disaster – the ghost of Jane Ansah will possibly haunt us for some time, but it should be a used as a turning point in our politics.

      On the other hand, I will echo the same sentiments I expressed in a comment I made on a friend’s wall on Facebook two days ago – saying: we do understand and appreciate what the HRDC is doing, that is fighting for justice in our country. And despite some visible acts of criminality (possibly external forces), they have done great so far.

      But on the other hand, they must also try to strike a balance by organizing activities that would inspire self-confidence and discipline in the youth – say for example get the youth to go clean at Queens or Kamuzu Central, the Blantyre / Limbe / Lilongwe / Mzuzu markets etc. This would also teach them that they should not always break and destroy stuff – for all we know, most of these people looting may just have been criminals or even plants by the DPP (for what they have been capable of so far, anything is possible with these thugs in business suits).

      I am a strong believer that we can turn the tide as a country. Hell, Rwanda did. And they went through the worst imaginable. We know what the stumbling blocks to our success are. We know how to fix them. The five learned friends have already shown us the way – that if we stick to our morals and conscience we can make our country great!

  20. It is right and proper that Madam Justice Ansah and the whole Commissioners step down. We understand her because we know how difficult it is to work with DPP thieves

  21. It is on records that she could only step down when the courts passes the judgment contrary to what she did. I therefore think she has been vindicated and hope she is stepping down

      1. Ukuti alomwe nthawi yathu yatha? You think every lomwe supports dpp n clueless mutharika? Narrow mind n small brain ngati anthu aku molele aja, infact pa mtumbo pako wamva, you tribalistic galu.

  26. Ansa should just step down because court ruling has proved her failure in managing the elections. No need for more demonstrations tatopa nazo.

  27. Mtambo and his HRDC team have been vindicated, if we say Jane Ansa, her team of Commmissioners and Alfandika betrayed Malawians then Cadets start reacting as if they are from hell.

    Malawians have been suffering standing on the line the whole day in order to choose their leader while MEC have their leader in the making. Causing the whole process of selecting leader useless.

    This will be a lesson to future MEC and other African countries that u don’t need to mess with peoples will. Learn to respect peoples will.

    Money can’t buy u everything, u can’t buy wisdom with money.

  28. From what we have seen, failed attempts to bribe Judges, it implies that MEC commissioners may have been bribed by the same mechanisms and the actors felt it would have been as easy as before. You cannot continue to lead by crooked means of ascending to power

  29. Hahaha HRDC! For once you have fought the right battle. Osati zamathanyula zanu zija.
    Uyu mumati Ansah achoke basi

  31. Amalawi osazindikira mumawanyoza awa a HRDC kuti akuonongesa dziko ndiye pano mwamudziwa amene amaonongesa dziko uyu mwana wamkazi oyamba wa satana jane ansah makani ndi chilungamo ndi umbuli woopsya ameneyi ofunika amangidwe ndithu mzimayi woipa kwambiri liuma mfiti ya munthu palibenso 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Big up HRDC freedom fighters 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿❤️💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

  35. Mfiti yayikazi kuuma mtima! I used to think kuti mawu amanewa ndi macheza koma ndaonera Jane Ansah kuti ndioona. Waphetsa anthu mfiti ameneyu. Choncho kumanamiza anthu ndine m’busa? Ulape mayi iwe!

  36. Mtambo all malawians know the outcome of the court ruling and all malawians herd what Jane Ansah promised. Learn to behave like a human being. Remember that in the ruling there is an issue of majority 50+1 and to achieve the 50+1 should be the issue now not demonstrations. Ask your boys to go to the garden and cultivate as God has given us good rains, let Chipiku and other people run their businesses peacefully.

  37. Sakufunikanso kuwudzidwa iyeyo paja ananena kuti akudikira chigamulo. Her fellow benchers have not vindicated her so it’s only proper that she steps down quietly

  38. As a matter of fact, HRDC should lead us all to have Muthalika removed immediately. The man is a fraud, and has no good intentions for the nation of Malawi.

    Mmalo mokhala ku mbali ya mtundu wa a Malawi pomwe timadandaula kuti zisankho sizinayende bwino, he chose to turn us all into fools…speaking openly kuti ndife opusa ndipo tilira ngati amphaka mpaka 2024, kuti ngakhale tinakadandaula ku khoti iyeyo atinyenyanyenya…Surely we don’t need such a man to continue in the high office atapezeka kuti anabela zisankho.

    A Muthalika, chonde tulani pansi udindowo dziko likhalenso pamodzi chonde. Kunali ena pa mpando umenewo, anawusiya. inuso usiyeni chonde, dzipatseni ulemu.

    Pomaliza, ine ndipempheko ACB kuti ifufuze mwakuya kuti zisankho zinabeledwa bwanji, ndinandani, njira zake zinali zotani etc…Onse okhudzidwa amangidwe mosanyengelera. That is the only way we can move on from this mess.
    A Malawi anzanga, ngati muli ndi information ili yonse yokhudza kubela zisankho in 2019 chonde kondani dziko lanu powauza a ACB. Malawi wadzuka ndipo information yanu sitayika pachabe.

    Long Live Malawi

    1. Oooch! This hearts and he should not come back to the people whom he called amphaka to look for votes. HRDC must mobile people to go for Mutharikas head! He never got majority votes in 2014 and let alone in 2019! I wished the concourt restored JB in temporary capacity because she was legitimately got voted by the majority together with Late Bingu!

  40. No need to demand, Jane ansah promised that already. Hrdc don’t take credit for ansah is leaving her terms. You Hrdc thieves have no excuse to steal central poultry chickens again.

    1. She should not just go, she should be fully investigated. As a supreme court justice how could she allow so many laws to be broken? Even a minibus driver would have done a better job as MEC Chairperson. Where was all that arrogance coming from?

      As Malawians please let us take a big lesson from all this sorry mess: We should build strong institutions for the good of our country. If it had not been for the Courts and MDF we would have endured another 5 years of kleptomaniac leadership. Police, MBC, MACRA, ACB etc take note. Bribes or political pressure will not take you anywhere. Sooner or later you will have to account to the people of Malawi.

      Barack Obama used to say “Africa does not need strongmen (i.e. dictators) but strong institutions”

  41. When I said the hand of God will take over Malawi to bring justice.I meant it.3 RD February is the birth of Malawi for all in the south,north and centre.Senceless leaders will no longer survive.The court ruling is victory for all Malawians.AMEN

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