HRDC wants MEC national tally centre moved to Lilongwe

June 18, 2020 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 22 Comments

Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called on the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to move the national tally centre from Blantyre to Lilongwe to ease logistical challenges.

Trapence: MEC should  consider relocating the nation tally centre from Blantyre to Lilongwe for logistical reasons

The coalition’s chairperson Gift Trapence said Lilongwe is centrally located, saying this makes it easier for election results from the north to reach the national tally centre on time.

“It will be easier to bring election results from the north say from Chitipa as well as from the south. This is not a political issue but rather a logistical issue,” said Trapence.

MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa asked for more time before commenting on the proposal but other analysts say the national tally centre is in Blantyre because that is where MEC headquarters offices are and it would be costly to move away from the MEC base.

The electoral body announced this week that it has shifted the tally centre from Comesa to College of Medicine, both places are in Blantyre.

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22 replies on “HRDC wants MEC national tally centre moved to Lilongwe”

  1. Hey, you Trapence!

    Why did you combine my name and my vice-president’s name to come up with your name, huh?

    Trapence ( TrumpPence) lol😂

    You must be a genius just like me, huh?

    Amazing, amazing, amazing! Absolutely amazing! Ha!ha!ha!😂😁👍

  4. The problem is that ,this nation is associated with fools .cox what HRDC is doing shows that the organ know not its duty .

    HRDC must know its responsibility rather than cast disturbs the commission .

    And am telling you now ,if this country will be going like this will never developed .

    Trapence is not involved in Mec organ …
    Malawi is falling some 10 years ahead of us

  5. We wonder how this has become human rights issue. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  6. Are u serious folks you want to start this conversation. What does this have to do with human rights. Shouldn’t we suspect political bending (assuming we are naive to think HRDC is apolitical).

    For once this organization is too much rotten. It’s just too much.

  7. Trapence ndiwe mbuli di kona zikungokubvuta zinthu zambiri iwe uzipanga za HRDC ZA CHIWEMBU zakozo usamawone ngati ife zimatisangalatsa chitsiru cha munthu iwe nyaphena nkhope yonyansayo ndiwe ndaninso dziko lino galu wachabechabe ukulephera kupanga ma logistics a ku office kwanu walephera kupedza anthu amene anapha wa police kwa msundwe a IMEDI pakunya pako ndi amako limodzi.

  10. HRDC leave MEC alone nobody has mandate to dictate on what other stakeholder needs to do. Tadzingopangani nyansi zanu zomakayenda ndi ma judge ku ma demo pati mwadziwika kuti nonse zanu mzimodzi and if APM says there is judicial coup then u deny. Trapence ndi Mtambo what concerns you ka joina ma judge and inunso majudge nkusekerera without knowing that this has dented ur image. Why dd u let Mtambo and Trapence, Sembereka kakhala nanu on demos? This is clear indication kuti u r one. I have never seen HRDC joining nurses, prisoners, etc during their demos. Be careful and God is watching u will severly be punished by mighty hand from the Creator soon and you shall regret forever

  11. Ndikufuna ndimudziwe mzimayi wapalayo wakhala pafupi ndi a trapence? Ndi ndani kodi???????

  12. In all fairness for easy logistical management of elections Lilongwe is geographically well positioned at the centre. Its logical for HRDC to suggest that. Also considering that the capital or headquarters of Malawi is at the centre it’s fair to have a tally centre there for security purposes. However this suggestion or request has come late. We go to polls on this Tuesday,relocation at this point will bring further complications. Let’s hope MEC will consider that in the next election be it 2024 or 2025.
    The fear that I have is, in every election irregularities do happen, could be small or gross as we saw them in 2019, with the precedence set who so ever’s is going to loose will again go to court and exercise their rights citing irregularities. I dont know how and I hope MEC will do a better job this time around so we can move on and restart building our nation.

  13. Just wondering why all headquarters for gvt departments are located either in the south or central regions, none is in the north. Is it by coincidence or there is a certain reason?

    So northerners have to travel to the south or centre if they want to access a gvt head of department. But no one has to travel to the north.

    3. They are paid subsistence allowance when they travel. Actually a lot of civil servants and generally the large population is in By and LL and it would not make sense to have headquarters (‘HEAD’) in Mzuzu logistically.

    4. Ati anthu aku mpoto ndife zitsiru we dont matter ati timangofunika nthawi ya ma elections.And timasapota chili chonse olo atayika galu tivotera basi

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