Malawi independent presidential contestant says ‘concede defeat graciously’: Kaliya urges Ansah to stay put
Malawians have made a choice of who should govern them up to 2024 and it is time to move on and accept President Peter Mutharika has the mandate to be in power, says Reverend Hardwick Kaliya who was one of the presidential contestants in May 21 Tripartite Elections.
Kaliya, who was the only independent presidential candidate, told a news conference in Blantyre on Tuesday that he has accepted defeat and he respects the will of Malawians.
He said in any election there should be a winner and that in the May 21 polls, President Mutharika claimed victory.
There is controversy on the presidential results, which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declared Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) winner with 1 940 709 votes or 38.57 percent of the votes cast.
He was trailed by Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) with 1 781 740 votes (35.41 percent) while immediate-past vice-president Saulos Chilima of UTM came third with 1 018 369 votes or 20.24 percent.
MCP and UTM are seeking the Constitutional Court for nullification of the results.
While the case is court, MCP supporters have been conducting streets protests, some which have turned violent.
In his address to reporters, Kaliya condemned protests and post-election violence, saying that demonstrations are “pointless as the country already has a president.”
Kaliya urges MCP president Chakwera and UTM party leader Saulos Chilima to “accept the defeat graciously” as he has done.
The independent presidential contestant got 0.4% of the votes in the May 21 election.
Kaliya has also thrown his weight behind MEC chairperson Justice Jane Ansah saying that she should not resign because “she is well versed with the law to be compromised.”
Civil society grouping, Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and political parties have been calling for resignation of Ansah.
“We have lost trust in her completely,” HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo said.
Chilima also said UTM’s position with Ansah is that, having dismally failed to lead the commission and having returned the most fraudulent elections in the history of this nation, she should just resign ‘so that a capable person can lead the commission.’
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gulu lochimwisana ili
Achitsiru awa
Akudyetsa banzi. Mbuzi yamunthu
Eish!!!!! Chinkhope
Akuti akufuna kuti ampatse uminister. Chitsilu wachamba uyu chimbava. And he knew he could not win even akanapanga upside down ndikumayenda ndi mutu
A foolish mad man! If Mutharika himself is in agreement that the votes were rigged, who and what are you to tell Malawians to concede the tippexed results? idiot, hopeless, empty headed, agent of the devil…….
Let Kaliya Worship Mutharika in an exchange of a certain position, that’s all. Akupatsani kaya ndi u Ambassador wo kaya nd u Board Chair wa Parastastal ina yake, u will get it dont panic.
To hell you you go you fake man of the collar. You probably are hoping DPP will give you a position. Malawi does not people like you and the Jane Ansah. I can’t wait for the day she will fall. Again, go to hell.
Shaaaaaa Kumeneko kunyansa, no wonder he can have such mau onyansa coming from his mouth
Useless individual. Mbuzi ya Mano kusi
Lol zonena za awawa is about as relevant as the rumblings of a mad man at the local tavern