Malawi towards anarchy as fresh protests held up to State residences
Thousands of people gathered in the capital Lilongwe, commercial city of Blantyre and nationwide on Thursday to demonstrate and make fresh calls for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC\0 chairperson Jane Ansah to resign over alleged electoral fraud since President Peter Mutharika’s May re-election.
The marchers in Lilongwe, who were joined by UTM Party president Saulos Chilima, headed towards Kamuzu Palace – official residence of President Peter Mutharika- to present the petition to remove Ansah, a judge of Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, as MEC chair.
The protesters accuse Ansah of fraud in declaring Mutharika the winner of the May election with 38 percent of the vote.
Speaking before the start of the march in Lilongwe, Chilima cautioned protestors against damaging property.
“This is a peaceful protests. All we want is for Jane Ansah to step down,” he said.
He led the crowds into singing a song “Dzikoli ndi lathu, koma Jane Ansah waononga!”
Chilima said they will not relent until Ansah resigns.
Runners-up Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM’s Chilima are challenging the election results in court, alleging ballot-stuffing and the use of Tipp-Ex correction fluid to change votes.
Timothy Mtambo, chairperson of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) which organised the protests, said besides protesting to force Ansah to resign, HRDC will engage other gears to ensure she resigns.
He said they will write the chairperson of Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC) to consider removing Ansah from the position in line with Section 75 of the Constitution which gives the committees powers to appoint and remove officers in and from positions they are confirmed on.
One of the HRDC members Solomon Ndalama Phiri said they will present the petition to the President or his representative at a distance of 100 metres away from Kamuzu Palace as required by the law.
He said the same will happen in all State Residences and where there is none, the petition will be presented to the district commissioner.
MCP’s Chakwera joined protestors in Blantyre who marched to Sanjika Palace.
Political analyst Vincent Kondowe told VOA that with continued protests and no dialogue, Malawi will head toward anarchy.
Kondowe said President Mutharika, Chakwera, and Chilima need to reach a compromise.
“Even if the court came in today and said, ‘well, the elections were conducted in a proper manner’, the political disagreements will continue. So, for me the best way is for the leaders to agree to have a re-run because even Peter Mutharika himself agrees that the elections were messed up. He has been speaking this in different political rallies that he has conducted,” he said.
But Malawi authorities have dismissed re-running the election.
The Malawi Law Society (MLS) recently asked embattled MEC chairperson Ansah to “deeply reflect on the value of remaining in office” when her stay seems to be a cause for social disruption and political unrest.
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Jane Ansah will be a credible wutness for the opposition. She has already given testimony on .how she had no control over pollig operations hence the use of tippex.
Not to be out done on asserting the use of tippex., MEC provided exhibit A showing tippex changes in areas where Chakwera won. She is very helpful that way. Protesters shiuld ask for a re-run of the elections. Once that goal is achieved, then decide who to replace the MEC chair.
Malawi has no ruling party and Malawi has no president. How can a president have a face like chimfiti? Tipex ali thoooooooooo! mmaso
All you protesting are Idiots!! Bad losers. Accept gracefully that you lost and your turn will come. Idiots
Kondowe ndiwe chitsulu ….yu think Peter ndi opusa ?dikilani a court akazangoti chisankho chinayenda bwino tione ngati muzapitilize mukuchitazi…tikungodikira atiuze shoot to kill tithana nanu
ifeyo ndye tikusiyani. opusa iwe eti
wopusadi ameneyo chitsiru chomwa madzi ometera
Thinking of an EMBICILE. Unamvako dziko where a gun silence mtundu wa anthu?. Mfuti imakoledzera ziwawa ngati simukuziwa.
Kuti Malawi ayake moto apa ndi mfuti ukudzitama nayo iyo sungayigwire ntchito? Wangokhala mfiti ndi anthu ozikonda, ozikundikira a DPP. Just last month Sudan military government tried to silence rioting people in the streets they miserably failed. They killed a dozen people but it backfired, they went back to the negotiating table.
So use your head to THINK not just to STEAL taxpayer’s money.
Chinayenda bwino with tippex? Koma iwenso kkkkk
Peter akudziwa kuti Ansa tikangomuchotsa, nayenso wawutali akalime tea
DPP ili m’madzi, tikuonetsani ndipo muziwanso agalu inu.Mumayesa ngati amalawi ndiopusa tikamangoyang’anara katangale wanuyu eti?.Fuck!!!!….
Useless demonstrations done by nothing-doers including a jobless ex-VP.
Our Leaders ruling party are just too soft and quite, because of this, thugs and Rascals will continue to destroy Malawians slowly. What is happening are not demonstrations but anarchy. We need the Law to take its course, also our security organs should not fight to be called abwino, but look at the future of their Children and brothers, they can do more to put a stop to this. Leaders of the Demonstrations have taken aboard hatred,regionalism, Tribalism and Jelousy tendencies, hiding them under strikes. We have property to protect, infrastructure, freedom to run businesses and freedom to live a peaceful life. If these strikes can not be well managed we will loose this country. What is happening is not democracy, We can not let the courts determine how to manage the country, thats not their side, they will always take it lightly without regard to
the pains and sufferings of others. Regionalists, tribalists are taking advantages on the loopholes in our constitution and capitalise on that using the Courts. That is where we need our leaders to be pro active to engange in contact and dialogue and exercise authority that they are the rulers not the Courts. We need a peaceful Malawi. Check how Lungu in Zambia handled a similar scenario in Zambia during the last elections, Which brought peace and stability there. Freedom has its Limits but if the leadership can not act fast, this may generate into a continued spate of demonstrations which will be out of hands
embarrassing!
Mukamati Authorities akuti re run siingatheke mukunena ndani? Ma election anatheka bwanji? Zimenezo ndizomwe anthu tikudana nazo kupangitsa zinthu osathekazo.Chilichonse chotheka,kuchotsa anthu anaba pa mpando zothekanso and zisankho kuchitika zothekanso.
Kodi wakutha ntchito ndi Jane Ansah yekha oti azimukakamira.
I am in my bedroom. Life is sweetest when you are asleep.
IYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
POWERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
pitala wosango chokapo bwanji? am 100 percent sure Peter adzamangidwa wait and see adzamangidwa monvetsa chisoni GENERATION YAFIKAYI NDI YACHABE
Why are you abusing the youth like this CHILIMA and Chakwera? Is this the youth employment you were talking about? JAne Ansah is not resigning, please get it right!!
koma jane madando ganiza mofatsa zinthu zisanafike poyipa kwambiri
Loser must be outside the palace fence, but winner should be inside the palace enjoying himself. Pamenepo bwa? Peter amakwana,,, katundu womanga ndi mawaya kkkkkkk
My fellow Malawians, my take is that if Madam Jane Ansah will not resign by close of Business today then she will have miserably failed the integrity test.To me she was not fit in the first place to hold the high and important position of MEC Chair.The reputable professional body, Malawi Law Society to which she belongs, asks her “to deeply reflect on the value of remaining in her position” then she remains phwiiii!!!!! what type of a supreme court judge is Jane Ansah?????
People who are pushing this in the names of Mtambo,Trapence,Chakwera,Chilima among others have lost moral compass.They are just experimenting with life and would like to lead those who follow them into humanistic society because they are all confused.The truth is there but they cannot see it anymore.In this postmortem era we are experiencing liberalism,compromise,generational disillusionment,culture of violence because of downturn of moral values.If you read Deut.28 you read something like this:if you walk away from me{God},I will strike you with madness,blindness etc.Don’t we see in these people?Are they not confused? That is to say they are spending time,money all for nothing but they are ineffective.
WIna wavala bullet proof koma akuuza amnzake kuti OSAOP. Enawo kumamvera zimenezi. Koma mitu ikugwila?
If the country sinks we sink together. No big deal. If thats what Malawians have chosen let it be
Olo mutapanga ma demo until 2024 Dpp siyikuchoka siyikuchoka boma komaso Jane asah sakutula pasi udindo.koma nde mukuvadi kuwawa etiii kkkkkk dzitsiru dzinaberedwa koma dzokukanoka kulanda boma
Game yapengatu apa…sizilibwino olo pang’ono.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ZIKUNDISANGALATSA KWAMBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRI OLO ZITACHITIKA KWA 20YRS
Go konko ku state house next is vigil at 100 metres away koma sound adzizaimva
zavutapotu apa
ANA ANJOKA INU
Mmaona ngati masewera eti,muonaso….heheheheheh