Mbendera says JB’s move on Malawi polls amounted to a coup

October 2, 2014 Hudson Mphande -Nyasa Times 192 Comments

Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)  Justice Maxon Mbendera has said that the action by the former president Joyce Banda to order an annulment of the May  20 chaotic  elections – – in which she was a candidate – could have been regarded as coup d’état if her attempts were successful.

Banda said the May 20 vote had been marred by rigging, multiple voting and computer-hacking.

She said a new vote should be held within 90 days but she would not stand again in any new poll.

Justice Mbendera : Banda did not have the power to annul the vote
Justice Mbendera : Banda did not have the power to annul the vote

Speaking in an interview In an interview to one of the country private television station Times TV, Mbendera also claimed that amidst the heat of the standoff he also had reports that Malawi Defence Forces (MDF)  had been instructed to storm the national tally centre at Comesa Hall in Blantyre in order to force a recount.

“I took the decree with a sober heart as would do any Malawian. It would have been a coup d’état for the president to declare an election null and void,” he said.

The head of the electoral commission said the sitting president did not have the power to annul the vote.

“The law is very clear that elections shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in the fifth year of parliament and therefore it was uncalled for that anyone should order that. In any case the powers to do that rest in the court who could order a recount,” explained Justice Mbendera.

He said in the heat of the moment and following such threatening reports of the army storming the tally centre, staff feared for their lives and he had to personally work hard to calm them and assuring
them that nothing would happen.

“In any case the reports could disturb our data tabulation processes,” said Mbendera.

Before announcing the May 20 presidential elections results Mbendera openly wept as he failed to contain himself following the violence that characterized the standoff and led to the death of one in Mangochi.

The Mec chair said despite the pressure he refused to yield to the reports and to the presidential decree.

Mbendera said there was another report that some political parties were planning to wreak havoc in the country since their parties were losing in the preliminary results, a development which he said also put the Mec staff under panic.

He said he suspected that this may have emanated from suspicion that he was anti-People’s Party of Banda.

Mbendera disclosed that prior to the elections the former President summoned him to ask him about this suspicion.

Said Mbendera: “She claimed there was an intelligence report that I was going to vote for the Malawi Congress Party and that I donated cash amounting to K100, 000 to the party’s presidential candidate account for campaign purposes. I told her that it did not matter to me as to who would win and then I made up a decision to go and cast my vote.”

Mbendera also said that some political parties were pressurizing some of the MEC commissioners to force them into signing a note stating that the elections were flawed.

He said life was more difficult to contain the pressure considering that it was the first time for most of the MEC commissioners to preside over an election of such a magnitude.

“At the end of the day we must realise we are all humans and there could be an error as has been the case in elections elsewhere on the continent. I believe one must work in a public office in respect to the law no matter what forces do,” he said.

The May 20 elections were riddled with a variety of irregularities and violence that in some instances led to postponement of polling in some centres in Blantyre and Lilongwe.

The situation led to the extension of the voting beyond a single day and delay by MEC to announce official results.

The irregularities led to some political parties claiming the elections were rigged, an observation which Mbendera, the Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) and the European Union Election
Observer team, among other electoral players, have since dismissed.

In a previous statement about the elections, Banda had said that irregularities included.

  • The arrest of presiding officers who were “caught in the act of rigging”
  • Some people voting up to three times
  • “Serious anomalies” where some candidates won more votes than the number of registered voters
  • Discarded and tampered ballots
  • Communication devices of some monitors being blocked

This was the first time that Malawi held presidential, parliamentary and local elections on the same day.

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192 replies on “Mbendera says JB’s move on Malawi polls amounted to a coup”

  3. Mbendera wasowa nkhani. Asatinyasepo apa! Mbava yachabechabe. Akulephera kulipira anthu ena omwe adayendesa chisankho cha pa May,20. Why is he diverting our attention to his mumbo-jumbo talk? Muwapase anthu ndalama zao. Anthu amenewo adabesa tulo tsiku limene lija. Koma ndithu Mbendera osawamvera anzako chisoni? Muwaberenso akuzavotetsa pa 7 october wo, mutchuke ndiiiinu!

  4. Mbendera atsamayakhure zimenezi pano .Ma elections onse anawonongeka chifukwa cha iye,sono pano asamakambe za nthobwa chifukwa zonse zadutsa.Ankalekeranji kunena nthawi yomwe ija?Mbendera tangotulani Udindo apa and mutsakakamire pampando pamene anthu anakupangani DISAPPROVE kale.Zinthuzi ndizotsiyirana sono STEP-DOWN others should continue with the good work.Usapangitse kuti DPP imange Joyce Banda chifukwa cha mabodza ako ukubwebwetawo.No one can believe now after four months since 20May elections.

  5. Mbendera messed up big time, there was chaos in Ndirande and other parts of the country because Mbendera handled the polls very incompetely, after coming to his senses and fearing that violence might engulf Malawi because his own incompetence he asked Odillo to assist in security matters, this was even available on live tv and radio, he must instead be thanking Odillo and MDF for their services to MEC and Malawi. Those tears were they genuine. Mbendela Achoke! Achoke! Achoke!!!

  9. Mbendera shld not be trusted, he is speaking out today nusty things about amama bcz she is not in control. Mr Mbendera failed to handle the elections, he shld not clean himself up here. Analira powulutsa zotsatila za chisankho chija and lero akufuna azioneka ngati ndiochenjera, angatiuze chani. Chisankho chimene chija chinali ndi zolakwika zambiri, iyeyo Mbenderayo amadziwa kuti he is giving Malawians wrong results and thats why he cried. Ngati mwalandira ndalama kuti lero muime pachulu nkumalalata, a Mbendera, mudziwe kuti Mulungu akukuonani and achita nanu.

    Lino ndi dziko ndipo zinthu zimasintha, PP can bounce back in 2019, if DPP messes up the country, nde please mind your language Mr Mbendera.

  10. koma xikuoneka muocha msumboni onse….ndipo a bwana mbendera….mwaonekadi crocodle tesrs…. mwafumbata kanthu ndipo tawona.
    moti mafuna federsllusm &refredum… koma mukhale mtavhoka….resigm mwene!

  12. munthu wabwino uyu. Ndipo sindinaone! Mr Mbendera munapilira zambiri. Munatipulumutsa mphechepeche mwa Hule ndi m’busa wonyenga. 666 ikanalowa popanda inu.

  13. Chilungamo Chimawawa # 154 you are very stupid. How can you say the numbers of years for Mbendera the best MEC Chair Malawi has ever produced. If his years are numbered, what about yours. You are a fool. That statement is not a jargon at all, is is just a clentche in our society. So everyone’s days are number including those of even prophets like Chebushiri or che TB Joshua, almost everybody and yourself.Watch your lips. forsake.

    1. Sorry bro, in fact i forgot to say that your days are also numbered because you benefited from bloody money that Mbendere (Judas Scariot) got from DPP govt after rigging elections. What is making you so much angry with my comments? Don’t you know that death is a reward for sin. If you are ignorant go and read the bible, it will educate you. The problem is that truth is always painful. We will not stop fighting you idiots until we see light in Malawi, coz now its darkness all over because of devils like you and ur Dpp govt. Just imagine MBC started to be media house for every Malawian during JB era but now it has changed name to Mutharika Broadcasting Corporation (MBC). Shame on you!

  14. Stupid Mbendera, an idiot, son of the devil. Your days of stay on earth are numbered. just eat quickly what Petera and DPP gave you for rigging elections before you die. coz i dont think you will live long

  15. Anakakhala kuti munthu bwezi pano akudziwa kufunika kuliwuza dziko kuti MEC warehouse anawotcha ndi ndani. Mbuzi yamano kusi iyi. Komaso A Malawi tulo kwambiri.

  16. Kaoneni ku NBS BANK. Mbendera wagula nyumba ya K45Million kwacha. Wabwereka K5M ku nbS Bank ndipo zina wapereka cash. Mukuti ndalama wazitenga kuti? Electiongate basi.

  18. Mbendera usatikumbutse zopusa zako. Kukhala chete sikupusa. Uzadziona tsiku lina. Amene analanda boma ndani pakati pa iwe ndi jb? Iweyo ndiwe uyenera kumangidwa cìfukwa chopeleka dzikoli ku munthu osayenera, asakudziwa ndani pa dziko lapansi panu? Ngakhale Obama anayankhulanso ku UN

  21. Mbendera please save your face from embarassment if you have any. Malawians still want to know why you shed tears as supreme court judge. You people sentence people to be vexed, you could not cry in vain. Judges do not cry, when they do, there is something

  22. kkkkkkkkkkkk otumbuka phumaaaaa nkhaniyi ndiya kuno ku dziko la Malawi osati kumpoto. paja mukufuna kuima panokha .

  23. Maxson, it’s better if you can just close your dirty mouth to avoid embarrassing yourself. I have no any respect remaining for you. If you want to buy sympathy from DPP find another way. We know that you are ready to rig the by elections in favour of the DPP. Be careful! God is watching your move.

  25. Shokani nanunso mlungu wake uti adzamulange mbendera limodzi ndiinu nomweyo? Zamafano basi zomwezi? Muzachenjera koma?

  26. BUT WHY SHADING TEARS AS BIG AS YOU, YOU KNEW THE TRUTH YOURSELF. AM AN OLD GUY AND HAS OVERSTAYED ON THIS MALAWI SOIL. SUCH A THING HAS NEVER HAPPENED, MISOZI KUTI WA! WA! FROM A CHAIR WITH SUCH VAST EXPERIENCE.
    SOMETHING WAS WRONG, TELL ME OR US.

  28. STUPID COMMENT FROM 121, PP AND MCP WILL CRY OVER THE 20 MAY ELECTIONS FOREVER. PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT PP AND MCP ARE FULL OF BAD AND JELOUS PEOPLE, KAMUZU WAS NOT LIKE THAT. GOD IS WATCHING YOU AND MY WARNING TO MCP IS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT COPY WHAT PP IS DOING, CHAKWELA IS A LEARNED MAN, ACCEPT A DEFEAT, ONE DAY YOU WILL GET SUPPORT FROM THE SOUTH. STOP SPEAKING BAD OF APM TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE SOUTH. LEAVE JB ALONE SHE WILL DESTROY YOU.

  29. Where on earth have you seen opposition party rigging elections. We loved you JB but you really messed up and deserved a boot in the ass

  30. SIR MBENDERA IS MY HEROE. A MAN OF INTEGRITY, WOSAOPSYEZEDWA. EVEN THIS STATEMENTS HERE SHOWS THAT HE IS SAYING THE TRUTH. GOD USED YOU TO SAVE MALAWI IN THAT DIFFICULT TIME. I PRAY THAT GOD SHOULD GUVE YOU LONG LIFE. Amen

  31. You can tell from the comments here that indeed only 36% or maybe less voted for DPP. So please keep quietand don’t make people angry otherwise kayenda ka demo koposa ka Bingu

  34. mbendera you are an idiot and you are contradicting yourself.You said the law says voting should take place on a Tuesday of the 3rd week of may not wednesday or Thursday,how come voting went on for up to the 3rd day>???? You are a dumn lawyer and a fool

  36. Bambo Mbendera,,,nzeru zanu mwagulitsaaa, ufulu ndi mtendere wanu wamu mtima mwagulitsaa,,pano mwayamba kubwebweta zopanda pake,,,,mwalandilanso forex ina,,,where were u all this time,,,u wnt to draw our atention with your nonsense,,,we ar tired of u,, kapumeni mwakulaaa we know yo aim now ,,that Joyce Banda shud be arested,,,, ng’ooo ,,,,Timanga Kaye iweyo Mendera,,,,ukagona ku lumbadzi komwe kunagona anzako ukuwabekawo,,,, Dikila

  37. People like Mbendera, Vuwa, Fabian, they deserve a very good assassination. They really do, they have nothing to offer to the public than their foolish behavior. Get it right mbendera, u mst be waiting a day that they will call u a past.

  38. Look who’s talking… Shup up you; zuze Chilombo cha Malawi. You sold us to the wolves beacause of your greed. You have no shame ressurrecting this matter after your shameful failure to run the elections. You dissappointed all Malawians apart from your dull president! Leave JB alone, if you try to do anything to hurt JB in any way, you will be torchered to the end of your short life! May you live your cursed life being tormented by the repacations of your actions during the elections.

  39. Many knowledgeable people, like the learned judge, Maxon Mbendera, were of the opinion that JB’s nefarious actions during the last election did indeed amount to an coup.
    The fact that APM has not contemplated arresting the lady, or even instituting an investigation speaks to his civility, and democratic core beliefs. The judge has no need to lie, as he has nothing to lose or gain here.
    Imagine JB trying to dissuade Mbendera from voting (MCP), according to his wish! And his democratic right! Imagine also JB attempting to get MDF involved in the election! This indeed borders on a coup, alright. May be it’s time to find out the truth. APM cannot be forgiving all the time. Otherwise, political fools, like JB, will be taking advantage of this all the time.

  40. The stupid Malawians how long are you going to talk every time things go wrong because of your foolishness or what you call yourselves peaceful people? Do you think Zambians are not peaceful people or Christians? The only difference between you Malawians and Zambians are that. You were brain washed during Banda and you made to be fools and believe in what you believe that you are peaceful. If you say you are peaceful why do you steal? or corrupt. This country could have come up more further than were it is if it was not for you and your =belief and stupidity. One can never trust a Malawi. They hide in their peaceful mind while in darkness they are evil. I trusted people here but after so many has cheated me and stolen from me with their soft talk I don’t trust any Malawian. Sorry to say this. Most people in this nation are rich because they have stolen from poor people. No Malawian can build a two big houses without stealing because Malawians don’t earn much. Because of people are dull here people kind Peter and his brother took advantage of you. Bingu used to say he did not understand Malawians what did he mean? Peter studied Malawians and he used that to rig the votes and bought most educated Malawians like Mbendera and Zodiak who got the machine which now gives them excess to TV. Bingu burned Zodiak but Peter used them to announce the winning candidate before the votes started and some places were not even polls. I have learnt that in Malawi if you are honest you can not be successful. This nation has educated people but rotten people with good education but because of greediness they have no morals. What a shame.

  41. Every Malawian is corrupted or stupid. The whole world knew that Peter Muntharika could have not won without rigging. Peter wanted to be president of Malawi for all price and he did it. This man Mbendera is a satan whose soul is full of money blood. He can go on the road like a man but he is a evil. I just hope he is happy when the donors has punished Malawi and Malawians with Aid. Malawians are weak and sick people who can be bought. Look we are ruled by the old men Gooda Gondwe and Peter Muntharika people who have not lived in Malawi came here as old gurus to steal money from poor people. I work with foreigners who are donors and they say Peter will steal money because it will not show that he is stealing. He has his accounts in America and his children in America so all the money he will steal will go to America banks and no one will know except those who will help him to transfer the money. He will not build a house or a grave yard as his brother so no one will expect him. In every country where democracy is there is null votes. JB had rights, she was the president by that time. People like mbendera should not have born in this world. This are kind of people who can sell their own children for the sake of money. Until Malawians rise is when people like this idiot will understand the world corruption. I don’t I understand why the thugs kill innocent they should kill people like Mbendera. Malawi is full of these kind of people. Shame on them.

    1. Comment no 127 – Maganza, just concentrate on your Zambian affairs ok! Leave us and ou affairs a lone. You guys come to Malawi to steal and cause havoc. That is why we are arresting you and deporting you all the time.

  42. Mukubwekera ndalama zachinyengo a Mbendera? Do you have real courage to utter this shit? Why cant you clearly explain why you failed to control yourself on the vote announcement day, and you cried on the face of Malawi? Ai zikomo. You will pay for that work so dearly. Look at the comments from all corners of Malawi. can you be called a hero? Zavutatu apa. you are failing to convince Malawians. Mukufuna kuyalusa JB or degrade MDF? Wachepa oldman. Just enjoy those monies and prepare to answer the charges in the next life.

  43. Makisoni,you are a fool just shut up your stinking mouth.You have lost your career bcoz of money.Malawians will NEVER NEVER trust you again.

  44. Mr Mbendera zipatseni ulemu ndipo musakwiyitse mtundu wa amalawi. Osamangobulumunya ma baniwo bwanji uku mukudikira kukuthimbani pakhosi. Malawians are not stupid we are peaceful. Pliz dont rub it on our faces. U shud be thankful that God is full of mercy and He is loving no matter what. If God had a heart like us sinners am sure by now u would have paid for what u did to this nation. We allowed it not because we are stupid but because we love peace and our Trust is still in God. The just Judge.

  45. Indeed how could whatever maxon is saying be a coup when madam JB was sitting President. Is maxon a real lawyer or ndi wa kota sisitemu? Very pathetic that such myopic people are give such huge responsibilities. Nanu aJB amaxon koma munkawadziwa bwino-bwino when appointing him to chair mec? He is dul l and VERY corrupt.

  46. Mr Mbendera please do not take people for grated you are a coward just close your mouth we are not interasted to hear your nonses you failed malawian and God will never forgive you.

  47. Mbendera you ought to be ashamed to be ultering this nonsense. We all know that you are a very corrupt individual and that DPP bought your soul to help them, rigg the elections. In fact I am surprised that it has taken you this long to come up with an explanation. Please save us and stop trying to hood wink us. You damn well know that the elections were marred with irregularities which by the way were acknowledged by your office. All we know is that 36% of Malawians according to your bogus and made up figures voted for APM. You did a great job allowing DPP to get into office through the back door. You even assisted DPP to burn one of your offices. If you claim the law must take its course, what does the law say when the votes are lost? Is there going to be another vote or its going to be business as usual? You see Mbendera you fail to realize that Malawians are not as stupid as you think. We know what you did during the elections only God will judge you. Your corrupt practices will reward you when the right time comes. DPP will not protect you for ever. We know you were paid to announce the bogus vote results. That’s why you were crying weren’t you? If JB wanted to amount a coup she could have so please take your sorry sympathy seeking ass else where. You are a disgrace to our democracy.

    1. How could JB mount a coupnwithout support of the army? I can assure you this, if JB had support of the army, those elections would have been cancelled for sure

    3. Zitsiru inu kodi when you say your party won with how many votes? You fail even to say how many votes you won. You even lied on the number of MPs. You are just guessing. Fed yourselves false hopes.

  48. stupid100% this mbendera ndikadakhala odZiwa bwenzi nditapha mbuzi imeneyi . Ndi mtundu wanji mbuzi imeneyi yachilomwe yoipa. Mbendera ndiye ayenera kuyimbidwa milandu yakupha munthu ku Mangochi ndi kuba ndiponso kuonongetsa katundu wa boma pa May20

  50. This man is confused! You even went further to confuse the whole election process and shame be on you Mr. Mbendera. Those were crocodile tears coming from u. My vote was stolen after spending so much time on the line to cast a vote for my beloved MCP candidate. APM give this man a boot and let go to hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  54. Mr President can you relieve this gogo of MEC from his duties! There is nothing he is saying but rather a comb of grey hair!

  55. You are not man enough,why disclosing now?how can we trust u. Are you trying to blindfold us to believe you and your nasty sentiments the we had a fair election. Mind not everyone is sleeping

  56. There is no way MCP would rule Malawi again. The party is based in the central region and it cant make any inroads into the other regions, unless it changes its strategy.

  58. Justice Mendera have you ever at any one point stopped to think why people other than dpp supporters say that you failed this country. What you are saying here is true. You did your best and lazy thinkers would pat your on the shoulder and I wouldn’t blame them either. But your best has destroyed Malawi as a unitary country. I know that you have never looked at this issue along this eye. The northerners hated dpp for the quota system but remained faithful to Malawi after pp took over. They new that if any government made a wrong decision the following can collect it just as the pp had done with the flag change, farting law, the stadium issue etc.. Now Muluzi planted a feeling among northerners that they would never lead this country by opting for Bingu instead of his vice party president AKB. He actually described him as unelectable. Now if I may ask you how would aleke fail if all udf supporters voted for him. Dispute all that the northerners still had faith in Malawi because of what MCP did in electing their own as vice president. Now how did your action destroy this country? You declared that the election had serious irregularities and as a lawyer your interest is seeing that justice is done. In this case justice meant sorting out all irregularities before announcing bad results. You decided to hide behind the law forgetting that the law must always save the people and not the other way. Now why did you decide to hide behind the law. Please answer this question truthfully for you to understand what I am trying to tell you.The public was confused and the north lost faith completely in a united Malawi.The moment they started crying as they usually do the smarter guys in MCP took advantage and pushed the matter through official channels. This time the idea is no longer a baby cry issue. The north can easily back track when they realise they made a mistake but I doubt if the chewas will because the whole issue favours them more than the other two regions. If indeed Peter won the recount could have shown the right results and the centre would not have remembered Tembo but refusing to recount you forced the chewas to believe Tembo that you people actually rig these elections. This was further strengthened by the sudden Co operation between udf and dpp. South against all of us. Have you ever thought why the guilty do not always get maximum sentences. Or indeed do you know why sometimes it is important for judges to refer to past cases before making judgement. From the questions I am asking you the smarter lawyers are getting a picture of what I am saying. Next time you have a complicated case like this ask for a column like doctors do when they have a complicated case.

    1. Malawi is bigger than the north. That is what the people from the north do not understand. They think they are bigger than Malawi. That is why they will be unsatisfied forever as long as they are part of Malawi because no sane Malawian will vote for one of them.

  60. Misozi yako inagwira ntchito.
    Uziliralira wamva Maxon.
    ulirenso pa ma by-elections.

  61. AS THE RESULTS WERE NOT YET ANNOUNCED IT MEANS JB WAS STILL THE PRESIDENT, SO WHICH GOVERNMENT DID SHE WANT TO OVERTHROW????? HER OWN GOVERNMENT???? YOU ARE THE MOST USELESS MAN THAT HAS EVER WALK THIS POOR LAND OF NYASALAND.

  62. STUPID MBENDERA YOU THINK WE WILL BELIEVE YOU THAT YOU HANDLED ELECTIONS WELL? YOU COMPLETELY FAILED, SORRY MZIMAI MSOSA OPANDA MACHENDE DID WELL BUT YOU, MALAWIANS WILL REMEMBER YOU REST OF LIFE FOR GIVING RESULTS OF ELECTIONS TO THE LOSER AND RIGGER…!!! AND WHO TOLD YOU TO TELL US THE OBVIOUS THAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN HERE? FAILURE !!!

  63. is this not compromising the very neutrality that is supposed to be demonstrated by this august office of MEC chair?

  64. MCP guys you wanted to rule this country through the back door. Munya muona. Its God who intervened. There is now chance for you to prove your point in the forthcoming byelections in Blantyre and Thyolo. Lets see how you will fair nanga si mwati munaberedwa. We invite you all to go and be monitors there.

  67. You are the man of the moment you managed to calm Malawians I know from the look of things it wasn’t easy to come up with a concrete decision during the heat of the moment.

  69. The problem in malawi is the “collupt judiciary”.Kenayatta messed up big time with his midnight judgement.

  74. kukula shaft sikudziwa kunyenga baba. musayambepo kupyesa ntima anthu shut up nkhope ngati golira. do you think we are all for the DPP? Why cant you keep quit ? you messed everything, why are you pretending to be good.

  77. Mbendera, you are a great justice. People deliberately made your job difficult but you went through all that and succeeded. Mulungu analemba kuti zikhale momwe zinali muja kuti ena aonekele uchisilu wawo. Suja mpaka lero akulephera kutulusa umboni woti anabeledwa ndi wakutiwakuti, ndipo aliyense akungobwebweta kuti anabeledwa. Ena akuti anawina ndi JB ena akuti Lazalo ndipo ena akuti ung’onoung’ono. Pamenepo timve ziti. Ku khoti anthu amapitisako anthu kukapemphera m’malo mopitisako best lawyers in Malawi. Imagine JB using a verse in the bible to annul the election results instead of using the constitution. You think EU, MESN and other electoral players were stupid and JB was clever?

    1. Nanga bwanji anatentha ma ballots ku Lilongwe before recount. Just shut up if you have no idea of what is going on.

    2. Galamala ya Chichewa yomwe ndi yolakwika,koma anthu 6 apanga like.It shows that all the six people are also dull people,and these are obviously from the Southern part of Malawi.Get a life men,you dont know anything,koma kuberekana ndikumasankha ma president.The pooerest region by far,or else the poorest people in Central,Southern and East Africa.The most backward region in Africa,the most dull people in Central Africa seconded by the Ndebele of Zimbabwe.All they can do,which everybody can is sex,just that you do it on a large scale.manufacturing kids is your main industry,otherwise,numbers,not the head spaek for you guys.The most rubbish group of the dull comes from te Southern part of Malawi,if not the most rubbish grouping on earth.

  78. I guess he was appointed on merit by the most capable president Malawi has ever known. The most powerful woman in Africa indeed. Lol.

  83. Readers, me think that the foolishiest is abiti nchila who desired to be her excellency the life cashgater. Well-done Justice Maxon Mbendera. If you had been weak, nkazi amene uja would have plunged the nation in total chaos.

  85. The MEC chair should be the last person to comment and express such issues in public. Your neutrality is compromised by what you have just said. How will PP try you as the Head of the electoral body? Pointing fingers at individuals and their political parties would be your last thing when existing your office. You have exposed high degree of disliking of some grouping within our political environment.

  86. chilungamo chimawawadi eti,asaaa,ena mukuwuwa pomwe chilungamo chake chadziwika,pepani ndithu hehehehehehehehe,chifuniro cha Mulungu palibe angatsutsane nacho olo mutokote chotani,Mulungu analinganiza kale kuti Petro ndi amene atsogolele dzikoli…amen

  88. The Learned Judge, what is the meaning of “coup”? Which government or President was she overthrowing? Her own? Tazingodyani ndalama anakugawirani zija

  89. shame on you mr.mbendera. why cant you just keep quiet otherwise you will just show your stupidity. GOD is watching u and He has got an account of what you did to Malawians. Ungoyambilapotu kulapa coz watsala pango’no ku………………

  90. Mbendera is a such judge that does have intelligence but No Wisdom. It doesn’t follow that what the laws says is morally right. Robbers murderers rapists etc get freed becoz the evidence is not beyond reasonable doubt but the evidence is there. DPP rigged by cheating teachers & police officers that their salaries will be increased by 65%. Look now change chokha basi. Mbendera will die untimely death bcoz he caused death of innocent life.

  91. Mbendera this is now nthano,Kulira kuja munthu wamkulu I can not buy your story all you are trying to do is buy sympathy from those that won the election.Your integrity is highly put to question

  92. Malawians we all need to love eachother basi.without love and forgiveness we wont go far.we are one Nation

  93. Aaaaah! Koma a Mbendera ndinu munthu omvetsa chisoni ndithu. Mukudziwa kuti a Malawi ambiri ndiokwiya chifukwa cha zomwe munachita inu. Manyi ako.

  94. Mr Mbendela, I thìnk it will be good if you shut up your stinking mouth rather than reminding us of your terrible horror which you did on that day. Keep quite.

  95. Sorry for such comments to be coming to us now when the issue is being forgotten.Northerners have started crying with the quota system and somebody is telling us rubbish things that we are not even interested to hear.

  97. Were you calming them down by crying? You were the only person crying there or were those tears of Joy kusangalala kuti mwatola chithumba. Munthu wachabechabe Mbendera.

  99. Whatever The Case, Peter Mutharika Won The Vote, Mr. Mbendera Is Right.
    Let Him Talk,he Has Right To Express His Views.,moreover He Supports Mcp Bt Dpp Won,cant U See Justice.
    Otherwise U Have To Shut Yo Foul Mouths And Let Mbendera Talk.

  100. Kodi ambuye munapita nawo ku USA munasowatu ,mulipo? Pano muwalipilano anthu aja eti nanga simwabwera ndichithumba kumeneko?Pano zitokuyenderani sipano sizinatheka kumuika MOYA pampando pano mudyerere, za ziiii

  101. Mbendera would please seal your dirty beak? You are at the centre of that coup. Supreme Court Judge yuo??? Really? Gosh!! Sobing in public like you did on that fateful day shows how weak and wicked you are. We know why you were shading those crocodile tears and kufwenthela ngati mwana . Its not the death of the young man in Mangochi. Far from it. Why did you not mention the death of that Policeman who was hacked to death by dpp thugs in Goliati? Wasnt that “death” enough for your crocodile tears? The best that you should do is to eat those huge amounts of money that you were paid and seal that stinking beak of yours!!!!!

    1. kodi supreme court judge simunthu? you have to understand that the pressure was too much. if it were you unakazisiya pa tsiku loyamba kuvuta. i respect Mbendera posatengela kuti anawina ndani

  102. Mbenjela iwe usanamizidwepo apa, ngati mukupangana kumeneko zomu ipitsa ndi kupanga timilandu tomunamizila JB pa nkhani ya COUP, you will not only face her but all supporters ndi onse amene tidakhudzidwa ndi umbava wanuwu. So its you against the country.

  103. we malawians will be poor and very poor bcoz we r still sleeping, mbendera should just keep quite,ndipo a malawi tiyeni tayamike mai jb polola kugonja bcoz other wise zikanavuta

  104. AN IDIOT OF A JUDGE. THOUGHT JUDGES MADE GOOD JUDGEMENTS OF THINGS BUT THIS GUY CHANGED MY MIND. BY THE WAY IS HE MARRIED. HOW DID HE EVEN CONVICE A WOMAN TO MARRY HIM. ITS SAD THAT THERE ARE SOME KIDS WHO CALL THIS IDIOT FATHER LET ALONE DADDY. YOU ARE AN INSULT TO MENFOLK.

  105. Justice Mbendera, you will always be my hero. No ordinary person could stand the heat you took both from political parties as well as voters. You stood your ground as a leader in your position ought to have done. Yes, there were, there is and there will always be others who will look at you in a different way, insult you and say all sort of things but the truth is between you and your God whom you fear. You are a man of integrity and remain as that till the end of time.

  107. Mbendera, you are a big fool. Mpaka pano ma PRESIDING OFFICERS IN CENTRAL REGION TIKUDIKIRABE K21,000 PA NTCHITO YOTI TINAGWIRA PA 20 MAY, POMWE ALOMWE/ACHAWA MUNAWALIPIRA KALEKALE . UCHITSIRU BASI, Just chut up your dirty mouth. Ntchito inakukanika basi.

  108. The incumbent chief justice will retire very soon. Mbendera is appealing to Peter to appoint him chief justice. Period. This is the man who prepared papers to stop JB taking over the gvt after Bingu’s death at the same time he wanted Peter to take over. This time he made sure he did not fail again. It was JB’s mistake to retain Bingu’s people in key positions.

    1. If that is true, then the most incompetent person must be JB. How could she entrust MEC into the hands of someone who wanted Peter to be the president illegally? Does this make sense to you? But we know that that is not true in fact two people at that meeting stated that the law was on JBs side and that was Mbendera himself and Chiume. Learn to speak the truth Malawians

  110. Mr Mbendera, are you insinuating that the current group of ‘elite’ thieves should charge JB with ‘stupid’ coup plot against the then PP government?

  113. Justice Maxon Mbendera SC is a man of high integrity and morals. Those of you that are accusing him do not know this man. There are actually very rare men of his caliber in this country. He can not even be bought with money because he already made a lot money as a Lawyer in one of Malawi’s prestigious firms of Mbendera Nkhono Associates which he founded in the 80’s making him filthy rich even before he became a Judge. Ask around

    1. True, for people who know him personally, they know what sort of man Mbendera is. But hey, most of the commentators here drink Msonda coolaid. Know the guy and most of you will be ashamed with yourselves.

      I believe this was God’s plan and no matter what you guys say, you would not move that plan. Was not JB told that she would only rule Malawi for two years? Any result other than that would have shown that God is not real but we know that he is real.

  114. Shut up foolish man. Mbendera is a sellout. He works for the Lomwe party. How much did they give you?

  115. It happened, It’s being remembered & It shall be repeated in the near future: This is Malawi, believe me!

  117. This is an example of Judas defending his move for selling Jesus.You guys,do you rule this country based on those decisions these kinds of decisions?Is this the end of a decision making for people from the central region?Coz me,even my son can make better decisions than this guy called Mbendera.He makes decisions as if he is in a tin.He has ruled over decisions from the high court that have caused many controversies,and he keeps making stupid decisions over and over again.A Mbendera,ma decisions amene mumapanga ku hugh court anthu aphana,adanapo,amenyana,alodzana,atukwanizana,akangana komanso ena alephera kupanga zinthu za phindu pa moyo wawo.You are best known for offering the worst decisions that a judge can ever make.I wonder why you keep chairing committees or even boards,when people know that your head is full of rubbish.You have too much water in your head,mwina ndi kukula kapena tivomereze.Koma if things get to points like these ones,its better to resign than to keep throwing this country into chaos.Look now,the decision that you made has plunged this country into chaos,some are asking for federalism,some are looking for seccession,its all cause of two things,your 20 May poll decision,as the quota system of selecting students to the universities.

  118. Just continue enjoying luxurious life rather than reminding us the truth of what happened that day

  120. Chondechonde Mr Mbendera misatikwiyitsetso apa Mbuziyi called PITALA mudamuyika pa mpando ndimu osati a Malawife tamangodyani ndalamazo koma mnzanu Yudasi atapeleka Yesu adafa chifukwa cha chikumbumtima moti simungachite manyazi kumakamba za mbwelerazi apa sikaletu a Malawife tikulililani zinthu zayamba kukwera mtengo, ma Donors adatisasa, chonde sokani pa kamwa.

  123. Adding salt to the injuries Malawians sustained on May 20 ,2014! The best Mr Mbendera would do is to keep his mouth shut! For starters, this the worst MEC chairperson Malawi has ever had, the first to cry on TV for a Job NOT well done, and the superlatives in the negative are many about the way he handled the elections! Please Mr Mbendera we beg you, keep your mouth shut and let Malawians heal, we are hurting because you spoiled our elections! Even DPP supporters know that victory awash with rumors of fraud is not that fulfilling, you spoiled their victory Party too!!

    1. It is only atumbukatu amene ali vocal here and we know why. Your candidate lost. History will judge itself and will be on the side of Mbendera. Do you remember PP used to say government does not lose? have you asked yourself why that is the case in Africa? If you can remember very the events before the elections do you remember that PP’s NGO led by Fayison Chodzi and Brian Kampaundi started to attack the electroral leadership? To me that was the telly telly sign that PP had failed to secure MEC on its side. Who brought it ot the press that Mbendera was favouring MCP? If indeed Mbendera was working for MCP, would he allow MCP to lose? Dont listed to the propaganda of PP. At least concentrate on the secession of the north because that we can easily give you northerners. When that happens this site will be read by you notherners and of course will change to Nyika times

      1. Watilila a chewa tili pompa. Candidate wathu anabeledwa kuposa JB ukunenayo. Ukulimbikila kutchula anthu olakwika. Ndipo ndife okwiya simukudziwa. Balimbikirani kunamizana kuti achewa tili mbali yanu mbala za ma vote inu

    1. Why should he close his mouth? Is it because he is unmasking joyisi? Believe you me, joyisi has but very few hours to go to Maula. Her time is up.

  128. This is a very unfortunate statement to come from him. if this is the best Malawi can offer then I fear for my country.

  129. Maxon Mbendera can give a thousand interviews regarding the May 2014 General Elections, but he cannot run away from the fact that he messed up big time. It wasn’t just the tallying – the mess started way back during the registration process all the way up to the tally center. Mbendera and Willy Kalonga could have been responsible for massive loss of life due to their extremely poor handling of the elections. The saving grace was that Malawians have the patience of Job.

    Granted that JB also had her moment of madness, but the root cause of all this was Mbendera’s pig headedness. He would not listen when given appropriate advice throughout the messy process.

    It boggles the mind that Mbendera is not willing to acknowledge the part he played in the flawed elections process. The nation will pay an even bigger price in future by allowing Mbendera and Kalonga to continue being in their current posts – they should have been “redeployed” a long time ago…

  130. Mbendera is the most moral and upstanding citizen in Malawi thrown amongst thieves and charlatans and he stood his ground! We love u Mazon! We are very very very proud of you!

    1. All thieves are proud of this disgrace of the Malawi Judiciary!!! To hell with him!

  132. Maxon, just keep quite. Was it not you who wanted a month for a recount before another fool, Friday Jumbe, got an injunction to stop this? After the elections results, you also intimated several times why parties like MCP did not go to court to challenge the results. That is what you had wanted to happen as you were aware that there was rigging.

    Your crying (and not weeping) on announcing the results was because you were sorry that Malawians had been cheated under your watch and was afraid of the wrath of God at his own time. This is still coming to you and Peter.

    If JB had won, would you have said this statement? You fool. If you were a decent lawyer, you should have by now resigned form MEC. Mark my word, if you stick around or are kept there up to 2019, we will kick you out as we cannot trust you to run another general election.

  133. I am tired of JB and I am feeling ashamed of her especially with what she is doing. How can a former state president follow the current president to UN general meeting? How can you do that with all the blunders that you did when you were president? Why cant you at least sit down and do politics here at home where people will vote for you instead of following our president so that you can keep on tarnishing the image of this country with your negative attitude to the donor community. Just know that Malawi does not revolve around you only, don’t even use the poor as you are far away from them in terms of your living standard. The only thing I see is that a revolution is coming against you as now you are provoking many of us, you did get away with this during Bingu but this time around, be careful.

  134. Damage-control? Too late. Your name is recorded in the annals that you presided over bizare elections whose true outcome is not known. Your friend went all the way to UN just to say elections were free and fair! Does he mean the world is doubting his presidency? Spare us nonsense. We are debating federalism now. Elections are gone much to your satisfaction,we need to go forward. This is a preamble to attacks which have been lined-up against JB during the next few weeks. Diverting our attention from current debate. I wonder if the Chief Justice will be redeployed as she was put there by JB. But then,where does she come from? She will be spared on the pretext she about to retire.

  136. Mr Hudson, why is your MEC chairman not saying anything about mathematical errors he already confessed and that not a single sane person would agree to submit figures which are apparently tampered with before they are corrected. What was important to him was timeframe and correct figures./ Voters roll.

    Joyce Banda lost the elections,yes. Million times for that matter. But Mr. Mbendera lost his intergrity and character as a lawyer. I hear, he cried to win sympath of the judge, yet he was mandated to announce correct figures.Stupid and weak. Today he talking about supporting MCP and surely he voted for MCP. and MDF, these are all excuses.

    Doubtful, if I will vote again becuase MEC is not as dutiful as I thought. MEC is fond references to the law and therefore, let the law vote for me.
    My principle is if something wrong is wrong, you can’t let unverified figures go public. That shows lack of seriousness and commitment.

    APM was declared a winner and I wish him well and all the thiefs in civil service to continue stealing because the fearful thugs are back in govt.

  137. Yea ambendera mulibo , kunalidi kovuta kuti mulankhule pamenepaja , vuto sinuyo ayikoma malamulo athu salibwino, mwachitsanzo , Joice amapikisana , nawo ngati candidate, koma analiso ndi mphanvu zolamulira , amakhala kunyumba ya boma ,komachonsecho anali asanasankhidwe kuti tamu votera , malamulowa chonde muwakonze kenanso .

  138. this is not supposed to be shared to the public…why is he speaking as if he is former chairman of MEC…???????…shameful public figures

  139. I know one thing here….. it is a plot that Joyce Banda should be implicated and be jailed so that she should be silent mwauponda mumva mubebe ma demonstration akudikira osadanda tikangoyamba tikudziwa komwe mukukhala

  140. Every sane person knows that this guy called Mbendera messed up the elections so what nonsense is he talking now ??? To hell with his nonsense !

  141. Mbendera umaitha. Ife tiadziwa kuti APM awina. Ena opusa opanda maso mphenya ndi omwe anataya nthawi yawo kuvotera oluza. Bola tsiku limene lija mukanangogona.

  142. Nkhani yomvesa chisoni kwambiri. But I must say that Mbendera is one of the very few strongest and honest people in our land. Joyce Banda had no right or power to question Mbendera’s allegiance to any political grouping. Despite being a chair for MEC, mbendera had a right, just like any other Malawian citizen, to vote for any political party of his choice. Sizinaululike uku ndikuyamba chabe. What was she thinking? What was the purpose of summoning Mbendera? To intimidate him or what? Didn’t she know all along that Mbendera is a civilized peaceful MCP supporter?

    About the coup issue, everybody knows that her attempt alone is a pure coup d’état. Some of us don’t know why the government is so silent on this. This is a pure treason case. Additionally, she is trying to topple government by fueling and funding the Northern region movement to divide this country so she can have a region to lead. And our government is just watching, doing nothing, completely nothing. I don’t like this. When shall this government start stinging? Why should we be hearing about Joyce’s wicked jealous dirty politics daily instead of development projects? Please government, do something.

  143. what sayeth he, JB appointed him to be the AG, and rewarded with MSCA judge with no experience and no single judgement made when at High Court and then promoted to the highest bench and rewarded to be the CEO for MEC, who doesnt know all these chronology of events, we are in Malawi some decisions made were questionable but who can question, we leave the status quo but end result is those mess

  145. Mbendera marred the elections, and please resign let others do it or the first MEC chair
    should come again Mai amene uja anali patali osati za Mbendera mid night results.

  146. We are keenly watching what is happening now. Why should Malawians pay the price for your incompetence. Remember do not remind us of evils you did.

  148. Mbendera, really? How do you even sleep at night? And what took you so long to come forward with such convenient truths? But I agree with the saying that, ” when arguing with an idiot, spectators do not know the difference between you, the normal person, and the stupid person you are arguing with”. So I will reserve my comment on you. But, you are right about one thing, there is a coup ( assuming by coup you mean an illegal power take over), JB is so much illegally taking over the gvt’s thoughts and plans that, 5 months after elections, the gvt is busy buying idiot’s like you and journalists to talk about JB. That’s the real coup that JB is making, and she is guilty! How dare she dominates headlines like this, to the point that the gvt has forgotten all its election manifestos!!! Guilty! Guilty! Guilty!

  149. The most pathetic of MEC Chairpersons Malawi has ever had.

    Didn’t know that even judges could be that stupid!

    May the Lord forgive Justice Maxson Mbendera!

  150. Useless man Mw never ever had before, stop insulting us, we accepted n forget this issue, now it’s you again! you think you clever?.God knows the truth about it, akumenya popanda nkono, you better shuttup

  154. Mbendera. It is wise to keep quiet. Why did you cry? Was it joy or sorrow? The truth will always prevail.

  155. Kusowa chilungamo, Kusaopa Mulungu. Misonzi ya a Malawi siingapite pachabe ai, limelo ndi tsoka. Mr. Mbenera mumapemphera koma ? Mulungu wake uti ? Chitani Manyazi.

  156. Oh! Justice Mbendera, could you please just shut the f…k up. Of all the people in Malawi, I think you should be the last person to talk about the past elections. Whatever amount the DPP have given you should not propel you to open your mouth. Humble yourself and enjoy the bread in silence. Stop trying to play heroism when in the eyes of many, you are the one who undertook the coup-de-tat by giving the presidency to your homeboy. Oh! Please.

  157. A Justice Mbendera, what really is it that you want to correct here? Is it the vote results or Your personality? Please note that whatever you want to correct is already fully damaged. The Vote results and your personality together. If anything Bambo, just keep quiet and enjoy your exploits in silence.

  158. Malawians should be thankful to this brave son of the soil for his integrity and allowing the will of the people be declared through a vote. History will remember what you did in the 2014 elections, God bless you always……

    1. If everything was normal, why did DPP supporters go chanting in the streets of Blantyre? Wh did DPP supporters burn MEC centres in Ndilande and in ‘Limbe’? If their were no irregularities why did the polling take three days? Lets face fact Mbendera failed and is a disgrace. No matter who is claimed to have won (be it genuinely or bogusly) the elections were marred by irregularities and the man at the driving seat was theis Mbendera. If he was a man of integrity as you claim he could have honourably resigned. Shame!

  159. Mbendera you must be a fool,what kind of a judge are you?usandikwiyise wamva just be eating money you got from DPP

  160. With due respect, I find it difficult to buy whatever Justice Mbendera is saying because to say the list, that election was mishandled. It was as if the Commission had just been appointed a month before the election. Everything was just in a mess and some of us are actually surprised to see Mr Mbendera still at the hem of this important organisation because if it were in civilised countries, he would have resigned soon after declaring the results. What Mr Mbendera should know is that none of those problems that were experienced came about naturally, but rather they were a reflection of the incompetence of the EC. While calling for the annulment of the election may have been wrong, if we look at the other side of the issue, there was a time when the whole country was in suspense and since it is the responsibility of the president to safeguard peace, she was trying to maintain peace because it was becoming apparent that losers were not going to accept the results.

    1. It is because Jb and PP perceived that they were going to lose and Mbendera was not for sale. So the PP attempted to frustrate the process so that in the middle of chaos, the elections should be annuled and a fresh commission appointed which could then be manipulated to favour PP. if you cannot see this then I really doubt the intelligence of Malawians. Miseche basi. Always akuti akuti but no one wants to investigate further. If elections were rigged, by now Msonda would have presented evidence in court. The fact that no one has done that so far, shows kuti that is not the case. Are you telling me that there is no one in Malawi with a conscious who would have come forth by now and presented evidence of the rigging exercise that was taking place? Let us move forward on this issue. JB lost and that is the reality of life. At least she was given the highest honour that she would never have if it was not for the circumstances we found ourselves in

      1. To add on, people respect TB Joshua, when it suits them. Did he not tell Joyce she will only two years?

        Now he has talked about death people are pointing at Muthalika, they have conveniently forgotten about the two year term given to Joyve by TB Joshua.

  161. We voted for peter nobody imposed him on us if your mum lost it means you did not vote for her.nobody wanted her to be president except you idiot

  163. I have never seen a fool like this idiot called Mbendera, he knows that exactly that he is not saying the truth. Any the world is full of idiots like him

  164. KKkkkkkkkkkkkkkk mbuzi ya munthu iyi ukunena lero zimenezi umasiya kunena nthawi yomwe ija bwanji? Ukufuna akupase VX kuti uziyendera, hahahahahahahaha anthu ophunzira amenewa koma ku malawi, hahahahahahaha Mbendera hahahahaha koma inu anthu ena kumvesa chisoni bwanji. Kodi anthu ophunziranu ndinunso otere hahahahaha makolo ako anaononga ndalama zawo apa kkkkkkkkkk. Hehehehehehe koma kumeneko akuti Justice Mbendera kulankhula ku mtundu wa Malawi.

  165. Mr Mbendera, don’t be foolish!!!!! you imposed this old idiot called pitala on us!!!!!!! just keep quiet and eat your feaces !!!!!!!

      1. Mbendera ndi Mbuzi even ku judicially mukafunse. Si inaperkeko judgement ku khoti mbuzi imeneyi. ngati yakhuta ndalama za DPP ikanyere ku tchire. Pita kanyere wamva ngati bibi ikukududa kokhalira mxieweeeee. gwape

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