Mutharika appoints new MEC team: Judge Kachale is chair, retains commissioners Mathanga and Kunje

1. No matter how bad things are, Mcp and one party (Tonse ) mentality is not the answer. There is a reason we voted for democracy, rejected Mcp one party system and continue to reject Mcp in every election. Let us not forget. Give these asakhwi Boma at your own peril. Your rights and freedoms are at stake. We will be like Zimbabwe, where government polices even Facebook. Remember this when voting and tell your friends.

2. God is good.Dr. Kachali put God in front of You.There are still devils among you but be courageous.Change them from there areas Mathanga must not be in electoral services put new face.change kunje she must not be in finance.Then consider the conduct of chief elections officer you may appoint Acting chief there are capable people at management level.Arrest any mec official in wrongdoing and rigging conduct.

3. Lawless nation will be lawful soon.Shame to selfish DPP.The goodness is that soon that party will be a pocket.UTM will replace it.In 2024 mark my words,DPP will be on a deathbed.

4. Mkunena kwa apm, the Mutharikas “amadya nsima not deya”!! So it is normal for a clever gentleman to remember “nsima” first osati za mahule,no! no! no! I hope anthu inu mwamvetsetsa!! Adaditu amadya nsima ndipo sangakhale ndi njalaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! dpp woyeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

5. 1. Its funny that the very parties who are praising Kachale as a competent HCJudge will only say the same when they win, if they loose, then he wiĺl be another incompetent practitioner.
   2. So opposition wants to dictate who to be on DPP bench? It should make sense that if Ansah’s commission was considered incompetent it was because of the opposition’s commissioners not those of the winning team. How could they just watch things happening and accept to sign for the winner when they claim it was not credible? On the other hand DPP commissioners ensured that the job is well done and their candidate wins. Who between the two is incompetent? Now its sensible that MCP has replace their incompetent representatives, but they cant force DPP to change their competent team. There is no law that opponents can dictate who to represent their rivals.

6. For a senior supreme court judge, judge Mwaungulu speaks too much and sometimes without clearly thinking through issues: not too long ago he told us it is MEC that has the authority to set the date for elections, contradicting what Justice Twea said in the Appeal judgment that it is Parliament that has the authority to set the date for the Presidential elections and not MEC which ‘does not even have the authority to set the date for a by-election’. He pre-judges issues far to often.

7. This is PROOF the President is incompetent and NO LONGER has GOOD IDEAS to Help the People of Malawi. Arrogant fool reappointing two Commissioners that were deemed incompetent by the Constituional Court, Supreme Court of Appeal and PAC. By appointing a former UDF Commissioner clearly indicates he has lost touch with Malawians. Is it true out of a country of 19 1/2 million people he could NOT have found 3 NEW Competent Commissioners is his World So Small.
   VOTE CHANGE when able to be part of the WINNING TEAM for all Malawians

   1. Umbuli ndi matenda . When changing the commission they don’t change everyone. You leave some to help orient the new ones.

      1. @Irresponsible Opposition ….No Law says you need to keep anyone past the 4 year appointment or reappoint a Commissioner. But can be fired at anytime for incompetence.
         All at the discretion of the President who has excessive powers.

   2. Achimwene Mathanga and Kunje are representing DPP/UDF alliance and if the parties have confidence in them there is nothing that can stop them from being re-elected. I have been saying these ppo are not ordinary ppo as you may think NO they are ppo who have worked in the country in various capacities so if in all those offices had worked professionally how could they fail to run the affairs of offices assigned to them? Shame on you! Leave them alone. After all they are competent enough bcoz if MPs and Councillors were duly elected by the same MEc and commissioners lero ndiye muziti ali incompetent just on presidential results, this is ridiculous?

      1. @Chataika You missed the point, if the President wished to move forward he would have chosen all NEW Commissioners.
         DPP Assembly submitted 3 names these two were not on the list.

8. The problem with Malawians is that we think it is MEC that puts a President in the office. We tend to forget that is is the voters. MEC just declares the voters wish. The past MEC did not do their maths rights in making this declaration, that is why we are back to square one. This one has the lessons before them. One thing I know as someone who has been involved in elections before. I know that it is impossible to avoid a repeat of the errors in an election. The elections system is never perfect, just like sports it takes a good sportsman to accept defeat unfortunately in politics this is not the case. The issue of Kunje and Mathanga being retained as Commissioners is nothing surprising. Their being found incompetent by the courts are matters non consequential in other ways matters which were not prayed for in the petitions by MCP and UTM. Once again it is not MEC but the voters who decides the next government lets get this in our heads and stop worrying about MEC. Tis Trivia we are dwell with too much a Malawi.

   1. Just from the beginning of your comment it shows that you are a die hard DPP supporter not a well patriotic Malawi.So you mean the courts are stupid than your DPP?By the way,why are you still maintaining the same MEC members that the courts found them incompentence?That shows you are not a law bide citizens and theses two knows the rigging scheme of the elections.Voters are the ones deciding but MEC playing a part of messing up our elections if you don’t know.Be objective when commenting you fool.

      1. Being a DPP Supporter is not a crime, my friend. Why you still have that one party mentality????
         Kachi MCP, MCP, MCP Eehh, zoti panopa we are in democracy simukuziwaso ayi.

9. BREACH OF TRUST!!!!!
   kodi mmene amati contract yao yatha anacita specify????? Linda ndi mathanga what are they doing again in this team?
   please clarify tilibe nthawi ife yaunyankhwnyankhwi okkkkkkyyyyy pitala!!! take this shit out. dont play some malawians fools.
   iddhiot

10. Some stupid Malawians will still be stupid even if a Govt comes in. Remember that it was the Catholics in their famous pastoral letter who asked Malawians to vote for a lamp. Today, what is the Catholic saying in their recent letter. Did anybody tell them in the face that we are still in the message that you that you had protected us from. So still being stupid as they were in 1992-93. And today look at how tribalism, regionalism, nepotism has grown. And it’s the effects of the LAMP!!. Mipingo osalowelera ndale. Mudzapusa. Wandale amayamika ziikakhala mbali yake. Shupiti!

11. I paid last respects for Kamuzu Banda and Bingu wa Muthalika but should APM and Bakili Muluzi die while I am still alive I will just take a sip of beer and say kafikeni anthu osokoneza democracy. The worst idiots ever seen in Malawi. These two guys must have been troubled even their mothers in the womb. They were whipped as very bad children.

12. Let’s leave this already slaughtered horse, we need to manipulate him on the polling day….. stubborn APM and we can’t wait till the day we hear he’s out of office, then we know Malawi is not saved but a better place to be for all

13. The best man for the chairperson job and God fearing too, let’s fight for the election date now, those few evil reincarnated commissioners don’t worry about them they shouldn’t waste our time. Let’s go to the polls already.

14. This is the right chairperson and fears God, as long as the head of MEC is right we expect everything to go smoothly let’s not worry about the commissioners much, let’s get the date of the elections set then we get going

15. DDP WOYEEEE

16. Just imagine if the MEC chair was a Tumbuka. How much insults could he have got becuase of his tribe?

17. Mathanga is good I remember her words when she came at Chulu, Matenje ward. She said ” no tipex, Tipex is evil, i warn you if you use but the flui the vote will mot be allowed. But Kunje is 2 much mwanod but she is nothing.
    Let’s hope these guys will deliver as Brown Chimphamba did.
    Nanga tizinenanso kuti palije mec apa? Achite kusankha amjomba nde tizinena kuti mec ilibwino kkkk

18. I liked the retention of Mathanga and Kunje. These two ladies are very courageous and faced criticism with courage. They stood their ground that they run a free and fair election with their only crime of not declaring either Chilima or Chakwera as winners. These people connived with the court to annul the elections because they feel if there is change of commissioners they can win. This time around, DPP/UDF are winning with 52%. While people are accusing DPP of critising the judges for not ruling in favour of MEC, I feels it’s unfair. These judges are also humans and they can make mistakes. Likewise the opposition have been criticising the commissioners because it their right to do so because they did not declare in their favour.

    1. So sorry for you

19. New mec commission most welcome!! Asafuna asiye!

20. Time for Justice Kachale’s spiritual life to be tested. Good luck though

    1. Jane Ansah is spiritual too, so they say. However, Chifundo Kachale is a no nonsense judge, can’t be easily manipulated unless one wants to do it at his own peril. He is my good chap, walked together in the same corridors some time back. Bravo Chifundo.

21. What kind of institution memory? These were part and parcel of tippexed results,in2019, do you want them to teach the new people how to rig an election?These commissioners were found that were incompetent. What if they are there tippex the election process again.If you are acadet just say that ,these people are not good they should just resign whether they are there for institution memory or not they have to go.People lost katundu chifukwa cha kusamva Kwa a MEC.We don’t want them period,the court gave 150 days to sought out themselves but Peter Munthalika was making some delay tactics.Wasting all the valuable time.

22. A Kachale tinakudziwani kalekale. Tapemphera nanu kukwera nanu mapiri kokapemphera. Mwatilalikira mokwana. Chonde musalore ndalama ikusokonezeni kusiya mulungu wanu ngati mayi busa wonyengayu Ansah. Tikukufunirani zabwino zonse

23. Ana pa sukulu sangaphunzisane okha okha amafuna m’phunzitsi nde alendo okha okha akayambira patino? Its not easy like eating nsima guys. Zimakomera otukwanafe cause sitikudziwa dongosolo la ntchito ija mmene imayendera. Or utakhala driver wantundu wanji koma ngati galimoto yomwe nzako amayendera nde nkuonongekera panjila. Iweyo nkumakutuma kuti pita ukatenge galimoto ija ubweretse. Umasowa poyambira koma zimakhala easy ukafunsa amene analipo panthawiyo

24. Jean mathanga and kunje retained because of thako account.Evil women

25. It’s embarrassing on how some people makes their ignorant comments on constitutional issues, this Namathanga & Kunje have been return based on institutional memory. You can’t ignore it, unless if you had some reservations on the remaining outgoing commissioners outside these two….just submit your inspired nominations from the previous gurus to replace this reappointed commissioners🤷

    1. Nde institutional memory akakhale Jean and Linda…..my foot!???!?!?!

       The 2 legit PhD holders (Kachale and Mukumbwa) hopefully shall save Malawi from rotten APM. Liwewe too is a nonsense woman and internationally exposed.

       Duwa is MANYAKA CADET

       1. Mukumbwa it’s honarary!

    2. Which section of the constitution talks about institutional memory? Do you even understand that term? Institutional memory is about proper documentation and not retaining incompetent embiciles in position of power. Mutharika watilemera heavy and we will vote him out of office. Ana ake onse komanso katundu wake yense ali ku America ndiye asamatinyasepo pa Malawi pano.

    3. Can’t get what your point is. Proofread your mumblings and get back to the board.

    4. The two so called ‘institutional memories’ will be consulting the old team they are familiar with. The new team members will face some resistance especially after observing Kunje’s attitude. I can forsee that flow of information will be jeopardized and trust is doubted. Team spirit will be forced and it won’t come natural because the retained had an agenda that they tried to pursue in the previous exercise. Judge Kachale must consult fellow lawyers consistently where he needs clarification and the rest must adhere. It will not be the usual MEC, this time the eyes of the citizens are wide open. Malawi has a mature democracy and it is inclusive of rural populations. God bless Malawi.

    5. Don’t think like a rat. They were declared incompetent. There is no reasonable ground to retain them

26. Munthalika samva Kodi ndi ukalamba, chiyani?We don’t want Namathanga and kunje.Kunje ngwamwano.We want new people please.Why keeping them Kut adzaberanso, they should resign now.Malawi has capable people to do the job.Those two commissioners should not continue working.Adzawona nyekhwe tsiku lina.

    1. Too much umbuli. There is nothing wrong the president has done. Read what the constitution says.

27. Chifundo Kachale is level headed, pays attention to detail, and most important of all he is dedicated to serving others. He serves on some boards where there is no real “benefit” – for instance a certain orphanage in a remote setting. He focuses on making a difference. Malawi could not have asked for a better MEC Chairperson.

    The retention of Mathanga and Kunje is worrisome; but they will be outnumbered by more professional fellow commissioners.

    The important thing for Dr Kachale and his team to remember is that elections are perhaps two thirds a legal exercise and one third a logistical exercise. The previous commission overlooked so many legal requirements that it just boggles the mind. This new MEC has to prepare detailed checklists for all stages of the election to ensure that no important sections of the PPEA, the Elections Commission Act, AND the Constitution are not missed. A team of lawyers will have to be involved in the preparation of these checklists…

    1. I am in agreement with this checklist approach. Back to the basics.

       A simple spreadsheet with all the facets of the applicable laws / regulations.

       Then going about ticking all the tasks completed in line with the applicable laws – you cannot miss anything.

       Simple but powerful.

       All the best Dr Kachale.

28. These are last kicks of a dying horse, APM knows that the opposition will not like it to have the same people who were declared incompetent to be nominated as commissioners again, this is another tactic to delay the elections if the opposition goes to court over this.

    My advice to the opposition is that let us get on with it no more court cases until when the election is over, in fact this can be another tool for the opposition to use to challenge the elections if they lose which I doubt they will. But avoid at all cost playing by the old senile mans playbook.

    Please, I repeat do not go to court to challenge the nomination of the Namathanga and company, if these two women have any morals left in them they will say no to these senseless nominations…..we will judge them by their response to this action by the deranged president……there is a time when personal egos should be put aside

    APM has clearly shown that he is a bad loser, he want to set the country on fire because of his personal egos….he will live to regret his mistakes for the rest of his life.

    1. Stop complaining our hands are irching we want to vote for APM to shame the devil(MCP)

29. Let the games begin

30. mathamga ndi kunje nthawi yao inatha.
    so kunje anli ataizodwa kale kuti sacoka.
    zatheka bwa???
    you mean kulibe anthu ena olo these 2 whores azimuiza jeni mwakupasi. acokeee onse

31. Lawyers get ready. We are back to court. The composition is not balanced. Why bring back rotten apples?

    1. My people are perishing for lack of knowledge. It is a constitutional requirement to retain some commissioners. Don’t comment in ignorance.

       1. Koma ndiwedi Finye and the ignorant one here. Read the act first before exposing ur ignorance here.

       2. @Bob Finye NO SUCH prevision to re-tain a Commissioner only the right of the President to reappoint – (Section 75 – paragraph 3 subparagraph a)
          In appropriate for the President to reappoint these 2 to another 4 year Term knowing how the Majority of Malawians felt about the last Commission and that both PAC and the Courts deemed to be incompetent. President did this out of spite not in the Best Interest of the Country.

       3. @Bob if its a constitutional requirement could you please quote which section of the Constitution to support your statement. Otherwise just dont comment and throw in legalese as if you know jurisprudence.

       4. Just like you have done, commenting in ignorance. Anthu oti they were declared incompetent by courts are not supposed to be near anything to do with elections. Idiot!

32. Idiot has seen the writing. But death is inevitable.

    1. He has his followers too.

33. Mutharika is bent on rigging the election again. Why bring back disgraced MEC officials? This president doesn’t respect the judiciary. Malawians will punish him through the ballot box

    1. Kod mukulubwaso bwanji……mmesa mmafuna ma Commissioner tiyeni nayo game…….

       1. A James Phiri mukuvina gule wa eni ake muthyoka naye mwendo. Go back home and see the conditions ur tribesmen are living and come back here and make ur comments head. We are dealing with a criminal enterprise by the name of DPP.

       2. Cadet

       3. Even if these incompetent commissioners are retained but this Mutharika is going

       4. Alomwe simuzalamulaso this country. paja mumakanika kumaliza two terms. Malawi mwamutenga ngati wanu nokha.

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