MEC exposes tippexed poll results in MCP won areas including Chakwera constituency
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is exposing tippexed parliamentary results in areas won by the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) including the constituency which party president Lazarus Chakwera won.

The MCP has been vocal against what they call tippexed results, poll results sheets which were deleted by the correctional fluid, tippex.
The party has since asked the Constitutional Court to order for presidential poll rerun, saying the tippexed results were suspicious.
But the MEC results from the constituencies of Chakwera, secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka, director of youth Richard Chimwendo Banda and party official Sam Kawale, among others, show that tippex was used frequently in the parliamentary poll results sheets.
MCP is not demanding a rerun of the parliamentary poll.
Meanwhile, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) operatives have described as hypocrisy, that the MCP was demanding for a rerun of the presidential poll because of tippex leaving out the parliamentary poll.
There was no immediate comment from the MCP.
In the case heard by the five-judge Constitutional Court panel in Lilongwe, UTM Party president Saulos Chilima (first petitioner) and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera (second petitioner) are seeking nullification of the presidential results in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. President Peter Mutharika, by virtue of being the declared winner, is the first respondent while MEC is the second respondent.
Mutharika has since filed his response and sworn statements in opposition to Chilima and Chakwera who cite irregularities, especially in the results management process, as some of the factors justifying nullification of the presidential election.
Through private practice lawyers led by Frank Farouk Mbeta, President Mutharika, a professor at law, is asking the court to dismiss the petitioners’ case.
Mutharika has filed sworn statements in support of his case through the worn statements of Dr. Ben Malunga Phiri (Minister of Local Government), Bob Chimkango a private practice lawyer and more than 50 monitors who witnessed the whole process from voting to counting of the votes in the areas alleged by Chilima and Chakwera to have irregularities.
According to court documents seen by Nyasa Times, President Mutharika discredited the evidence of the petitioners as “lacking and wanting in all material respects.”
According to Mutharika’s response, Chilima and Chakwera have failed in their evidence (sworn statements) to prove the alleged irregularities.
Furthermore, Chilima and Chakwera have failed to show how the alleged irregularities if at all they existed, affected the outcome of the results.
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Rotten election. This election should just be declared null and void if this is really coming from MEC.
The results posted here do not look original the handwriting seem like it is done by one person. Kaya
This article lack substance and cohesion, who is writing this should be from DPP camp. DPP & MEC why panic the matter will thoroughly be heard by court whatever evidence you should have submitted by now.
This other time I was asked to invigilate an MSCE exam. As per requirement, at the end of the exam, all invigilators were required to fill claim forms to receive payment for the job. Some of us made mistakes while filling them & used tippex to make corrections. Upon presenting them, MANEB, as per rule, refused to make payment using the tippexed forms. Intead, they paid out a minimum amount. If MANEB did this, what more with tippexed national poll results? If MEC claims to have not provided tippex, why in God’s name did they accept them? On MEC exposing tippexed results in President Chakwera’s constituency, where have they taken them since they claimed to have done their job well? Why now? I suspect MEC has just applied the tippex to derail justice. Where have they been for so long? Why is it that Mutharika is always demanding the dismissal of the case instead of letting facts lock horns in court? Mutharika knows where he stands, but he is just too scared to let it out. Only God is in control as a Just Judge!
But who tippexed the results. I thought they are MEC staff who worked on these forms. So how is MCP involved or how can MCP be affected. MEC is just making themselves exposed to further weaknesses in electoral management process.It does not matter where tippex was used. The bottom line, it was not permitted to use tippex, hence, use of the same by MEC who were employed to handle these forms shows flaws in electoral management process by the organization, MEC. This strengthens the case for those calling for nullification of the results.
how is mec exposing the lie. wait until the court delivers judgment. Loud mouths are just loose. MEC never supplied tippex, then tell us WHO DID?
It is DPP which supplied the tippex during elections
Evidence is all here ! what else do we need ? The President, Chakwera,Chilima all confessed that they were rigging. Then why waisting time here ? Its absolute that the whole election was not free and fair, hence a RE – RUN is eminent !
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MEC exposing rigging????? Really who is exposing who here??? It means MEC is exposing itself as the handlers & managers of the elections. It’s like the Referee accusing the player scoring an off side goal. It’s the duty of the Ref to see that such things dont happen in the first place. So this means that the elections were run by the parties not MEC as per their mandate? If MEC wanted to expose anything is it’s own incompetence that’s why Malawians are saying that MEC Commissioners must resign.
All along, I have been respecting MEC officials as genius enough that everytime there is electeral issue they can tread carefully to protect neutrality of the body, but to my surprise MECs conduct on displaying more faults of themselves from Chakwera constituency leaves questions about their neutrality and indeed thinking capacity.
To me,for a party to demand a rerun of parliamentary contest is almost realistic but individual candidates are more responsible to demand a rerun as it happening in certain constituencies. To me,those documents with tippex presented above are freshly prepared to be used as a propaganda tool.They have nothing to do with court case because they are not concerning presidential results.Those documents, if they are true, are totally irrelevant to the presidential disputes in court.Please,Nyasatimes give us real issue for consumption.
zitsiru za MEC kuvula pagulu exposing their nakedness!!
FRANKLY SPEAKING, IF TIPPEX WAS REALLY USED IN BOTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT,PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, AND PEOPLE OF MALAWI WANTS AN ELECTION FREE OF CORRECTIONAL FLUID, THE JUST THING TO DO IS TO SEEK FOR NULLIFICATION OF THE WHOLE ELECTION, SI ZA DYERAZO AYI, SEEK FOR NULLFICATION OF BOTH NOT SELECTIVE, BWANA CHILIMA AND YOU FAKE PASTOR GET THIS. I HAVE PUT IT IN BLOCK LETTERS SO THAT CHAKWERA SHOULD READ WITH HIS VISUAL DEFECT.
Satan’s iwe. Mutu wako sugwira ntchito bwinobwino
TO EXPOSE TIPPEX IN AREAS WON BY OPPOSITION LEADERS DOESN’T LEGALIZE ITS USE. THE USE OF TIPPEX IS PROHIBITED IN FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS INCLUDING ELECTION TRANSACTIONS. TIPPEX HAS BEEN IN STORES FOR SALE EVEN BEFORE DEMOCRACY BUT FOR THE SAME REASON, IT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO BE USED IN OTHER ELECTIONS IN THE PAST, SO WHY ONLY 2019 ELECTIONS? THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS SOMETHING FISHY MEC IS PLAYING AROUND, A THING WHICH MUST BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY BEFORE THE USE OF PAINT IN 2024.
ngati MEC yaterodi yachita bwino kuvomereza zomwe zipani za DPP,MCP ndi UTM zinanena kuti zisankho sizinayendedi bwino(mu chingerezi “results are not CREDIBLE”).A court mufuniranji umboni wina.solution yikuwonekeratu re-run basi.ife anthu tikavoteso.
Bravo MEC , this really shows that the elections were not free and fair. Now all sides are agrreing that the results of the elections were altered by tippex, therefore a rerun is the only option.
Why are you accusing Jane Ansa for your own mess, you have destroyed infrastructure you have attacked MEC staff, you have mis informed Malawians about Tippex, yet you are the one who used and benefited from it and its my belief that the Court will look into this carefully without being threatened and come up with a fair judgement to shame those who depend on social media for evidence
Nkhani ndi yoti MEC sinayendetse bwino chisankho. zaonekeratu kuti akuvomereza
kuti anlephera kugwira ntchito povomereza zinthu za Tippex zomwe zinali zolakwika.
Quite true friend. Let Chakwera dispute this including his outspoken Elsweik Mkaka know that yoliritsa sichedwa kusweka will see whats next!
Fools blame anything they see, using tipex does not mean rigging, no re-run your just wasting MCP money simunati munyela matumbo agalu inu
Small brains are usually found in big heads.
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Tchaya tchaya tchaya tchaya…………..kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk Agenda Setting Theory ameneyu nde ngati sanakumve sadzamvanso!
sopano amanyela kuti, kukamwa? be civilised.
For sure, MEC would rather present those papers as evidence to the Constitutional Court so that the case is concluded in the given timeframe.
ITS GOOD THAT MEC IS EXPOSING THE LIE AND DECEIT BEING ADVANCED BY MCP AND UTM. MEC NEVER SUPPLIED TIPPEX IN POLLING STATIONS SO IT CAN NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR A THING THAT DID NOT ORIGINATE FROM THEIR STORES.
It’s exposing MECs stupidity by accepting these tippexed results
MEC never supplied Tippex, stationery issued to polling stations were properly acknowledged less Tippex, this Tippex originated from Chitipa and Lilongwe and it was rarely used in the South. Now MEC can not be held liable for a thing that they never supplied, and why did the representatives of MCP, UTM acknowledge and sign for the Tippexed sheets? What is the use of Tippex in offices?. If you are advancing Tippex as evidence in Court then you have missed it, because Tippex originated from your areas and it was used on your sheets.
AND THE BALLOT PAPERS?
CASE EXAMPLE: MANEB AND OTHER CREDIBLE EXAMNIATION BODIES SUPPLIY ANSWER SHEETS ON TOP OF QUESTION PAPERS TO CANDIDATES, DO CANDICATES PLUCK PAGES FROM THEIR EXERCISE BOOKS (KUTHOTHOLA) OR THEY USE THE SAME ANSWER SHEETS PROVIDED FOR BY THE EXAMINER? WHY DID YOUR MEC USE FATTAN BALLOTS AND NOT THE APPROVED BALLOTS?? THIS BALLOT ISSUE AND THIS STORY’S SUBJECT MATTER PLUS WHAT WAS EXAMINED/ INSPECTED AT YOPUR MEC WHSE WILL DETERMINE THE OUTCOME OF THE CASE – PANSI PA MTIMA MUKUZIWANSO NOKHA!!!
If the Tippex was not supplied by MEC, why did the same MEC accept result sheets that had tippex on them? Its just logical….
IF MEC IS EXPOSING THESE RESULTS SHEET TO COURTS IT ONLY TELLS THAT ELECTIONS WERE A SHAM
WHO SUPPLIED TIPPEX AND FOR REASONS
So MEC is agreeing that zitsankho zizinayenda bwino. But you-MEC and govt. were on same side saying zidayenda bwino. can you reconcile the two statements. Therefore MEC and Govt know something on this tippex.
sukudziwa zimene walemba apa, ukadangokhala phee
Which polling stations in Lilongwe were these tally sheets erased with tippex? And they are not signed for. Is it not possible to alter figures now with a view to discredit those who won the seats without stealing votes of others and also present them specifically for the court petition issue?
Dausi is an old dangerous snake. DPP is travelling on a very neferious path
Mr. Author, so you are unashamed to call this an exposure as if the commission is the one that brought this tipex issue to our attention. Why not just report that MEC accepts that it’s staff used Tipex in the May 21, 2019 election??
A Malawi anzanga nkhani iyi ikuwonesa ubulutu wathu pochita zinthu. Kodi ku Malawi kuno kugwilisa ntchito Tippex ndikolesedwa pofuna kukonza zomwe walemba? Tippex alipo mu ma store athu, mu ma offesi ndipo chifukwa china chimene chisankho chimachitikila mu ma school ndi mu ma office ndi chokuti malo alipo, zida zina monga ma desk, zolembela kuphatikizapo macalculator ndi Tippex amakhalapol pa malopo osayiwalanso anthu oziwa kuphatikizila masamu. koma ngati anthuwa alakwisa kuwelengera kodi sangathe kugwilisa ntchito Tippex kapen rubber kukonzanso? palibe chifukwa cholesa kugwilisa ntchito Tippex kapen rubber ngati cholinga ndi kupanga correction ma figure omwe anaokhezeledwa molakwika. Koma ngati Tippex agwilisidwa ntchito kufuna kuonjezela kapena kuchosela mavoti amunthu wina apa ndi pamene pali nkhani. Tulusani umboni woti Tippex anaonjezela kapena kuchosa mavoti amunthu wina tiwone.
Wayitha bro
You may not understand the whole scenario. This excercise was for no tipex. That’s why tipped was not provided. MEC had money to buy/pay for so many expressive things but did not buy tippex cause they new tippex would compromise the results. You may not know whether the tippex would be used in good faith or not. We may not know whether this tippex exposed here has just been used or used before signature. You are just too lame to have the evidences of the time tippex was used. If you followed the announcement of results by media at different centers and districts and by MEC you would have even noticed the snnnomaly. Original signed by Official at the center are not the ones displayed. That’s where tippex is coming in. In the other way the truth is behind the tippex.
So, MEC lawyers are also unknowingly or knowingly helping to expose the underhand dealings of MEC? Dzanja likalemba umboni wa uchimo umabweretsa wekha ndithu.
Not acknowledging but exposing the Lie being advanced in Court
Exposing the stupidity of MEC for using tippexed ballots
UNDERHAND DEALINGS OF MCP BEING EXPOSED, MEC NEVER SUPPLIED TIPPEX FLUID…..BUT MCP BENEFITED FROM TIPPEX USED IN THEIR STRONGHOLDS AND THEIR REPRESNTATIVES ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, DONT POSE AS IF YOU KNOW LEGAL ISSUES OR LAW. IF YOU ARE A LAWYER I BEG YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL
I agree with you, there were tippex in the constituencies of these opposing figures. Therefore, the courts should nullify these elections and order a re run for both Presidential/par.
Apa ndiye MEC yapala just shows kuti zisankhozi sizingayende bwino.A court this is evidence enough for the elections to be declared null and void
Mbuli za chuluka pa ma comments. Akuba ndi a MCP Evidence yawatsalira ndiye mukachite blame MEC Inu mutapeleka ma tippex kuti mu wine
You should be a “CHINA” lawyer. Mediocre arguments. Ngati zenizeni. Too hell with your tippexed reasoning
Ills of neglecting Merit for equal share, ills of advancing Nepotism for qualifications.. now look how stupid we have become as a nation. This exposure means there was indeed Maladministration of the elections and that is what the opposition parties have been asking the Courts to work on. I remember during my sunday school days God would make Pharaoh stubborn but eventually you know what happened.
The sham that is MEC. Busy bringing evidence against itself. Don’t you think this strengthens MCP claim of irregularities during the past elections and therefore the need for a rerun? I am not surprised, the other day the president of the Tippex Republic was claiming Chakwera stole some votes from him in the Central Region. Now it is MEC itself. That’s the problem when you have dunderheads as your lawyers. They cannot advise their clients properly. All they are after is the huge fees they will get in the end.
That Tippex was used countrywide, we already know. Constituencies where MCP won are not an exception. We know it is DPP in collaboration with MEC that facilitated a coordinated distribution of Tippex countrywide. Don’t you think it would have raised eyebrows if MCP lost in the mentioned constituencies? The way to go was to let MCP win in these areas but take away some votes from Chakwera and Chilima and give them to Muthalika so that cumulatively he amasses more votes. MEC thinks it is dealing with kindergarten kids.
Thanks a Mec potionetsa tippex wa madera a MCP hope mwavomereza kuti zisankhodi simunazinayende bwino(tippex all over the country) thats why tikuti RE-RUN.vuto lanu ndi chani?ndalama zopangila chisankhotu paja ndi misonkho yathu….plz
so the tippex changed the results?
Go ask your mother that question!
…and thats why you are in court MEC get it. MPs who challenged the polls are in court and some are winning the cases. So what are you saying MEC?
That is the reason enough kuti zinalakwika ka……………
It seems all MEC officials are not well matured because all parties are complaining about the same issues of Tippex and that is why want us to go and vote again.
We pray that the court nullify all votes except for local government elections. Presidential and parliamentary votes must be declared null and void and a re-run be ordered forth with. Simple. We are saying poll results were poorly managed by the pollster.
Hahahahahaaaaa! Kumangolongolola za ziiiiiiiiii! Inunso tambala mutamupaka tippex, mukhaula muona! Kulibe rerun kuno! 2024 basi!
the issue in court is against MEC boss, use your brain
Actually this gives more Evidence for a Rerun… There were more contestants not two. its either obeledwa anali ATupele or SKC… There are two petitioners in this Case.
APM being a Proffessor of LAw should have told them better,
actually when you look at this from another angle you will see that this is a campaign move. Trying to make MCP look as bad as DPP.
Iyi olo mutalembanso siiphula kanthu
Don’t show us these nonsense, we just want Elections re_run that’s all.For what reason are you showing us these rubbish, do you think we are stupid?.Mutharika seems to persist that he won elections but why has he bribbed Judiciary Junior Workers to go on strike aimed at demanding better work conditions and seek resignation of Chief Justice Nyirenda as a way of disturbing Court from doing it’s job.Mutharika himself told people that polls were rigged and this is still not enough??.
It is appointed to run general elections once in five years! What the court will do is to verify the available results, tippex or no tippex! Wait for 2024 to try again. Please next time choose leaders who will be electable! Don’t hide behind tippex to wish for a rerun.
The place for a woman is in the kitchen. I still remember.
With all fairness, can we put the issue of parliamentary election aside and deal with the presidential election. By the way, did MEC provide the requested original documents to MCP as ordered by the court? Let us learn to deal with one issue at a time.
Kodi
Where is the money to finance rerun
Nothing will change
Even if there is a recount
Don’t listen to rumours
Like opopa magazi saga
DONORS OFFERED TO FUND THE SHAM ELECTIONS, WE CLAIMED TO HAVE FINANCED IT OURSELVES.
THEY’RE MANY SPONSORS WAITING IN THE WINGS TO FINANCE A RE-NUN.
F.Y.I. IT GIVES CREDIBILITY TO THOSE THAT FUND BIG PROJECTS LIKE ELECTIONS AND INFACT THEIR BUDGETS FOR AFRICA INCLUDES ‘RE-RUNS’ IN CASE THE 50+1 HAS NOT BEEN ACHIEVED (FOR SUCH COUNTRIES THAT EMBRACED THIS CONCEPT)
ZANGOKUTHINANI!!
That’s why we need a rerun
EXACTLY- SIMPLY JUSTIFIES JANE ANSAH’S FAILURE, THS WHOLE ELECTION WAS A SHAM!!
You MEC people, u are behaving like mad people how can an opposition person control MEC system? Why exposing ur stupidity, mapazi anu this will not help you the elections were being controlled by u mec and DPP. Stop that u are all criminals nkhanga zaona
MEC n fact vindicates already known claims that is “the May 2019 Election was bogus” just nullfy it” It doesn’t matter who the complainant is. In fact Muntharika in his own words said that on the podium. This makes the job of the ConCourt simple. Nullify the Bogus election, Ansah out, let’s have a credible person e.g (Justice Msosa SC) run a credible election not a bogus and illegitimate one.
So why is jezebel ansah madando pitala 147 refusing to resign ?
I cant see tippex on those sheets.
How can you, when you are wearing blue eye glasses?
MEC you are now in even more deep shit. Who are the lawyers for MEC???? Can you please advise MEC to behave like adults!!!!
The more MEC tries to clean up the more they mess up, the more they incriminate themselves Shut up and let judiciary system do its job.
What we want is re-run bcoz tippex was used to rig election , no need to expose who or who.
Wether it was used in MCP, UTM or DPP fold is unacceptable and that renders nullification of the results.
Next election recruit ACCOUNTANTS with DIPLOMAS and DEGREES to be presiding officers and party Monitors , not these mere primary school teachers who seems to lack credibility.
Accountants if involved in malpractice they risk of being withdrawn of their certificate hence can’t compromised on their profession just bcoz of greedy politicians. They will always adhere to their code of ethics and be transparent in their dealings and accountable to their stakeholders .
That’s why there should be a nullification of the results cos the fact that Tippex was used is what the people are talking about. Chakwera does not manage elections, it was MEC so try to divert the attention of the people on this issue. If the elections were credible why MEC is discovering this now & discovering from whom cos it was their elections.
The problem is not Chakwera, the problem is that MEC used these tippexed results to announce the winner.
Oops! Is MEC not shooting itself in the foot by ‘EXPOSING’ acceptance of tippexed results?
MEC SINAKANE KUTITIPPEX ANAGWILITSIDWA NTCHITO NANU INU
The answer is simple: if tippex was used everywhere including MCP areas, then the election should be null and void, and a new clean election must be organized.
What sort of a stupid argument is this: that because MCP areas also has tippex then we should just forget about it. We, the people, vote because we are the ones who choose government. If tippex was used, then a high crime against as was committed. The election was a sham and must be annulled. Simple.
I think MEC and DPP have run out of ideas. What does this prove according to them? hmmmm so because Tippex was allegedly used for MCP MPs results sheet then MCP authorized that? I would have expected them to recommend also examination of MP results if they have concerns about those results too. Use of Tippex on all tally sheets should not be allowed and it was their job to ensure that altered tally sheets are rejected as invalid. In any case they also know that the irregularities that exist are more than use of Tippex – I rest my case
Exactly.
The way a tampered with ballot paper is nullified.
Why do we have null and void ballot papers?
MEC is proving to us that it is so dull and incompetent and these sheets in the story is evidence. MEC just failed to give the court evidence and they are foolishly releasing those sheets. These acts justify the demonstrations since MEC is not responsible. MEC is so dull to release these sheets but cannot give the courts the information it requested them to give. Not fit to facilitate the elections.
People you sapriz me like seriously. Do you understand this whole process or you just there yapin? Why is tipex there inthe first place? Stop cheating yourselves nothing will come out of opposition favor. Don’t think these guys are just sitted and listen to your slow thinking. you are now changing language just how thought you said elections we’re rigged?
Stupid muppets using your own results tippexed sheets to implicate MCP hence you had the audacity to announce doctored results in the light of irregularities. You’re so clueless with myopic mindset & this time you’re caught in the act of thuggery. Jane anshah must fall together with corrupt cronies!
No need for re-run if Tippex was used to correct errors. But if it was used to manipulate results, then there is a case.
So does it mean that in those areas where MCP won the elections were conducted by MCP? Did MCP get 100% votes? OWEN KHAMULA, please think like you have MSCE for God sake. Shaking my head,,,,If anythng this is a clear sign that the elections were mismmanaged by MEC at all levels,,,
The issue is that Tippex was used therefore results can’t be credible it does not matter in whose constituency. In fact, MEC agreed that it was used from Nsanje to Chitipa. So what is the point for MEC to expose tippexed poll results as you put it. Tippexed results are not acceptable. What we know is that the parties or individuals mentioned did not provide tippex
Probably a more fitting title for the article should read like:- MEC EXPOSES MEC’s INCOMPETENCE–the majority of Malawians going to the streets are seeking to know the truth. Has Jane Ansa ever cashed a ‘tippexed’ cheque at any of the banks? Her law exams that she passed, did the University accept use of tippex correction fluid on her exam answer sheets? If all these important institutions reject or prohibit use of tippex when doing business with them, then how does Justice Jane Ansa justify an institution as important as MEC accepting use of tippex and pre-marked voter’s material? The majority of Malawians are seeking convincing answers to all these questions. Let Mai Justice please use her high legal I.Q. to provide answers to all these genuine concerns. Had she satisfactorily resolved all the 147 Madando, Malawi would probably have been spared all this aftermath turmoil.
That fact that MEC agreed, all parties were affected by irregularities, proves the fact that elections were not credible.
Since tippex was also used to correct/alter parliamentary poll results even in Hon.Chakwera’s constituency let us also move the Con.court to declare parliamentary polls null and void.
The more reason women (yes, women) cannot manage elections. Maybe in the year 3000 a.d. That year robots will be handling all men’s work and everyone will have enough legs.
Fuck you with your bone-headed views. Piece of garbage limp dick!
Amai ku khitchini, abambo ku office. Get that chumba!
This has nothing to do with genda look at the state of the country, should we say men cant be good leaders!