MEC publishes 3 names of presidential candidates in Malawi fresh vote: Chakwera, Mutharika and Kuwani
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has concluded verifying and validating names of the candidates to contest in the forthcoming fresh presidential election and it will be a race for three.
The fresh poll has been necessitated following the nullification of the May 21 2019 election by the Constitutional Court on February 3 2020 and upheld by the Supreme Court of Appeal on May 8 2020.
And in a notice dated May 13 2020, MEC says it has verified and accepted names of three candidates who will battle it out in the poll, which is expected to be highly competitive.
The three candidates are Dr Lazarus Chakwera who will be running on the ticket of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD)’s Peter Dominico Sinosi Driver Kuwani and Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika of the DPP-UDF Alliance.
“Take notice that the Electoral Commission, having received nomination of candidates for election to the office of President, hereby declare that the following [Dr Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Dominico Sinosi Driver Kuwani and Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika] have been validly nominated for election to the office of the President of the Republic of Malawi. The names of the candidates are in alphabetical order of the surnames,” reads a brief notice from MEC.
The candidates’ running mates have also been confirmed.
Chakwera’s running mate is Saulos Chilima , who is UTM Party president and the country’s estranged Vice-President.
Mutharika’s running mate is Atupele Austin Muluzi, president of United Democratic Front (UDF).
While Kuwani, who is not a strong competitior, will have Mc Lenard Archbbold Lakawang’omaas his running mate.
The fresh presidential election follows an initial order by a five-judge panel of the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court that on February 3 nullified the May 21 2019 presidential election over alleged irregularities, especially in the results management system. The court ordered a fresh election to be held within 150 days.
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal on May 8 upheld the Constitutional Court ruling, including faulting MEC’s competence in managing elections and the definition of “majority” to mean 50-percent-plus-one vote in the presidential election instead of the previous first-past-the-post.
The fresh vote is scheduled to take place on July 2 2020, barely a day to the expiry of the Constitutional Court order to have the vote within 150 days.
But MEC suggested the date could be moved to June 23 by parliament to comply with the law.
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Jane alsah must resign now…. Tonse alliance, Tonse Tivotele
Tonse alliance tinyamuleni
GAME ON!
Mongokumbutsana
Tippex 21 MAY 2019 RESULTS
1. APM 1,940,709votes
2. CHAKWERA 1,781,740
3. SKC 1,018,369
4. AAM 235,400
As we all know APM was declared winner of the nullified presidential election.
Now what has changed politically
Alliances have been formed.
.DPP/UDF and MCP/UTM
. APM wapakidwa matope kumaso with the Court battles
. APM wakhalira bibi by retaining Jane Ansah and other commissioners
. APM picks Atupele as running mate who failed to win as MP at his father’s village.
. APM fails to go to the north for 12 solid months the whole president cite security as president
. covid19 forces APM to be in isolation during initial 2wks of campaign
CHakwera picks SKC as running mate after party agrees to form an alliance with UTM
MIA commits to support CHakwera-chilima
The biggest beneficially will be the MCP/UTM alliance. Check out the Mega Rallies attendance if you want
But says who that those figures will stand like that? Don’t be fooled muzadwala nazo ndale izi lindani madzi apite
TONSE Alliance failed to fill Likuni Boys ground. Atupele had mega rally in Lilongwe. Many people support Jane Ansah because the courts have not annulled parliamentary and local poll results which also had tippex used. So, people know that the courts were bribed after all international observers (all of them) including local observers said presidential and the other polls were free and fair.
APM was thrown stones in Blantyre his home town kkkkkkkkk on the delivery of the nomination papers days , and his hiding of what he saw this is why he’s sending the young boy atupele
Mayooo. Dzina langa lasowa. Mayooo. Dzina langa kulibe🤒🤒
Zilibwino – kwambiri!!!!
Chilima deflated to small size. Usova
Small zero with VP benefits seems like your brain is like Chimelirenji! if biggy like MIA or People in dpp fight for running mate you call VP small!! Ask yourself what job you have probably thus the small size mr nobody but hater!!
He is a better man
It is small for an over-pompous man who told us his destiny was to be president.
I have Panadol if you need some. It seems you are in great pain.
Chilima kugwa nayo basi. His big mouth has been proven wrong…..
Has Callista been told that Chilima is not on the ballot?
Typical attitude of thieves and selfish individuals akuona ngati Chilima not being on the ballot he has lost. No wonder the lhomelisation program is a signature hallmark of DPP
Still MEC/DPP/UDF alliance looks ready to rig once more. Once more the ref may impose DPP on Malawians she is in love with APM.
An impossibility – mark my words and they are correct!!!!
Tivote basi tithane nazo,paja no tippex,no fake tally sheets and no dublicates tally sheets only original things,wina alira ndithu.kumavala mask mumisonkhano please.
Bring it on! High 5 on the move to serve Malawians and make it a home for all.
Chilima and Mia our midfielders, mukutivetsa kukoma amuna inu! This is the Team ever never thought before! Moto kuti buuuuuu! Bingu Stadium get prepared! Azimai soketsani zilundu zanu. This time is Red Red Red! Malawi taking back what it lost for 27 years!!!!! Chakwera yemweyo kuti Wawa!!!
Can you see proof of favouritism? All the Commissioners are applauding Mutharika when he was presenting his nomination papers, but never did the same with the other two candidates. Now can you say these guys are true and fair referees?
Don’t mind them, they are DPP in MEC dresses. This is the Destiny we want, they wouldn’t do that mistake of applaud Chakwera since he blasted them on their faces kikkkkkk! He told them they tried their best to change and or take away the will of Malawians. So keep calm.
Saulosi made the worst political blunder joining these guys. now he has no party
But he has joined a sustainable political party with over 50years of existence in the country.
SKC has nothing to lose by joining MCP. Who knows at 48 he could be voted to lead the oldest party on the land in future.
Imagine the other running mate for the portrait president failing to win a parliamentary seat at his home kwa mkwepele ukooo kkkkk
If majority in our context means 50%+1, do we have a provision for a run off in our electoral laws or constitution.
If yes fine! If not ma judge mwatidyetsa galu!
Zikuoneka choncho ndithu. The constitution was not changed because the opposition did not get two-thirds majority. They still don’t have two-thirds majority. Judges do not make laws. Parliament does.
The MCP/UTM will get around 60% of the voters outright.. mark this space!
Lilongwe alone will give Chakwera-Chilima about 800000votes this time around and that’s more than Thyolo, Mulanje and Phalombe combined. The maximum DPP/UDF can get is around 2.2 votes at most.
The majority will vote for TAMBALA wakuda wina afune asafune that is the reality on the ground. Wherever APM is please tell him he is losing votes each passing day. Malawians are saying we cannot vote for a PORTRAIT!
GAME on….🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There was no need to change the constitution. The constitution already has the 50%+1 provision in section 80(2). The section was misinterpreted in 1999 and we never followed it that way. It’s true interpretation has been put in place. The enabling laws in the PPEA are the ones that need to be put in place. They do not need a 2/3 majority. They are the ones Peter refused to sign. He has no choice this time around.
That’s not the duty of judges to put a rerun clause in their judgement. That is what parliament will do and that’s more the reason we have parliament – to legislate.
Arithemetically there will be no need for a rerun in this one. This is allready a run off because there are effectively only 2 contestants. In 2019 Kuwani got 0.1% and I dont see that figure changing much. What that means is that the winner between LMC and APM will have to have 50% plus votes.