MEC set 3pm Sunday to announce winner in Malawi presidential election
The country’s electoral body, Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) is expected to announce winner of the May 21 Presidential poll this Sunday May 26 in Blantyre if the courts will accept applicate]ion by MEC to vacate an injunction obtained by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) restraining the electoral body for declaring the winner.
MCP wants the result announcement stayed until a recount — in the presence of representatives of political parties that contested the elections — of votes from 10 of the country’s 28 districts.
MEC spokesman Sangwani Mwafulirwa said they commission led by its chairperson Jane Ansah, a judge the Supreme Court of Malawi, will hold a press briefing at 3pm.
“This is to inform you that the next elections briefing update will be on Sunday, 26 May, 2019 at 3PM,” said Mwafulirwa.
It is expected that when MEC successful lift the injunction, the results will be announced and winner of the presidential race be declared dully elected.
Earlier results of Tuesday’s election showed Chakwera trailing President Peter Mutharika, who seeks a second five-year term.Vice President Saulos Chilima was trailing and he told reporters in the capital, Lilongwe Saturday that the Malawi Electoral Commission should nullify the elections because vote counting had been fraudulent all across the country.
The commission did release final results from parliamentary elections on Saturday. Mutharika’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) secured 62 of the 193 National Assembly seats, while the MCP won 55 and Chilima’s UTM four. Independent legislators won 55 seats, United Democratic Front (UDF) whose President Atupele Muluzi lost a parliamentary seat has win 10 seats. Former president Joyce Banda’s People’s Party has five seats and Aford one seat.
Preparations for the swearing in ceremony are underway at Blantyre Civic Centre offices being led by Blantyre City Council Chief Executive Officer Alfred Chanza.
Voters cast ballots for a president, parliament and ward councillors on May 21.
Its very strange I was hoping that MEC will not contest but support recount so that Malawians should clear the doubt. What are the hidding? Why they afraid? I was thinking that they will get to bottom of the tipex, inflation of numbers. I hope court give real hope to the voters and see how their vote ended
DPP has won the most parliamentary seats and it deserves to win the presidency. MCP should accept it goofed again.
tangoyerekezani muwone kumulumbiritsa munhtu wanuyo ndipomwe muziwire kuti kodi a malawi timakwiya eti. ifetu chomwe tikufuna ndichoti ma votes awerengedwenso basi apo biii ndiye tithana
nanu mmodzi mozdi mopandanso chisoni ndipo mukalumbiritsana muzibitsala kumphanga musaonekenso coz takhonzeka kuthana nanu magazi ayenda basiiiii mopandanso chisoni.
So why is MEC rushing to vacate the injunction and not do the recount, I thought that is what they are there for? Can they give us any reason for their stance!
Jane Ansah, if this is how you are betraying us, you are cursed. You being a woman I thought the cries we have had as a nation in the recent few years would have made a considerable amount of sense in your ears and you could not repeat this graveous mistake that was committed some five years ago. You are cursed, even the soil your remains will be laid shall be cursed.
What you should know is Malawi belongs to all of us. You want to continue keeping us as if we are in captivity, you want to continue killing us! Will never forget you get people mwandiphera mbale wanga! JEHOVAH SEES, JEHOVAH KNOWS!
What about if chakwera is winning what will be way forward.
Mark my word. Jane ansah will die like mbendera. Whats the rush and why is mec deffending flaudulant elections?
All that we need as a nation is a leader who has been appropriately voted into power by the people. A fraudulently elected leader will not enjoy his job. The mountain of guilt and distruct will weigh him down.
tiyeni nazoni muwona polekera ndi maliseche wanuyo
Drr Jane mmesa munkatti ndi abusa inu?
I have had this question throughout the voting period including during the press conferences MEC has been convening. I have seen her putting on the pastor’s attire before and I am really surprised with her conduct during this election. Is she really a pastor? Maybe it is true kuti ………. Shame on her.
Greed is killing this country. I don’t understand why we should rush to declare the winner. If you think you are winning on merit, why refusing a recount?
What a shame! 4 million voters said no to DPP and only 1.9 million said yes and he will b sworn in.i hope the 50+1 will b sorted for good.okondwa very few olira in majority God has his way.mai ansah tears and prayers of many will will bring destruction to u and your descendants till the third generation.enjoy the corruption money but may God judge u and give u what u deserve.
ma hardware shop atsitse mitengo ya makasu, nkhwangwa, zikwakwa, mipini, mipeni ndi zikwanje amalawi agwiritse nchito ku minda
Firstly, let us have accurate,credible and reliable presidential results, as a country, we need a president that can be trusted by majority of Malawians .Secondly, let me urge Nyasatimes reporters, to make a deliberate attemp to do some simple analysis of the independent MPs into genuine independents and party independents so that Malawians should still know which party has most votes.For instance, Nancy Tembo who defeated Rino Chiphiko is obviously MCP MP just like Nomale who defeated a certain Mtengo Wa Minga is DPP MP.People should not be deceived that DPP presidential candidate is automatically expected to lead becoz DPP is leading in MPs considering the fact that MCP has won all the LL city MPs which are the biggest in terms of number of voters,Lilongwe City Centre is almost three or four in one constituency, similarly are the other two constuencies where Nancy Tembo and George Zulu won.
I know you will not publish my comment but to say the truth Nyasatimes has been so biased towards DPP in these elections. You really don’t appreciate what a majority of Malawians are facing in their everyday lives.
It is very true that Nyasatimes has been so biased towards DPP during the elections. I have completely lost trust in you Nyasatimes. Even if you choose not to publish my comment I wouldn’t mind but the beauty is that I told you the truth. You have been reduced to a useless team – not objective at all.
Nyasa Times is also comprised in this election. Read their articles carefully and you will see that they are pro DPP. They cannot carry out an objective analysis.
Zoona ndithu. Even in Lilongwe City North, Kachikungu is also MCP though seen as an Independent MP. There are many who have come in like Independent MPs, one other example are those in Dowa, Mchinji and Kasungu. In addition remember that MCP was also in coalition with PP and the five from PP will be with MCP.
DPP’s desperation to swear-in a President that clearly does not reflect the will of the people is sickening.
What are these fucking preparations at Balantyre Civic offices for? Isn’t it obvious that By publishing this article , you are trying to rule out the possibility of Lazarus Chakwera becoming president , coz by virtue of not being the incumbent, he cannot arrange or anticipate any swearing-in before MEC announce official results and declare winner.
Why would MEC schedule a meeting at 3pm when they have no clue about the outcome of the court? Are you also claiming that you fucking gangsters are also in control of the courts? Are you suggesting that DPP, who have pre-arranged the swearing-in at Civic offices also colluded with MEC?
Who is this gangster that is preparing for a swearing-in and how did they know that the incoming President would love to be sworn-in at the civic offices?
You DPP thugs be warned that Malawi is a different country and you can not take us for fools and steal our vote any more. Machende Anu, apumbwa inu
Umva kuwawa
Zitukwanani choncho. Ndimomwenso mumatukwanira nthawi ya campagn. DPP has nothing to do with that. As long as the elections are over, and result announcement has already started, there is nothing wrong to start preparations for the swearing in of the president. Inu nanu zikonzekeraninso zokakhala biggest opposition party in parliament.
This clearly shows that you are not a good citizen . By using foul language you have potrayed your colours and that you belong to nyau party.
A analyst mpaka kutukwana?
But let me school you on a couple of things:
1. The combined number of original central and northern people are less than the those people who regard themselves as southerners including those in Ntcheu. Try to source the first national census done by the colonialist and project it with the national growth the figure will go into millions. So with the regionalist pattern of voting I wonder how can MCP win.
2. You wonder how DPP knows it has won? Well the results are here on earth and not in heaven. In fact MCP just want chao because they have their commissioners in MEC. If the rigging has been done why are their commissioners ready to sign for the results. Justice Ansah is just the chair the decisions at Mec are done by commissioners who include those nominated by MCP.
3. Let me advise all MCP people to change the name of their party. Your fellow Southerners have moved from MCP to UDF and now are in DPP while you remain stuck in perceived Chewa-led party. Apart from various atrocities MCP carried out on southern region people the main reason they live to hate MCP is that an MCP leader moved the capital to Chewa territory. We know why he did it. And if were to be revengeful during the 30 years were will be in power we could have developed the southern region much more but tinakhululuka koma sitinaiwale.
Please stop this Dambwe Logic. Fake Accent Ex-reverend has not won the presidential election and continues to be leader of opposition with his few regionalistic MPs. So just shut up.
Ukumva pheni mphwanga.