MEC threatens to take MCP to court as public chase electoral officials and lawyers
Malawi Electoral Commission has threatened to drag the Malawi Electoral Congress Party (MCP) to court if it does not withdraw a media statement withdraw accusing the electoral body of suspiciously soliciting signatures for new electoral results sheets.
MEC chief elections officer Sam Alfandika said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times on Sunday that MCP will be held responsible for any loss of life for MEC staff or lawyers of loss or damage to property in the course of MEC’s preparation for a Constitutional Court case hearing on July 29.
Alfandika was reacting to a statement issued by MCP spokesman Reverend Maurice Munthali who alleged that some District Commissioners were working with MEC to lure presiding officers and other stakeholders to sign what he termed “the clandestine” result sheets in exchange for money.
The MEC chief elections officer rejected the allegations, saying MCP were peddling “a misleading and malicious statement” that can incite hatred and unkindness towards MEC staff.
He said MEC lawyers and staff are meeting presiding officers to prepare for affidavits for the ongoing court case.
“No presiding officer has been requested, forced or induced with money to sign for a new election results sheet or form as alleged in the statement issued by the MCP,” said Alfandika.
In central region district of Kasungu, the public chased MEC officials and lawyers when they wanted to collect signatures of presiding officers for the May 21 Tripartite Elections.
Police spokesman in Kasungu, Harry Namwaza said: “People did not want MEC officials to collect the signatures they are looking for.”
Namwaza said police intervened quickly and the situation was contained.
But commentator Negracious Justin has said MEC should have appreciated that the tension is exacted by the suspicious conduct of its agents which could have been avoided “had it applied its mind prudently and chose to be careful and transparent.”
He said MEC failed to clear rumours that these lawyers are going about soliciting for signatures to documents which it failed to produce during the Court-sanctioned period of inspection/disclosure.
“Instead of coming forward to clear such rumours, MEC remained adamantly silent and expected the communities to play cowards or be fools.
“Prior to the announcements of the results, MEC was releasing frequent updates to the public regarding every step being undertaken in the discharge of its duties. This was not a favour toward the public. Rather, it was in compliance with the laws governing the process,” Negracious wrote.
He accused the electoral body of “acting funny, childish and careless.”
MCP president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM Party president Saulos Chilima are seeking nullification of the presidential results and the Constitutional Court is scheduled to start hearing the petition on July 29.
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Alufwandika ******matonga ake
GOD IS SHORTLY PUNISHING ALL MEC KEY STAFF AND TEARS WILL NOT DRY UP EASILY.
DOOM! DOOM! MALAWIANS HAVE CRIED TO THEIR LIVING GOD ENOUGH.
Go to court asomangowophyeza ndie ukayaluke kuli ma learned judges uko zoonna kumafuna ma signatures haaa zomwe anasayinira ma officers amenewa zili kuti zavutatu apa nanga omwe mukuwaphawa akawasayinila ndani
MEC is acting funny in the whole process and if Alufandika is personnally enjoying with this government, it is not for every body. MEC leave the Malawians alone.
DPP have taken Malawians as MABULUTU. In other countries the Army could have taken over by now but our Army is so respective and hold cloves for Peter. But one day things shall be different. What is funny is that a minister cannot talk words of unity (kondwani) while the so called president is inciting anger to other parties. Why can he too step down and leave the seat for Kondwani ? Mkazi uyu wa ku kota kota ndi peter have no manners how to persuade Malawians and yet ANABERA MAVOTI Using akuti eti pastor jane, Mulungu waziwonera ndipo inenso ndiyamba church ndikhale pastor. Enanso akuti ndi a bishop kkkkkkkkkkk!
Ine ndingoti Chwe mwana Chwe 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Tikuti get your arses off the innocent malawians.
Alifandika amacota kulankhula ngati akumunyenga atagonekela khosi tsiku lopeleka ma presidential leeters ku Comesa kuja akudziwa kuti angotigoneka dhilu apanga kale ndi fattan, nundwe son uja mwanama kuti ali hit and run. Mwakoza inu mmaopa kukuululani yanu ija ya Lule. Mukunya simunati. Kutitengela kuntoso eti!!!
Help me understand this, MEC provided Tipexx and now they are wondering and asking their officers why they used Tipexx?????
What MEC needs to understand is that your credibility is already in the toilet now you need to tread with at most Professionalism if you are going to win back public trust. This exercise of interviewing officers after the fact raises a lot of suspicion in an already volatle electorate and you should have known bette!r
We dare Alufandika to try his juvenile tactics here in Lilongwe. Your lawyers and yourself will go back in body bags. You are not only a disgrace to our democracy but you do not deserve to live. Both you and Ansah are a perverted cancer which must be eradicated.Why are you looking for signatures now after you already certified the election results? You must be taking Malawians for fools. MEC is supposed to be independent and yet you are masquarading with DPP trying to pay POs to sign falsified documents so you can submit to the courts. It will not happen during our WATCH!! You got caught with your pants down because you thought you would sell us with no consequences. Well, cheating and fraud has a price. You thought you were smart but God is with us. You will be dealt with its just a matter of time.
What you talk about our Jane Ansah and Alfandika its just time wasting. We have hired the BEST LAWYERS OF THE LAND who have never lost any case. All those Judges in the case are JUST CHILDREN as our Lawyers know all technicalities of winning a case. MUNYA MUONA NOKHA THE RESULTS. PETER WOYE!
JANE ANSAH WOYE! MKAZI WAKUNYETSANI A CHILIMA INUYO NDINU MAFANA.
Do not belittle judges. You crocodile party supporters nyau too much. You go to courts and you want to be judges, prosecutors and lawyers yourselves?
Since the day of announcement of results, I knew that Alfandika had mislead Jane Ansah. I fully respected the woman but ALAS! I am at a loss of words.She has severe damaged her reputation as Supreme Court Judge of Appeal? I am extremely sad.The Bishop into Corruption Arena? mmmmmmmmmm! NKHOSA ZILIKO KU CHURCH UKO?
Alfandika, dont fool and threaten Malawians. We know you better than yourself. I am glad to hear that Maurice has vividly denied to render any apology and PITA KWINA KULIKONSE. One cannot put up a mansion like Sanjika in 6 months.
MEC you must admit that you have been very unprofessional with the way you have mishandled the whole election saga! your hands are dirty and you should bear responsibility for all the aftermath of your unprofessonalisim You have a lot to do to clean up your image!!!!
MEC you have bigger problems than this, get your act together
Alufandika, do you remember Thandi Mkovole (MHSRIP)
Mr Alfandika what bothered you to start going around and collecting new signatures without involving or even informing the stake holders to the elections? Look it started like rumours and you were quite ,now that things have gone bad to your side its when you are moving out from your cocoon and say bra bra bra…..
The process of elections was done in liason with all stakeholders including opposition parties. Why is MEC going to met the presiding officers alone without the opposition and other stakeholders. This exercise which MEC is conducting now was not even announced. You are taking Malawians for granted.
Kodi ma lawyer a MEC naonso ndiombwambwana ngati akulu akulu ao, inu court inati mupereke ma papela omwe mukusunga ku MEC Warehouse pa works office ku BT koma inu mukukakumana ndi ma presiding officers kutali uko ku Kasungu? Koma anthu akamakuthamangitsani ndiye bwana Alufandika mudzitokota kuti mudula samani.
When opposition political parties complained that some madandos such as use of tippexed results, MEC told the nation that they had resolved everything including this one and circulated a case judgement report on the same to all the political parties that brought the issue. Now this time around what is MEC doing with Presiding Officers since you already concluded the case before release of election results?
Sam Alfandika thinks he is very powerful than the leadership of MCP, such that he could just threaten and silence them by merely telling them that MEC will drag them to court………………….!! That’s being foolish………….. to the core! How can you announce an election that had tippexed result sheets and then ask later as regards why your officers used tippex? How important is that assignment since MEC already told the nation who the winner was? Ndimayesa pothela udindo wanu panali polengeza the results!! Ma lawyers anuwo ayese kubwela ku Lilongwe muoneeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! Mungoyelekeza muoneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!! Ndipo mukamawatumiza muguliletu ma coffin chifukwa adzabwelela mitemboooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! Ngati mumaona kuti a Malawi ndiopusa ndipo palibe chomwe angachite mukalengeza results, chaka chino musovengeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
Go ahead and sue them and lets see who will be stupid. MEC everywhere stakeholders are paramount when making certain decisions. MCP/UTM are such big stakeholders you cannot even dare to threaten because they are too powerful for you, the end result is, MEC will lose even case. If it is DPP advice throw it in the bin, shew the ban once it melts go home and rest.
Alfandika you are a fool. Osamangodya ndalama zomwe munalandirazo bwaaa. Ma billions onse aja sanakukwaneni. Muonda ndi kukalamba nazo muona.
MEC accepted results with Tippex and …Using Questionable duplicates …Not Originals …But all the 147 Madandos were Solved based on Tippex and Duplicates…Ndie osakatopereka Zomwezo bwanji…Bwinotu Mupangapo Forgery Pamenepa…
MEC should do it’s Public Relations job well. If they had made public statements supporting the task at hand; there was no need for this public distrust. You don’t fight stakeholders like that.
Chinere chakufikapo. mxieew!!! sit down please!!!
Why asking for signatures now when elections were done three months ago? I thought they(MEC) certified the results of the elections that it was credible? How did they certify the elections if papers and documents were missing signatures?
Something is smelling fishy here. Akufuna a sainitse zina zobelazo kuti akatenge ku Khothi( court). Osasaina zimenezo. Zafikapa.. Aaaah matenda akana phala… madzi afika mmkhosi kuba konse kukuonekela poyela. Wwldone Kasungu.
Asayelekeze kubwera kuno. Adikile khothi ligamule kaye. Komanso afotokoze kuti nthawi yonsei anali kuti. Ndimayesa ma pepalawa ankayenera kusainidwa atamaliza kuwelenga chisankhochi? Ngati sanasainidwe amadikila chani nthawi yonseyi? Mchitidwe wakuba basi uwu.
#NOTTODAYTHIEVESNOTTODAY!
Alfandika should have learnt from Mutharika that the more you bash Chakwera the more angrier people become. Chakwera has not done anything wrong and Alfandika, just like Mutharika, your days are numbered.
Malawi wopusa wa azimwene watha we now demand accountability from those in position of power. We will never again cow to the people who are powerful because of us the people.
i like your statement, this is NEW Malawi.
mbava za diphwiphwi!!!
MEC cannot be asking returning officers why they used TIPPEX, and asking them to sign “documents” on the same more than a month after MEC announced the winner of the elections. The time to ask them and have them sign any documents was BEFORE announcing the official results. MCP has every right to be concerned, especially when you consider that original tally sheets have not been submitted by MEC: This could well be a ploy to “cook” the tally sheets before submitting to the court as evidence. MEC is acting suspiciously…
enough is enough watch your move
We are ready ton fight or even kugawana dzikoli
SIMUNATI NTHAWI YAKWANA BASI.MULIPIRA ZOMWE MUNACHITAZO.
signatures for what?
Kodi a mec mumapemphera? Inu a mec ngati yesu angabwele lero mukalowa kumwamba ,musagule gahena ndindalama
why meeting presiding officers now when the elections were fair, transparent and credible. To be honest ,this is the worst MEC in Malawi ‘s. History.
uchitsiru eti
A MEC mwatibowa mokwanira. Mukutiyesa a Malawi timamwa madzi ometera ndevu. Yehova akumva kuliro kwathu pachinyengo chomwe mudapanga komanso mukupitiliza kupanga ndipo Yehova akukantheni ana anjoka inu, because you think you are untouchables
Spot on Chao Chake.
PAMENE UCHITA UTCHIMO DZIWA KUTI TSIKU LINA UDZAKHALA KAPOLO WA TCHIMOLO.
Amalawi anzanga a MEC. Ngati munalengeza zotsatira za chisankho ndiye kuti munali mutalandira ndi kuunikira zonse zofunikira ndikuyenereza kulengeza. Choncho tinganene kuti munali mutathana nawo onse oyendetsa chisankho ku ma konstituwensi, ku maboma, komanso ku zigawo. Chilicjonse chofunikira chinali m’manja mwanu.
Atolankhani atafunsa Jane Ansah ngati ali okhutura kulengeza zotsatira za mtsogoleri wa dziko pamene anthu ena amaoneka osakhutira ndipo anali akupeleka madandaulo, JANE anayankha mozikhulupilira kuti MEC yalandira chilinchonse chofunika ndipo yaunika zonse mpaka yakhutira.
NDIYE LERO MUKUTI MUKUBWELERA KUKAFUFUZA ZOLAKWIKWA NDIKUKAMVA ZIFUKWA ZOMWE OYENDETSA CHISANKHO ENA ANAGWIRITSIRA NTCHITO TIPEX, ZIFUKWA ZOMWE ZINAWAPANGITSA KUSASAYINIRA MAPEPALA ENA KOMANSO ZIFUKWA ZOMWE AMAGWIRITSA NTCHITO MA JUBULIKETI.
Pamenepa tiziti zimenezi ndidzachilendo kwa inu Amalawi anzanga a MEC? Pamene mumati muli okhutira ndi zonse zomwe mwalandira ndi kuunikira, munali musanaone za tipex, zosasayinira, komanso za majubuliketi?
PEPANI ABALE ANGA A MEC, INU NDI AMENE MUKUIKA MIYOYO YA MA PRESIDING OFFICER PACHISWE. ZOMWE MUKUCHITAZI ZIKUONETSA KUTI INU NDI MA PRESIDING OFFICER MUNALI PA MGWIRIZANO OMWE ZOTSATIRA ZAKE ZASEMPHANA NDI ZOMWE MUMAYEMBEKEZERA. MUKUKUMANA NAWO PANOPA KUTI MULUMANE MAKUTU.
MEC announced the results and they confirmed that the elections were credible free and fair. They could not have announced the results if the District Elections Officers and Monitors had not signed the results sheet.
And after the voting process is done, all the documents are submitted to MEC for records and now they can not be soliciting signatures from District Elections Officer as if we are still voting no no no.
Malawians, you can see that its a Contradictory statement ….guilty as charged. Malawians i have a friend of mine working at MEC… i made him swear by BIBLE…. guess what he refused. MEC is hiding under this and that but its not working GOD has exposed them
Tikutibulani. Start clearing the streets now. Signatures will not help you Now!
Alufsndika tsilu, stop playing scarecrow t the innocent citizen. U played is enoughh by tippex,fattan ,buton muhango. Go to hell with your shit barbie doll sissy face. Idiot.
We are waiting for the court ruling. Idiot bastard
By announcing and declaring a winner MEC meant that everything was ok they had all required signatures and a very document to support them and above all MEC had all opportunity to sort out every problem which would bring suspicion when solving those 147 madando so why looking for signatures this time around when there is case for them to answer i thought this time they would just produce whatever the court would ask them to produce not going back to presiding officers soliciting signatures or evidence, what evidence do they need this time when they have all election materials with them .mec should also know that their image has been strongly damaged as people(voters) thinks & believes that there was maladministration during election counting which compromised the whole election process and tarnished their image so any meeting between MEC officials or lawyer gives bad signals to voter and they should refrain from making people more angrier and going back to people this time just expose their incompetence and should not deny wooing those so called presiding officers with money to sign those new document which they may present to court as their evidence ” AKABWERA AMANYEDWE BASI A SATIPUSISE NGATI ZAVUTA ZAVUTA BASI”.
If MEC wants to shoot its own legs take this matter to court because you told us that you solve all madando brought to you before announced the presidential results including tippex
Fotseki Alfandika ndi MEC yako kumeneko! To hell with you!!!!!!!!!!
kukambirana zichaniso nkhani ili ku court so why westng our time pa zinthu zopanda pake kapena are u ready kutula pansi ma udindo anu okubawo coz ife ngati a Malawi okonda Dziko lathutu mfana iwe Nakhumwa choti oziwe ndichoti sitilora kulamulilidwa ndi TIPEX apo ndiye muyiwale enough is enough now we are ready to fight for the truth.
Why solicit signatures now? This is bit that MEC needs to explain well first