Mutharika casts doubt on credibility of future Malawi elections
President Peter Mutharika has cast doubt on Malawi holding what would be generally agreed as credible elections in future.
He based his argument on the nullification of the Presidential election by the High Court sitting as Constitutional Court on the basis of irregularities which the court did not prove affected the final result in any way.
“With the decision which the Court has made on the issue of irregularities, we will never, never have a valid and credible election in this country because there will always be some irregularities in any election.
“We have set a precedence by which the next election will be even more disputable,” Mutharika said in his State of the Nation on Friday delivered to parliament through a video link.
Mutharika said Malawi has set a precedence when an election of a Members of Parliament can be nullified just because a well-meaning officer tried to correct a mistake using tippex.
“I was voted by the people as President exactly through the same process that voted for every Member of Parliament and ward councillors.
“From today, anyone can now rush to Court and demand nullification of an election because an officer corrected an error even if that correction does not affect the result of the election. Is that the Malawi we want?” he wondered.
He said the essence of an election is that people must go into office by the will of the people.
President Mutharika added that in every modern democracy, the will of the people is in the numbers that vote for us.
He observed that the court failed to show or prove that irregularities affected the result of the election.
“In as far as the result of an election is intact, then the will of the people prevails. We cannot, and we should never, nullify an election if any irregularities do not affect the results of the election. Nullifying an election is nullifying the will of the people,” he said.
He, therefore, urged Parliament “to set right what is not right”, apparently through passing relevant legislation.
“I raise these matters before this House because we represent the people. Some of the politicians destroying this country are not even represented in this House. I raise these matters because I have one plea to Parliament. For the sake of developing our country, for the sake of the people, let us use our authority to set right what is not right,” he said.
Due to coronavirus situation which necessitated reduction of congestion at Parliament, the State of the Nation was a recorded one. It was titled “Balancing Development and Politics: Renewing Our Love for Our Country”.
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It is the level of irregularities old man and the systematic way of how those irregularities were crafted. You are saying this because as we speak you are already planning to do the same. This time around akulu, you wont survive the cheating. Kwanu kwatha kapumeni and muchepetseso kachasu
I can see the anger of the Lord upon APM and his advisors and yet they are too blinded to see it. when the Lord turns his back against you….Mr caretaker you will curse the day you were born, this is just the beginning…..
Kodi aja anagwidwa for trying to bribe the judges alikuti.? These toothless dogs needs to be shut permanently.khalidwe la ugogodi,uthyopi,ukathyali.
As long as there are perceived irregularities, the courts will be overlwhelmed after every election especially for ward councilors and members of parliament. What is to stop any loser to seek the same remedy, despite the irregularity not changing the outcome of that election. That is the standard that Malawi courts have set. This is what Apm was talking about when he said, learned countries are laughing at us. The next election will not put matters to rest, there will be a lot of fighting
Because you knew what your speech contains, that is why you sort of recording it for fear of being embarased once again for your continued emptiness of the brain from a person who calls himself a law professor. How on earth can such a law professor wondered why use of tippex can be ruled as an offside kick? Do you really mean it or just crying for peoples sympathy for you to remain in power? Am sorry to tell you in the face that agogo Malawi wa tulo uja amene bambo wake wa runningmate wanu ankamunamiza nsapato uja anapita.This is new Malawi and we are still in the process of making Malawi the better place by getting rid of people like you dausi mchacha and all those who have made lies to you that you are still popular. you are no longer popular even though you have never been so ever since you came to join Malawis politics , you have never impressed not a single youth but all your old aged crooks and thieves full of corruption minds and bloody albino killers without mercy at all. Next move is to face hell and the ruth of God if you do not resort to repentance as time is ticking slowly for your ouster.
Ufuna ndi tukwane mesa that level is gone we moved to another level why is he talking about courts and judges this guy is very mad 😡 he don’t act like a professional man.
DPP should feel ashamed to be led by this Mtchona.
It is time that the foolish judges know that parliament is SUPREME and SOVEREIGN.
Mutharika is right. We all know that that flawed and biased judgement was planned by Chilima, Chakwera, Joyce Banda and her husband former Chief Justice Richard Banda, Mtambo, Kasambara….
So now the case has moved to Parliament after the court, heheh You will fail again. We have lots of leaders who can do well on your position Boss. Thank you for the speech but it won’t work in that way
Is APM really this retarded?
Munthu wachabechebe , Mbava yachabechabe wapangitsa anthu amene taphunzira sukulu zakunja kuti tizioneka ngati ndifenso mbava. It will be hard for us to join politics in Malawi. Greedy, bakha wachabechabe
All these comments look to be nonsense, talk something which shows you love yr country. Just becz he is a President, he doesnt have the right to speak his mind? Almost all these comments are written without thinking on what comes next, akulu akulu ndi m’dambo mozimila moto. That time mmamuseka Kamuzu (MHSRIEP) when he was saying multiparty ndi nkhondo, what is happening now, exactly what he said. This is what we r observing now. Here the Prof is saying something or his opinion and u r busy castigating him, he is right and i wish the opposition cud have the opportunity to be in power, so that they see what he is talking about. Unfortunately, the opposition will be beaten again, clean. Chitsanzo sichil kutali ai, pompa pa Kenya apa, zinachitika ogo. Its now yr turn, MCP/UTM mugwa nayo.
@Cairo am surprised that the name Cairo is meant to be the origin of civilisation but what you are writing is showing that you are an uncivilized Cairo. Prof wanuyi akuoneka wafinyika kale, akungolila, kufuna kuchithawa chisankho cha fresh. Muona nyekhwe first class. Let Americans come and collect their citizen (APM)… ku Malawian tamukana, he is a living disaster.
APM’s has all of a sudden perfected the art of turning the accused into the accuser. He stole votes in the May 21 election and now, fearing the inevitable, I e the looming loss in the fresh election, is already warning us that he will seek court’s intervention because a precedent has been set. Well, by all means go ahead seeking relief from the courts because as far as you are concerned, it’s always the other person who should lose, not you.
The judgement was mad in an open court reasons for nullifying results were give. The court agreed that in every elections there will be some irregularities, but to what extent can they be deemed not to have affected the results? The truth is that if Chakwera or Chilima were declared winners under those circumstances you could also have gone to court. and if you believe the parliament is supreme why not just ignore the court order.
Already we have irregularities. Some of us were not able to register last year and this year the court wants us not to register and vote. This is an irregularity . The violence is also an irregularity.
Mulli is the chairman of mulako wa llomwe and how come is allowed to campaign the whole northern region? when we talk of violence it is dpp and the leadership that start causing violence kufuna kuti elections fail Utm akabwezera and the Police have clearly whispered Chilima. People are to vote and oust agaluwo m’mipando. Mulanje, Thyolo, Mangochi you will see chomwe chinameta nkhanga mupala in august 2020.
Am very convinced that APM needs someone to read out aloud the Court judgement, especially the facts that the Constitution and Eections Act were grossly not followed. Am assuming that he doesn’t have a clue of the issues the judges found problematic with the 2019 presidential elections. APM appear he does not read anymore and probably has difficulty in hearing as well.
If APM will not be satisfied with future elections,he will be at liberty to approach the same courts he is despising now!!!! kkkkkkkkk. He should be spending sleepless nights with the 50+1.
Sunati kurila you must be dull man and you cannot continue insulting the Judges ndipo Ukhaula and uthawa. You cheat people that you come from Thyolo, are you sure ???
Those incompetent judges will know that parliament is SUPREME and SOVEREIGN
This man is just crying out having sensed defeat in the coming presidential elections. How does he justify irregular elections. Anything irregular cannot produce anything plausible. He thinks in reverse, there is something very wrong with him. No wonder he justifies Stealing and Corruption La 40 likakwana la kwana basi!!! Vacate the seat peacefully.
ka mdala aka kachekura chomene
kakubeka Nyekwe
kabeka nyekhwest in the near future
nsima siikulowa pakhosi
ngakhale madzi sakumweka
Imeneyo ndiye Nyekhwe
Gogo iwe where do u want to take Malawi to ? Chaos we say no …lets vote again …u can’t justify the role of multiple use of tippex palibe zokambilana its fresh election
Losers will always be there and they shall continue crying with a loud voice. Many comments here show just that..
Chitsiru iwe pathako pako
Muntharika you are really fucked up. How do you justify use of tippex
KULIRA KWA GOGO KKKKKKKK GOGO UYU WATHA
If you won ‘mdala’, then let us compete again. Why cry over split milk? Are you not able to see that elections were hegely rigged?
There are people in this world who when something frightening presents a threat to their own life or security, they will say, “Bola tife tonse” (If I go down, we all go down!), it appears this tipp-exed President is determined to drag the whole nation with him to his self destruction. This is the likely moment that the prayer items imbedded in our national anthem will see the hand of God execute divine social justice. Selfish beings behave this way like I have heard of men who have killed a woman just because she opted to end their relationship . The mentality of such sick minds goes like this, “If I cannot have you, then no one else can have you!”. This president and his DPP-UDF mentality has convinced themselves over the years that ‘If they cannot have Malawi then no one else will have Malawi! Divine intervention alone can and will stop this madness.
The Big Picture;
1. The 2019 presidential elections were lawfully nullified.
2. We will have a fresh presidential elections.
The rest is background noise.
We will develop Malawi to greater heights when you fall. The Parliament will finish dealing with you. You are the only thing stifling our development. I speak as a fearless Thyolo man
Kwinaku APM akulira big time………!
Vuto ndilakuti Lango (ndine Mchewa pepani) ndiamene akumupatsa malangizo ofoila
Now I understand why people call this guy Mr Tipp-Ex kuteleko he still doesn’t agree to the fact that tipp-ex violates requirements of tally sheets etc? eishhhhhhh
It’s simple don’t participate in the coming election.
Vuma vuma iwe wachembera go and rest in peace zinthu zikalakwila athu azingoyang,ama ?? Chamba etii
But this guy is really horrendous. He sounds like a Broken record into people’s ears. By the way the court did not have to prove to him anything, but he and the rotten MEC were supposed to prove to the Court and the country that they hadn’t stollen the votes. They failed!
Mr. President the issue of Elections is that they must appear credible. Fake Talley sheets, tippex, forged signatures you have to admit was Not credible.
Future Governments will work it out Malawi is a young Nation.
Am sure you are grateful for NOT HAVING to Compaign in Future Elections
We wil set right what was wrong very soon . Sir.
Thieves generally do not accept wrongdoing even when caught pants down. It’s their ART.
The guy is overrated, he never practiced law and was a teacher at a low profile college in US.
Washington University? a low profile college? In fact its a University not college. Do your research very well.
private university not public, private universities in US are diploma mill colleges, be guided accordingly
How can a professor who taught law in an American university thinks that using tipex in recording results of a general election is ok and nothing wrong
There is a difference between a professor of law and professor of low, Mutharika is afraud, not even a reflection of capabilities at all
Mr president if there were 4000 ballots papers at polling station but 5000 people voted what does that mean? Where did the extra 1000came from?
One returning officer signing documents at two stations at same time!!!!! The stations being more than 60 miles apart
Is fake money legal? Or can use it
Mr president your aides lie to you….yes irregularities will be there but not the country using tippex
We are tired of hearing the same issue.,,,,,,Are you not tired of saying the same thing every time
Are you afraid of the election? If you won the go for it and prove the world that you won
Fucked up arguments! The courts did not nullify the elections because of SOME irregularities. Nope. It was because of WIDESPREAD irregularities. We shouldn’t allow this crook to put up strawman arguments. Second, it was not the court’s job to determine whether the irregularities affected the results; besides, once there are WIDESPREAD irregularities, the results are inherently unknowable. Lastly, these were not the SAME elections as those of the MPs. The latter dealt with 193 SEPARATE elections, some of which were as fucked up as the presidential elections and were similarly nullified by courts on a case-by-case basis.
wakuladi munthuyi akumunamiza alangizi adyera amuzungulirawo, the will of malawians was never represented in that 2019 rigged polls. sitijuwafuna anthuwa ife . we want change flu stop!!!!
Koma Gogo uyu. I think he is still mourning the defeat. People followed the court proceeding and with all that happened you think you are the only one who is wise? YOu need to go back to your law school. Wonder which position you were getting in your class. Accept and move on.
Nanunso which law school are you talking now. The guy has never never practiced law elsewhere pitani mukafunse
This old senile man ine wandikwana…….agogo ngatidi munwina chisankho chapita chija ichinso chikubwerachi ndekuti muwina anthu wokavota ndiwomwe aja.
So stop mourning about the judgement it’s its gone go over it….
Mr. Muthalika you are just a crying old man. Kagwere uko with your madeya wife. You and many Malawians heard that elections cannot be without irregularities but the irregularities in the May 2019 elections were massive. As a law professor you must be the first person to make of this. MEC chair person another madeya Jane Ansah said she did not authorize use of tippex. Why was tippex used? If the affected MPs had complained within the statute limit, they would have won their cases. Chilima and Chakwera went to court within the time limit and Kaphale wanted the case thrown out on the same. You have to make sure that the elections are clean and that is what Malawians want. At the same time the courts clarified the word majority. To be in line with democracy majority 50% plus. We are contesting again and if Malawians want you they will say so but the problem is that you have picked Atupele as you running mate. We doubt that you will complete the term and that is you have handed dpp back to udf. Malawians do not want udf again. Malawians do not want family politics. Where is Bright Msaka? Where is George Chaponda? Where is Heatherwick Ntaba? Where is Uladi Mussa? Where is George Malemia? You give us Atupele for what agogo inu?
pano ndi izi mwayamba kugula ma MP Kuti mukhale ndi majority,tengani ndarama mukayike mankhwala mu zipatala osati kugulira ufumu……shupit
Munthu wa nkulu akutha kuona zomwe zibwere kutsogolo…wayabilatu kubangula. wiiiiihiiiii
Kumeneku kunali kulira kwa a kuchipani.
zoti mu results management sysyem munalowa ma ghost users oti even Kaphale ndi MEC analephera kuyankhapo sakuziwa?zoti MEC inalephera kupereka ma results amene anapereka kwa owina mu court sakuziwa?zoti ma commissioner sanali kupanga log in mu RMS sadamve?koma pumbwa uyu
Kulira nkhalamba, tiye uko. You’re packing this month, your time is up mr 38% (including tippex)
Bodza nkulu ameneyu. He is just angry because his plans together with ansah was unearthed. Ukhale moyo mkulu so that you witness a perfect election in 2025+. These silly tactics shall not be there. A noisy dog barks at nothing. Koma ndiye simunatitu mudzachita manyazi. If the losers have valid reasons zithat kudzachitikanso but there are times, a loser accepts his/her loss. Manyazi agwire mtengo!