Mutharika has 42 witnesses in elections case but only ‘awful’ 2 paraded
President Peter Mutharika, the first respondent in the presidential election results nullification petition, has 42 witnesses who have sworn statement but paraded only two witnesses to be cross-examined by petitioners’ lawyers.
Frank Mbeta, one of the lawyers representing Mutharika who was added to the case by virtue of being the declared winner, said there were about 42 witnesses who have sowrn statement filed with the court.
He said out of those 42 witnesses, the petitioners only expressed interest to cross-examine two who were at the National Tally Centre in Blantyre.
The other 40 witnesses, Mbeta said, are monitors that were in different polling centres across the country.
Initially, Mutharika’s legal team had submitted to court to question some 243 witnesses in the ongoing election case but the judges rejected the check list as not candid enough.
The witnesses who testified for Mutharika were his former aide now Minister of Local Government and Rural Development Ben Phiri and
The rwo witnesses have been considered awful with private practice lawyer Modecai Msisha (Senior Counsel) who is lead counsel for second petitioner and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, dismissed Phiri’s evidence as an attempt to defend Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), the second respondent.
Phiri, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of elections, was followed by Blantyre-based lawyer Bob Chimkango.
Chimkango was cross-examined by Bright Bright Theu representing first petitioner and UTM Party president Saulos Chilima but Msisha said he did not want to repeat questions posed to the witness by Theu.
But Mbeta who completed re-examination of Mutharika witnesses said he was satisfied that the two had demonstrated that the petitioners’ claims of irregularities was not backed by evidence.
The five-judge panel comprising Ivy Kamanga, Healey Potani, Redson Kapindu, Mike Tembo and Dingiswayo Madise indicated it would conclude hearing the matter on December 6 and thereafter have about 40 days to deliver its verdict.
Chilima—who contested in the May 21 Tripartite Elections presidential race while having the title of the country’s vice-president after being voted to the office as a pair with Mutharika in 2014—and Chakwera are seeking nullification of the elections on the basis of irregularities in the results management system.
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I would love all 42 wittiness could have been cross examine. By not cross examine them the case will be jeopardize
Ben and Chimtengo’s input were pathetic. Never expected them to perform like that. Umboni wao it’s like ndi ma International Observer . Konsekonse mpeni wansengwa!
You dont deliberately show ignorance when in your sworn in statements you indicated that you know what was happening, its a contradiction and it gives the court that you are hiding the truth, These issues are recorded and will come up in submissions, Amenewa sanatithandize to say the truth.
42 witnesses for what? It’s a foregone conclusion there is going to be a RERUN. DPP/APM are just buying time to wreck Malawi’s economy even more.
Ndipotu akuichinda economy’yo. Kudyeratu like there’s no tomorrow.
Out of the whole bunch of idiots in the DPP the two were considered to the the most shrewd.
I was once required to give a deposition in court, my lawyers spent hours upon hours, days and days preparing and couching me on how to answer or how not to answer questions, I felt so bad for Ben Phiri and Bob Chimkango, it was painful .
A lesson to all lawyers please prep your clients so you all don’t look like total fools!
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 only two idiots paraded
kumamva chizungu akulu, the petitioners chose the two to be cross examined
The petitioners didn’t choose, it’s the respondents In this case Mr Maliseche and MEC who choose who should be their witnesses
Okatraz kumamva chizungu mlomwe iwe okhozela Quota System; the petitioners needed two and the Cadets chose those two idiots among many. Don’t you know that Cadet Dausi was at the Tally Center and at some point he was panel beaten by the good Samaritans? Those chosen cadets were awful to the core!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But they are awful
Kodi Okatraz ukuti chani? Wadya gondolosi chizungu chakuvuta eti?
Ben Phiri and Bob Chimkango were terrible witnesses for APM. One of the many duties of a lawyer is to anticipate what questions the other side is going to ask your witness and prepare and couch your client on how to respond to those questions. These witnesses came across as being totally unprepared and clueless. A lost opportunity for MEC and APM. It was painful listening to them.
They did extremely well
Keep on dreaming , keep on being in denial
Denial is an ineffective defense mechanism, you better wake up and smell the cofffee Dude!!
Really, the “Dr” from Jerusalem and the politician civil servant did extremely well? ?
You are right.
Okatraz! Shame!
Your opinion, Okatraz. We are seeing it at another angle.
extremely well has a new meaning!!!
Kkkkkkkkk Okatraz is a joke. Speaking of which, in re-examination, that idiot Mbeta showed, through Bob, that there was a form where more votes were awarded to LMC than actually won. The fool! Showing that LMC got extra votes than he won doesn’t support your case. It only proves LMC’s case that the elections were irregularly conducted.
My friend dont be fooled he was deliberately feigning ignorance in order to prevent subsequent questions which Theu wanted to ask in order to prove his case. Hope you have listened to re-examination.
Interesting!! In my next life, law is my destination. Never thought uzeleza matters more than logic😁😁
But it still an silly calculation, because it showed that he was clueless kaya.
No wonder in re-examination he had to be reminded by the lawyer of the Petitioner that he had said didn’t know some issues hence should not talk about that.