Mutharika writes parties to submit names for new Malawi Electoral Commission
President Peter Mutharika has asked political parties to submit names of their nominated members to be considered for appointment as commissioners at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Presidential press secretary Mgeme Kalilani has confirmed to Nyasa Times.
Kalilani said the President will appoint new commissioners by June 5, the day on which the contract for the current commissioners expires,
“I can also confirm that President Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika has written political parties entitled to nominating members of the Electoral Commission, asking them to submit names of individuals to be considered for appointment as members of the Electoral Commission,” Kalilani said.
“The President has informed the political parties that the names of the nominees should reach his office at least before the end of this month of May, 2020.,” he added.
According to Kalilani, the communication to the entitled political parties was dispatched on Tuesday , May 26 2020.
Section 4 (1) of the Electoral Commission Act mandates the President to appoint commissioners in consultation with leaders of political parties.
It reads: “(1) The President shall, subject to the Constitution and in consultation with the leaders of the political parties represented in the National Assembly, appoint suitably qualified persons to be members of the commission on such terms and conditions as the Public Appointments Committee of Parliament shall determine.
“(3) A member of the commission may resign from his office at any time by notice in writing to the President.”
Kalilani also disclosed that President Mutharika through the Office of President and Cabinet (OPC) has communicated to the Judicial Service Commission about the stepping aside of MEC chairperson Jane Ansah.
Malawians will vote in a fresh presidential poll tentatively set on June 23 after the Supreme Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Constitutional Court to nullify the May 21 2019 presidential election due to massive irregularities.
Under employment law, once proven to be indeed incompetent the Employer (or Appointing Authority) can terminate your employment ‘on the spot’ because you got your employment under false pretenses (that you had the required competencies for the job when you did not)!! I assume the old man does not know this!!!
Ndifuse nao. kodi pano tayamba kulamulidwa mu dziko muno ndi mgeme kalilani?
nde plesdent tsopano?
kufusa nao hetinitu
Ndinu opusa. Simudziwa Kuti Mgeme NDI press officer wa president. NDI ntchito yake kufotokozera dziko zimene president akuchita. Uziganiza ngati Uli NDI ubongo wamva
I doubt Mutharika wrote anything, the man is clearly in poor shape.
Better go to school. What do you think is the work of his office or I should say office of the president? The president only sign. Ask those in big office they will teach you ignoramus,
Who did the writing, kikikikiiiiiiii?
Mr president u are very slow in taking action as this has resulted to decampaign u . Through public court people have made up their mind that you are scared of new election that’s why u were clinging to this panel of commissioners in order to help u survive the coming fresh Election.
But all in all well done that u have accepted the resignation of Jane Ansah and heed to supreme Court ruling and new commissioners should come in indeed.
Just negotiate for smooth hand over and exist from your seat Mr president, izi ndi zolekerana basi just move on with your life.
I hope the don’t get palm oiled by the K11 Billion that Mulli and Kaphale have stolen from us. We want a better Malawi and that will be good for our children.
APM doing his job perfectly
Which one?
Muntharika ndi amuna. Each party sends its own commissioners, anthu mumvetsetse, Osamalira Pa mawa. Kuluza kukuza basi. Blaine za andibele
Who is really governing Malawi at the moment?
The one you are crying to to appoint new commissioners is the one leading. Ask Chakwera to appoint commissioners and see if he is going to do it.
This time we don’t want compromised commissioners.We want commissioners of good will not the likes of Kunje and co.
So since Mrs Ntafu has been with MEC on two consecutive terms, it means at the end of each term of office, she goes away with a prado. What a waste of my tax money? MPs make sure you deliberate this so it doesn’t happen again. The system is deliberately creating a poverty gap because this means Ntafu will keep on amassing wealth while some well qualifies people remain in poverty.
Yes Mayina come from Political parties. Who told you Flamingo ukadet mukalowa nao ku cell inu seems like you lost.
TOO SLOW TO ACT MR PRESIDENT …… that is if it is really you acting!!!!.
Nde wins adziti mayina amasankha ndi mutharika, names come from parties
Asova
but the MEC chair
Names come from parties but they are corrupted by DPP
Ndikukuuzani achimwene. Ine ndakhala ndikunena kuti mabungwe athu muno mmalawi akusokeretsa dziko kwambiri. President sasankha ma commissioners koma ndi zipani zomwe zimasankha nad president only confirms the nominees koma all the time criticising the president this is bad. Mwinanso ndimawona ngati dzina loti ma commissioners ili litathetsedwa so that they should be known as political monitors at MEC kuti tichotse chitonzo pa president kumawona ngati ndiye amene amasankha. Inu wolembanso tadzithandizirani kumawatambasulira mbuli zomwe sizidziwazi mwina zingamatsegukeko mmaso
APM doesn’t do much: He’s only interest is in enjoying the trappings of the office, without being bothered with the tough decisions. This much should have been clear to you after these miserable 6 years. The bulk of the current commissioners may not have been picked by APM, but they were certainly chosen by the DPP kitchen cabinet which makes decisions. The make-up of the kitchen cabinet comprises all Mulhakho cabinet ministers as well as high profile Lhomwe people like Mulli and George Chaponda.
Apart from Bishop Mary Nkosi (MCP) and Yahya M’madi (UDF) the rest of the commissioners are DPP, perhaps with one exception. MCP’s major mistake, just like with MBC and other institutions, is not raising it’s voice when these things happen but rather waiting till the time they will get to power. When highly partisan people like Jean Mathanga, Moffat Banda and others were being appointed, MCP hardly raised a whimper. More than half the current commissioners are not even qualified to be commissioners. You have former stenographers, enrolled nurse, biased radio commentator, a senile CCAP reverend sitting on the commission. How anyone expected these misfits to deliver a credible election boggles the mind…
Mutharika akusewera league yake yake.