Parliamentary committees meet over 50+1 law, MEC commissioners fate
Parliament’s Public Appointments Committee (PAC) meets from Thursday to discuss the fate of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) spokesperson Jane Ansah and all commissioners.
This follows the Monday Constitutional Court order which asked parliament to meet within 21 days to decide the fate of the commissioners after the court found them guilty of compromising the outcome of the presidential election results marred by irregularities and vote manipulation in favour of president Peter Mutharika.
Speaker of parliament Catherine Gotani Hara said parliament has no choice but follow the court order.
“The Public Appointments Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee have been told to start work and look into the recommendations by the Constitutional Court,” said Hara.
She said the Legal Affairs Committee is looking into the 50+1 voting system.
“Parliament is working round the clock to ensure that the 50+1 law and other court orders are passed in Parliament within the 21 days.”
She said the 50+1 voting system is not a new electoral law, saying it was there only that the court has made its interpretation now.
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Do our lawyers dont know that the 50+ rule only work in a bipartisan politics? If a country has more than 2 political parties the rule is the winner is the one with more votes. In a 50+ rule what it means is the other parties should share the 49 percentage. Thats impossible to determine and will always be vote reruns as this condition cannot be satisfied in a multi party politics. On this lawyers made a biggest decision in Makawi politics. This is different from company ownership where a shareholder with at least 50% shares is deemed the owner. Wakeup Malawi
suppose mps reject the proposed amendment. what will happen. anzathu oziwa law tiuzeni. we are learning
Please don’t spare anybody at MEC………………………………..!! Get rid of all the current cadets!! These nyapapies were at MEC as DPP-MEC regional Team……………………headed by Jane Ansah as Regional Governor, with Mathanga as Publicity Secretary, Moffat Banda as Campaign Director, Alufandika as Strategist, Mgawi as Director of Election Manipulation, Mwafulirwa as Tip-Ex Procurer, Mtafu as Fake Tally Sheets Distributor etc etc!! Ana a njoka amenwoooooo!
Illegal MPs can’t pass laws. They need to pack up because MEC failed the entire tripartite polls.
Sipikala wopusa udawonapo kuti bizinesi ya paliamenti ikuchokela ku khoti? akamati zigawo zitatu zoyima pazokha za boma ndi chiyani? zitanthauza osalowelela pantchito za chigawo chimodzi. kodi 50+1 siyinakanidwe ku paliyamenti. pangani zopusazo ikanidwanso kachiwiri mbuzi. inu muwachosa a MEC pomwe chisankho chanu adapanga ndi a MEC omwewo? Nanunso mukambilane zotula pansi ma udindo ngati ma MP chifukwa MEC siyidayendese bwino chisankho. “Agalu inu”” quote from Mtafu. MHRIP
You are going nowhere my friend, the good thing is that you are a faceless person and no one can take you seriously.
Very good and uniting idea because there will be no party which will win over 50%, so forming government unity is better for Malawi nation.
You should write 50+1% votes not just 50+1
İt’s 50% plus 1 vote not 50 + 1% vote amudara.
….ndi 50% + 1% basi…….
Zoona, Atcheya ndi Chimulirenji aziganiza mukunena azimayi!!
Bonganinso nawenso, osafufuza kaye bwanji kuopa kunyika ngati ukuuuuuuuuuuu! Awansooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
The acceptable abbreviation is 50+1. While the formal description is 50% plus 1 vote. How many people say “Manchester United Football Club” instead of just saying “ManU”?
Mbuna mukukumbayo mudzagweramo nokha , ndiye musayike zisongore zoyangána mmwamba ingadzakupweteni inu nomwe .
Uli m’madzi my friend, osawaopsyeza ma MP……50+1% YIYENDETSE CHILUNGAMO PA ZISANKHO MOSAWONA NKHOPE KAPENA CHIPANI…..
And make sure Kut all commissioners of MEC are fired and arrested for messing up the whole election process that led to violence and disruption of businesses in the country.Make that committee to be the one to appoint the Chairman/chairlady of the MEC and all commissioners. And u have to interview these individuals, not the president coz he might favour his party diehards, which is not good for the country. What I mean no president should appoint these people for the MEC in future.This is the only chance to improve our constitution, remove some powers from the president and give them to the public appointment committee and the legal appointment committee.You will see what to do,we are waiting and do not disappoint the citizens. That’s rule number one.It is you Members of parliament who makes rules make them now , they should be good rules please,the power is in your hands.
you got it wrong. each party president appoints its own commissioners. the president of the country appoints the chairperson of MEC.
In all fairness the 50+1 must be applied also on selection of MPs.Izi zomawina ndi mavoti 8 doesn’t represent the will of the Majority.
Also voting in parliament should be 50+1…In case there are fresh elections for MPs,when choosing the new speaker ,50+1 must be the way…
Spot on bro.In some constituencies,MPs always come from one Ward.
Let’s do this. Koma awa aDPP ofunika kuwayendesera ka demo kuti asiye za appeal
This 50+1 bill was already defeated why should it go thru the back door? Ma MP a DPP osalora zimenezo. I would rather and its simple to replace the word “majority” with “popular” the word they say should have been used. Anthu atatu sungaauze kuti apange magulu awiri sizingatheke. Anthu akumpoto ndi apakati akufuna kutisala ife akummwela. Say NO to 51!
…”..anthu atatu sumungawauze kuti apange magulu awiri….”, nzotheka koma osati “anthu awiri kupanga magulu atatu”…..apopo ayi, sizingatheke…..
This is obvious… and naturally attracts immediate sacking of all MEC commissioners… that idiot CEO n the moralless so called judge Jane ansah. And they should all be locked up without any further issue.. this is a straight forward criminal case as it tantamount to treason. So no need to discuss or debate.. Put them all behind bars ASAP.
Please meet as soon as possible and pass the bill immediatily , no time to waste we want to move forward not to protect these murders of Albino people and thieves .We want to be at per with Luanda and other nations who are fast growing their economy .Meet even tomorrow time is not on our side we need development its high time we started this issue.
But it must pass or else we are back to square one. The interpretation by the judges then won’t stand.
Luanda is the capital city of Angola!!! Rwanda in the country you are referring. It’s president is Paul kangame
Wena mpoto nyengo yithu yakwana heeeeeee!
Meaning of “majority” means 50+ by the judges. However the constitution says “a majority” which means simple majority. Case closed.
How do you interpret this my friend????
How different is “a majority” and “majority” in this instance? Kkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRATULATIONS PAC
I was thinking if it was possible Parly should include the post of Prime Minister in the constituition. It could come as a private members bill. O fcourse there is already the post of President, Vice and 2nd Vice. I was looking at a scenario where we go for 50+1 then after run off there is still no winner. Could we run the third or fourth time or indefinate? There should be a cut off point some where in between when we look at financial consequences. In that case, the leading candidate may consider taking the trailing as his Prime Minister whereby alternatively making it a Government of National Unity.
Nzeru Banda The Political Analysit next time please do some research before you expose your ignorance on this forum
I do not see any scenario where there can be no winner in a 50+1 election system. For all practical purposes, 50+1 system would ensure that there is always a winner in such any election. It is not easy to get a tie in a 50+1 electoral system.
It’s not possible to fail to get a winner during run off because only parties that got the highest votes compete. Using the nullified results, dpp and mcp would go into run off and the other “smaller parties” would align themselves to a party of their choice.
50+1 works for the best top two who would compete and definitely 50% plus 1 vote would finally carry the day !
The second round only involves the first two candidates the rest fall off. There can never be a third round.
Just to mention that you need to understand this issue in this way: the elections ordered by the concourt will be open to as many candidates as possible. If no winner is identified the competition remains for the first two contenders. In the competition of two candidates obviously one of them will emerge a winner. This second round brings along some additional parties supporting either of the candidates etc
If the law says 50+1 then it has to be 50+1, it is not up to the candidates, leading or otherwise, to decide that they are gonna make the other Prime Minister in oder to circumvent the 50+1 rule if they fail to hit the passing mark. the other thing to understand (or at least according to my understanding) is that, when the first round is counted and no-one fails to hit the 50+1 mark outright, then the subsequent round of voting would only include only two that have got more votes. as such it would be easier for one of them to achieve the mark and so the would not be need for third or fourth rounds of voting.
Re-run as many times as they can. Money for elections is plenty available as you have heard from judges.Its only money for drugs in hospitals that is is not available.
mmmmmmm sukulu yake yiti munapita inu kupanga interprete chonchi????
Apumbwa ndi Apumbwa basi. U should have come up with a solution to the topic instead of accusing ignorance with ignorance. Anzanu ozitsata anena bwino kwambiri kut only the top two should participate in the run off. However, It could still happen that in the first round 5million voted but no 50+1. Then at run off only 1million vote coz of voter apathy. Yes there would be 50+1 winner but it couldn’t reflect kut its the president wa anthu ambiri (majority) that has won.(I should like to believe that the spirit abt 50+1 is kut akhale President wovomerezedwa ndi majority) otherwise FPTP would have been still ok. Please teach me, am just a toddler in this political analysis business!
kikikiki. MP’s who came into Parliament thru the same Jane Ansah and MEC, 147 madando, messed up, irregular and not credible elections that passed through unconstitutional Constituency tally centres, meeting to fire Jane Ansah and MEC for messing up the Elections so much but legitimately brought them into power to be able to fire MEC. I wonder if this is not irregular too.
Times change my friend……..
Mulungu simunthudi abale……..moti sungamvetse, zoona zikutheka eeti……50+1 yikutheka eti ? Zikatere DPP bye bye chifukwa wowina is supposed to enter into coalition ndi chipani china basi, ndiye angalowe mum’gwirizano ndi DPP ndindani abale kuti aziputire mavuto poti Atupele ndi uyu amutaya uko ngakhale kuti anali nawo zaka zonsezi kenaka nkukamuberanso zisankho kwawo nkumuluzitsa …..koma DPP…..ULENDO TU UWU….ndinagowona ukali unali ndi abwana dzulo pa MBC /DPP TV mmmmm kukwiyatu!!!
Nanga North pano mungayifunenso ngati poti ndi yija munakapondako some 9 to 10 months ago…pano ndiye muzikati mphuno biiiii muli tivotereni….kkkk musayelekeze a Pumbwa inu!!!
50%+1 bill should pass first in Parliament. If it fails, then it won’t stand.
if all public officers were Gotani hara malawi could be a better place
Ansah tatilankhule
Congrats to your leadership
Following with keen interest….
the 50% + 1 vote was rejected by parliament in 2018, so now they are bringing it through the back door. These judges are behaving like political representatives by pushing some parties’ agenda. No shame, even forcing them to do so in 21 days.
It is a NECESSITY my friend otherwise we will be going round and round trying to solve the same political problem………….we have to deal with it and act now for comfortable future political solutions…..sasintha mlingo game yili mkati amwene………tisinthiletu pano basi!!!
Koma siyiphasa. Watch the space!
I want Jane’s head.
Tapangani zotheka. Miyoyo ya a Malawi ikudalira inu
The current parliament was elected during the same illegitimate election
Consider further investigations in the commissioners and staff of MEC financial status , further investigations in their bank accounts and their assets with their earnings, issue not allowed that time to find what happened and consider sanctions or criminal proceedings against all of them. Etc