Malawi Congress Party (MCP) celebrated sixth witness Daudi Suleman, an IT expert. has received a rare standing ovation from people as he stepped down from the Constitutional Court in the landmark election case after his examination-in-chief. Joyous people ululated and escorted the witness to second petitioner Lazarus Chakwera to his vehicle after adjournment following his […]
A stitch in time serves nine, so goes the saying and Britain is tipping Malawi political parties to enlighten their supporters on court process and outcomes, saying the Constitutional Court judgement on the presidential election nullification petition could lead to more violence and are calling for peace and unity in Malawi. Britain, Malawi’s former colonial […]
Malawian legal scholar based at the at South Africa’s Cape Town University, Professor Danwood Chirwa has stated that the testimony by Malawi Congress Patrty (MCP) IT expert and witness in the on-going elections case, Daud Suleman, on Friday was “hughely devastating”. He said Suleman’s simulation in court on how Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) computerised election […]
Malawi Defence Force (MDF) are guarding overnight the High Court which is housing the Constitutional Court hearing the historic presidential election nullification petition case. The courts were keeping Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) gadgets which IT expert Daud Suleman, witness for second petitioner and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwer is using to illustrate how […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP Information Technology (IT) expert and final witness Daud Suleman n the on-going presidential elections case on Friday took the Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe through an ‘imaginary’ constituency tally centre results management to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) main tally centre system until they are announced to demonstrate how the electoral body’s […]
President Professor Peter Mutharika has reiterated his call on Malawians to focus on the developments government is implementing in different areas instead of fighting its leadership. Mutharika was speaking on Friday at Zomba District Council round about after presiding over graduation ceremony of 225 students at Chancellor College. He said for this country to continue […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) final witness Information Technology (IT) expert Daud Suleman on Friday told the court with evidential demonstration that May 21 presidential elections results were manipulated by “ghost user” uploaded data results management system and that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah rushed to announce the results before they were 100 percent […]
The Constitutional Court hearing the presidential election nullification petition case has stressed that Malawians have a right to understand what happening to their votes during the May 21 elections hence rejecting “frivolous” application by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to stop the second petitioner Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Information Technology (IT) expert Daudi Suleman from accessing […]
Anthony Bendulo, fourth witness for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the elections petition case, on Friday told the Constitutional Court his wealth of experience in Information technology (IT) which was so inspiring to downplay the assertions of having no academic qualification in IT field. On Thursday during the cross- examination, President […]
Fourth witness for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the elections petition case, Anthony Bendulo, on Friday highlighted alleged electoral irregularities during re-examination, saying Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) data entry personnel were involved in rigging May 21 elections. Bendulo, guided by one of the second petitioner’s lawyer Mordecai Msisha, told the court […]
President Peter Mutharika’s lawyer Frank Mbeta on Thursday in the petition case to nullify presidential elections results for the May 21 Tripartite Elections as filed by UTM Party president Saulos Chilima (first petitioner) and Malawi Congress Party president Lazarus Chakwera (second petitioner), pressed Chakwera’s fourth witness Anthony Bendulo to state his qualifications as an ICT […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) fourth witness in the presidential election petition case, Anthony Bendulo and Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Wednesday tussled in court in a cross -examination punctuated by flashes of tempers as the court learnt that MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera won May 21 elections by 2 072 826 votes against President […]
Judges hearing the landmark presidential election petition case in the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) have allowed lawyers to remove traditional court garbs because of hot weather conditions. The judges said this on Wednesday morning when the court resumed sitting with the sweltering Lilongwe heat where lawyers are melting under their garb. Lilongwe on Tuesday experienced a […]
One of the key witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera told the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday that he has about 70 presiding officers who can testify that they were not party to changing of electoral results with correctional fluid Tippex by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC during the May […]
As temperature rises the Constitutional Court hearing the presidential election petition case in Lilongwe has said it is considering a request to suspend the traditional court garb where judges and lawyers wear white horse-hair wigs and gowns. The five judge panel comprising Hearly Potani, Ivy Kamanga, Dingiswayo Madise, Mike Tembo and Redson Kapindu presiding over the case, […]
Malawi Police have arrested 15 suspected Malawi Congress Party (MCP) cadres in Dowa as political violence continues in the district. Chimwaza Trading Centre and Chasalino Village in T.A Chiwere were the scene of the battlefield between the violent protesters, local residents, villagers and the police. The suspected MCP supporters say their leader Dr Lazarus Chakwera […]
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.–Proverbs 21:3 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.–Isaiah 59:14 The media in the United States and the judicial system are all at it again, and their actions […]
At least 15 cases, out of 45 cases emanating from the May 29 parliamentary elections, are still being prosecuted in the courts. High Court registrar Agnes Patemba described this as progress, saying 30 cases have been completed since the elections in May. “Most of the cases have been dismissed mostly because of lack of evidence. […]