The historic elections petition case at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera on Monday completed his testimony on disputed presidential elections which he argues were marked by serious irregularities. After being cross-examined by first respondents President Peter Mutharika and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) lawyers, Chakwera, who is a […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has hit back at President Peter Mutharika for telling the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that the main opposition is the major political trouble maker in the country. MCP spokesperson Maurice Munthali said the remarks by Mutharika that the MCP is bringing confusion after losing the elections shows that the […]
Malawian President Peter Mutharika on Thursday addressed the annual gathering of world leaders for the United Nations General Assembly and said he won his second and final constitutional five-year term of office through a process that was duly audited by a UN affiliated network but accused opposition leaders’ campaign to annul the May elections on […]
UTM Party councilor for Tukombo in Nkhata Bay is strenuously rejecting reports that he has told the opposition to drop the presidential election case and the civil rights activists to stop anti-Jane Ansah protests. In an interview with Nyasa Times on Tuesday afternoon, Ackleyn Tcheya said his comments were taken out of context, saying he […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera defended himself why he did not know some things in his petition case for the May 21 presidential elections , saying it is only God who knows everything. Chakwera, giving testimony under cross-examination, was pinned by ttorney General (AG) Kelekeni Kaphale, who is representing the Malawi Electoral Commission […]
Hearing of the historic presidential elections nullification petition case in Lilongwe has been adjourned to September 30 2019 after Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Friday completed his cross-examination on Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner. Turning up for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in his capacity as government’s chief legal adviser, Kaphale in […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale offered his apologies to a five-judge panel in the Constitutional Court hearing the historic presidential election petition case for making remarks that were deemed unprofessional. During Cross-examination of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Attorney General who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the matter, threatened to stop […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner in the on-going presidential elections case took to witness stand to be cross examined by lawyers for the respondents and started by acknowledging that the 2019 election was his last chance as a presidential candidate for the MCP, according to the party […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, who is asking the Constitutional Court to nullify presidential results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, on Thurday morning outlined his case to challenge presidential election results in May that handed a narrow victory to President Peter Mutharika. Chakwera through his lawyer, Mordecai Msisha senior counsel, told […]
The Constitutional Court in an ongoing elections case, being heard in Lilongwe on Wednesday admonished one of the lawyers representing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Isaac Songea, for acting incompetently. Chakwera, who wants nullificarion of the May 21 2019 presidential election and an order for a rerun, made notices through his lawyers […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is Thursday morning expected to take to the Constitutional Court witness box for the first time since he dragged the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) over allegations of vote rigging and result manipulation in the presidential election. Chakwera now faces questions from the legal teams of MEC […]
The Constitutional Court hearing a petition case about the presidential election results has agreed with the prayer by one of the lawyers representing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Mordecai Msisha, a respectable Senior Counsel (SC), that cross- examination from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and President Peter Mutharika legal team should not dwell […]
Lawyers of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera in the Constitutional Court hearing on the disputed May 21 2019 Presidential Election on Tuesday addressed the court to object to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawyers to cross examine Chakwera and his witnesses on certain areas considered irrelevant such as character […]
The Constitutional Court has ruled against applications by lawyers for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and President Peter Mutharika, requesting the court to remove some parts of the evidence submitted by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner, in the presidential elections petition case. The determination about the application was made by […]
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in Lilongwe has ordered that UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima will not pay any costs for withdrawing all his 34 remaining witnesses in the historic elections petition case. Chilima last week withdrew the witnesses to close his case as first petitioner in the interest of an expedited trial according to […]
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Symon Vuwa Kaunda has said he is relieved after the High Court in Mzuzu has upheld him as winner of Nkhata Bay Central parliamentarian seat. “I have been affected a lot. Even right now I am affected. MPs are meeting but I am here attending the court case,” […]
Former president of Zambia Rupiah Banda has failed to come to Malawi to end the prevailing political stand-off as some players seem not to be interested in the initiative. Banda was scheduled to start meeting the government and the ruling party officials, the opposition, the human rights activists and other players on Friday in a […]
Justice Jack N’riva of the High Court in Blantyre has dismissed with cost an election petition stemming from the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections after the petitioner Samuel Chinyani failed to pursue the case. Chinyani, who contested in Mwanza West Constituency and lost to Joyce Chitsulo, was challenging Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declaration of Chitsulo […]