The five-judge panel of the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court has extended the period to hear the trial in the second segment of the highly-anticipated presidential election nullification petition case to 14 days uninterrupted from initial nine days before another direction is given. The proceedings resumed on Tuesday September 3 after […]
Zambia’s former president Rupiah Banda is expected in the country this month to mediate on the warring parties over the highly disputed May 21 tripartite elections which the opposition claims were rigged, Nyasa Times understands. Civil rights activist, Rafiq Hajat who is executive director for Institute for Policy Interaction (IPI) and coordinating the visit and the subsequent talks, […]
The political solution to the post-election instability is not serial protests to force Jane Ansah to resign, but the 50+1 bill rejected by legislators in 2017. I am worried with the mass demonstrations ensuing while the electoral dispute is being heard in court. I will not push for blood to spill in the name of […]
Reverend Hardwick Kaliya who was one of the presidential contestants in May 21 Tripartite Elections has now rejoined the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Reverend Kaliya, who tumbled in the DPP primary elections for a ward councilor in Blantyre before standing for the presidential polls as an independent candidate, addressed DPP followers on Sunday at a rally […]
A law expert has said demands for Malawi Election Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to abdicate from her office should be extended to all her commissioners on claims that the May 21 presidential elections were fraudulently managed and the opposition claims were rigged. There have been fevered protests pushing for Ansah’s ouster organised by civil […]
There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. […]
The Constitutional Court has now received an application by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to submit to the court a report by external auditors it has hired to validate the results of the elections. This was disclosed by , Justice Healey Potani on behalf of the panel of five judges hearing the on going election case, […]
The presidential election nullification petition case will drag for the next four months with Constitutional Court expected to deliver ruling next year, Nyasa Times understands as five-judge panel on Friday rejected a new checklist by President Peter Mutharika lawyers who indicated they wanted to cross-examine 243 witnesses. Last week, the Constitution Court directed that all […]
Hearing of a case revolving around the country’s controversial May presidential elections has been adjourned to September 3 by Malawi’s Constitutional Court. Justice Healy Potani on behalf of the he five-judge panel which includes Ivy Kamanga, Mike Tembo, Dingiswayo Madise and Redson Kpaindu said when thecourt resumes on September 3 it will run for 9 […]
The Constitution Court (ConCourt) sitting in Lilongwe has rejected a plea by UTM lawyer Marshall Chilenga for an improved case management during cross examination to have one senior lawyer for a particular respondent be given an opportunity to ask the witness questions. UTM lawyer Marshall Chilenga made the application on Thursday soon after the court […]
Lawyer for the first petitioner in the ongoing presidential election case before the Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe has applied for an improved case management during cross examination that will see one senior lawyer for a particular respondent given an opportunity to ask the witness questions. UTM lawyer Marshall Chilenga made the application soon after […]
The Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale standing in as counsel for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the ongoing presidential elections case on Thursday morning tussled with UTM’s second witness Mirriam Gwalidi over claims of irregularities during the vote counting and results tabulation at stream and polling center level. According to Gwalidi’s sworn statement, there were […]
The Constitution Court adjourned soon after reconvening in the morning of first petitioners second witness cross examination following the failure by UTM Party lawyers to finalize and serve the respondents legal team the amended sworn statement. The sworn statement of Mirriam Gwalidi, UTM second witness was supposed to be amended by re-arranging pages. Lawyer for […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has written foreign embassies in the country notifying them on their proposed anti-Jane Ansah demonstrations to take place in the country’s airports and borders from 26-30 August 2019. The airport shutdown will take political crisis in Malawi a lurch for the worse as President Peter Mutharika has said the […]
Mirriam Gwalidi, one of the key witnesses for UTM Party in the ongoing historic elections case tussled with Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale when he started cross-examining her as she testified and rejected several of the AG’s attempts to make her admit that the evidence provided in her sworn statement did not amount to electoral […]
Mirriam Gwalidi, the first UTM roving monitor to stand for cross examination arrived in the constitutional court, pumped up and eager to belittle Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale’s questions and score political points. However, she presents one of the most damaging witnesses for UTM case, as through her presentations, she is keen to battle Kaphale than […]
After a long and exhaustive cross examination, first petitioner and witness in the ongoing presidential elections case at the Constitutional Court UTM president Dr Saulos Chilima had a break from the witness box after his counsel Dr Chikosa Silungwe concluded re-examination, paving the way for Miriam Gwalidi whose name has been the center stage in […]
Despite the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) failing to submit an electoral audit report in the in the ongoing constitutional case where opposition leaders are challenging results of the May 21 2019 presidential election, the document is now in public domain and dominates the discussion in different social media forums. The Constitutional Court, on June 27 […]