In a surprise move in the on going Malawi elections dispute case at the Hight Court sitting as a Constitutional Court, the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has changed its stand on the request for a recount of the Presidential Poll and instead the party is now requesting a fresh election all together. Speaking to the […]
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday granted permission to Times and Zodiak for live audio coverage of elections case proceedings. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM Party leader Saulos Chilima who are disputing the May 21 presidential poll results. The case continued Wednesday morning in Lilongwe amidst tight security as police officers have surrounded […]
Friday June 21 2019, Malawians eagerly awaited the ruling by the Constitutional Court on a request by President Arthur Peter Mutharika to throw out the case brought by Lazarus Chakwera (MCP) and Saulos Chilima (UTM), two opposition party candidates who were crushed at the polls on 21st May 2019, challenging the results of the presidential […]
Zambian opposition leader Dr. Nevers Sekwila Mumba has said he wants Zambia President Edgar Lungu, now Southern Africa Development Cooperation (SADC) Chairperson on Security and Defense, to take a ‘leading role’ in resolving the political crises in Malawi that threatens peace. The opposition are protesting that President Peter Mutharika won the May 21 election won […]
Malawi is currently mired in a serious political crisis, albeit not an unfamiliar one. The sitting President has just been worn in for a second term of office under hotly disputed circumstances. An electoral petition challenging the results of the presidential elections is currently being argued and adjudicated by the courts. Inside the court, the […]
President Peter Mutharika and the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) have filed an appeal to Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal against constitutional court ruling on Friday in favour of opposition parties pursuing a case over disputed election results. The appeal has been lodged by Churchill and Norris Law Consultants, asking the Supreme Court of Appeal to […]
A local governance expert and opposition leaders have hailed Malawi’s constitutional court for quashing an application by President Peter Mutharika and the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to throw out the referral case by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM Party leader Saulos Chilima who are disputing the May 21 presidential poll results. […]
A five-judge Constitutional Court panel is this Wednesday expected to hand down a landmark ruling on whether two major broadcasters can beam on television live the case by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM Party leader Saulos Chilima who are disputing the May 21 presidential poll results. Privately-owned Times Group and Zodiak […]
The much touted non-violent countrywide demonstrations over the disputed result of last month’s presidential elections were on Thursday largely overtaken by some violent hoodlums. Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) which organised the mass protests, failed to control the crowd as some unruly youth turned violent. Thousands of protesters […]
Malawi’s major opposition leaders who participated in the last month’s presidential race and they are disputing them results in court on Thursday came together to lead anti-government protests held across the country. The marches, organised by civil action groups, started peacefully in the four major cities of the country as thousands of Malawians are protesting results […]
Private practice lawyer Frank Mbeta, who is representing President Peter Mutharika, the first respondent in the election case where the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera and UTM president Saulos Chilima are demanding justice over the May 21 2019 poll results, is hoping the Constitution court will dismiss the case. Chilima and Chakwera are […]
A five-member judge of the Constitutional Court has adjourned to Friday when it will make a ruling on whether President Peter Mutharika’s application to strike out the presidential election challenge case or not. The judges will also at the 3pm rule whether Zodiak and Times Group can beam proceedings of the court case live from […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) says the Constitutional Court has admitted it as friends of the court in the high profile presidential election challenge case. The case goes back to the court in Lilongwe this Wednesday where the panel of five judges is expected to make rulings on a number of technical objections raised by both […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has asked the Constitutional Court that Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) should make available an audit report by a firm that was hired to certify the disputed May 21 2019 Presidential Election. One of MCP’s lawyers, Senior Counsel Titus Mvalo, has confirmed that the party had applied to the court to demand […]
President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said his second and mandatory final term in office is unstoppable and urged opposition parties to accept defeat in the May 21 disputed presidential elections, saying they should get used to his presidency. Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM Party president Saulos […]
South Africa’s Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has said suffocating justice and good governance could be a recipe for political turmoil. Mogoeng was the guest speaker at the Dynamic Leaders and Gatekeepeers Forum held at Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the capital, Lilongwe. “Malawians should stay calm as they wait for the court verdict on […]
The elections case scheduling conference held at Constitutional Court in Lilongwe on Friday has was adjourned to next week Wednesday when a ruling will be made on the preliminary objections which include that of governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to dismiss petitions submitted by UTM Party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the matter. President Peter […]
Over 40 election petitions, mostly from losers of the parliamentary poll in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, have been filed in various courts across the country. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and winning parliamentary candidates are battling to prove that there were no irregularities during and after voting. Professor of law at Chancellor College Ngeyi Kanyongolo […]