Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah on Saturday hailed the presidential candidates for their commitment to ensure that there should be no violence during the polls and hailed those who attended prayers for peace and peace declaration signing which Public Affairs Committee (PAC) organised in Lilongwe ahead of the May 21 elections. Those […]
Nsanje East Bank Traditional Authority (T/A) Mlolo on Friday dated age-voting youths at a special function held at Fatima School premises where she delivered an inspiring speech that encouraged them to go and utilize their large numbers by voting wisely on May 21. She urged the youth to attend all political debates and participate in […]
President Peter Mutharika will Saturday not attend national prayers organised by quasi-religious body Public Affairs Committee (PAC), where he was invited and confirmed he would attend, but will instead be on a campaign trail in the northern region. Presidential spokesperson, Mgeme Kalirani, confirmed that the Head of State would not attend. “He will be in […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said church leaders should desist from endorsing political candidates to avoid infringing on people’s rights to choose a candidate of their choice. Commissioner Jean Mathanga said this in a speech read on her behalf by Catherine Nkhoma (senior public education officer at the Anti-Corruption Bureau) at Ezondweni Technical College […]
The Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) has expressed concern with the increased incidences of accusation and counter accusations of intentions to rig the May 21 2019 tripartite elections. The development comes in the wake of claims by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torchbearer President Peter Mutharika and UTM’s Saulos Chilima that some people want to rig […]
Inkosi Gomani of Ntcheu has drummed up support for a presidential candidate who has the support of the youth, urging the Malawian youth to vote for such a leader. The youthful Ngoni chief to the Gomani clan said 64 percent of the population in Malawi are the youth, saying this was the reason enough to […]
There are less than 20 days before Malawians vote in the May 21 Tripartite Elections. Last Sunday, the CCAP Nkhoma Synod issued a pastoral letter titled An Opportunity to Choose a Leader with Good Reputation, Full of the Holy Spirit and Wisdom. The letter, read in Nkhoma Synod churches mainly in the Central Region, has […]
UTM Party officials had to run for their lives and their vehicles whisked to safety as ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) roughnecks went on rampage at Victoria Hotel in Blantyre demanding that the UTM officials leave the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) National Elections Consultative Forum (Necof) meeting. UTM director of Research and Planning Leonard Chipoya […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has identified problems and weaknesses in the election results management system ahead of the May 21 Tripartite Elections. MEC commissioner Jean Mathanga said there were visible problems, saying the system struggled to connect with tally centres from the start. “The network providers have assured us that they will improve the network. […]
As political parties continue to mobilise resources to strengthen their financial position during the campaign ahead of the watershed May 21 Tripartite Election, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Diaspora Wing UK chapter is holding a mega dinner dance dubbed “Kwacha Gala” in the city of Birmingham this Sunday May 6 to raise money for the […]
President Peter Mutharika has vowed never to allow the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) back in government, because of its backward political policies that see the oldest political grouping in Malawi opposing each and every policy the government undertakes irrespective of benefits to the rural poor masses. Speaking during a whistle stop campaign tour of Dowa […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi on Wednesday went flat out in the central region district of Ntchisi with a claim he won the May 2014 tripartite elections but that the results were fraudulent. Atupele, 40, the youthful presidential hopeful among the six contesting in the May 21 presidential race, said during a […]
Catholic Diocese of Karonga chief shepherd, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka, has urged the faithful in the confines of his diocese to go and vote in large numbers, assuring them that no one should feed them with lies that the May 21 tripartite elections are going to be rigged. Mtumbuka said in his address at St Joseph the Worker […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disqualified independent candidate for Dowa South East Medson Nkhoma for continuing holding a public office after presenting nomination papers but there is in action on ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates in similar situation. According to section 51(2)(e) of the Constitution of the Republic of no person shall be […]
With 20 days left before Malawians go to the polls in a closely fought presidential campaign, United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi is pushing to inspire enthusiasm from the electorate to go en masse and vote on May 21 – for the ‘new beginning’, saying the election is the choice between an “inclusive […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has suspended its governor for Mzimba Solola Constituency, Fukafuka Mtonga, over an audio clip in which the latter is heard saying he would vote for opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torchbearer, Lazarus Chakwera. In the clip, that has been shared on social media platforms, Mtonga says he would vote […]
The British government has urged Malawi to conduct free, fair and credible elections whose results should reflect the will of the people for the consolidation of the country’s democracy. British High Commission Charge d’ Affaires, Gary Leslie told journalists on Monday in Lilongwe during the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Foundation of the […]
UTM party parliamentary candidate for Mulanje West, Patricia ‘Akweni’ Kaliati, has said the ongoing wrangles in her constituency and others in the district are due to police and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) failure to act on the perpetrators of electoral offences. Speaking at Namphungo Primary School during a Multiparty Liason Committee (MPLC) meeting recently, she […]