United Democratic Front (UDF) president Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi has stressed that he will run for presidency under his party’s banner and that UDF is not going into an electoral coalition for the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. There has been fevered speculation that UDF is going into a coalition with the governing Democratic Progressive […]
The UTM party first ever elective national convention in Lilongwe has given State Vice-Presidenrt Saulos Chilima a mandate to lead the party be its torch-bearer for the 2019 Tripartite Elections as noone has challenged him to the position. The convention unanimously endorsed Chilima to the position as the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) are conducting the […]
It’s been a long time since Malawi Congress Party (MCP) last tasted levers of power but we will not wait long to find out if the decision by MCP president Lazarus Chakwera, to name— early— his running mate for next May’s presidential elections, was a masterstroke. Or that giving the berth to politician-cum-businessperson, Sidik Mia, […]
President Peter Mutharika is meeting officials from quasi-religious body, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) to discuss and find solutions to the rising political tension and violence ahead of the 2019 tripartite elections. Executive director of PAC Robert Phiri said the PAC officials will also invite Mutharika to participate in national prayers for peace. “PAC wants […]
The first phase of voters register verification covering all centres in Kasungu, Nkhotakota, Ntchisi, Dowa, Salima, Mchinji and Dedza districts and Kasungu Municipality will close to the public on Friday December 14 at 4.00pm. A statement from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) signed by Chief Elections Officer, Sam Alfandika says phase two will run from December […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) has set Monday for the much delayed party primaries ahead of the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. UDF publicity secretary Ken Ndanga said the delays were necessitated in what he called clearing the ground. “We wanted to clear the ground first, we wanted to put in place electoral colleges which should […]
Six Dowa chiefs have asked Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera to intervene in political differences being faced by MP aspirants in their district’s South East Constituency where MCP’s Njoka Chimpeni is the incumbent. At a press conference in Lilongwe on Tuesday, the chiefs, who declared to be speaking on behalf of fellow chiefs, […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has deleted 13 200 names from the voters’ roll because they had registered more than once. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said this follows a successful clean up of the voters’ register. “However, due to the removal of multiple registrations the final count of registered voters is 6,859,375. In other words, the […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says parliamentary and local government candidates who failed party primaries can now stand as independents, rescinding its earlier decision. The party forced the candidates to sign a memorandum of understanding three months ago which compelled them not stand as independents once they failed during primary elections. But party […]
The voter verification process has stared in eight of the nine Central Region district except Lilongwe rather on a very low turnout of people on its first day Monday. Registered voters are expected to go to centres where they registered to verify that their names appear un the voters’ roll and that come May 21 […]
The global dream is to have women representation in decision making positions raised to 50 percent. Prospectively, Mangochi’s dream for next year’s May 21 Tripartite Elections is way above the set target – especially in local government elective positions. With the current situation where out of 34 councillors for the district and town councils combined […]
The grouping running a national elections campaign, code-named Youth Decide 2019 to drive up the youths to be active participatants ahead of 2019 Tripartite elections, met students of Malawi Assemblies of God University (MAGU) on Thursday evening to sell them the grouping’s agenda. The team, which is also developing a youth manifesto to inform young […]
Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has told the six tiny political parties that has grouped together to form an electoral alliance ahead of the May 21 2019 elections to deregister their former parties in order to be in conformity with the new Political Parties Act. KizitoTenthani, the executive director of CMD said the political party […]
Mzuzu-based presidential pretender Ras Chikomeni Chirwa has said he would make a better Malawi leader than incumbent President Peter Mutharika and hopes to run in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Election in presidential race. Chikomeni, a Nyabinghi Elder, wants to run on an independent ticket but stressed that he would do a better job than the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will commence voters’ verification exercise for registered voters of the May 2019 tripartite general election to verify if their names and photographs appear in the register. t from Monday next week to January 9, 2019 . MEC’s director of media and public relations Sangwani Mwafulirwa said in a statement made available to […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will not extend time for the receipt of nomination papers from eligible candidates and warned political parties to hold primaries polls on time. MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa said the electoral body will not extend the time for receiving the nomination papers, saying political parties should instead identify […]
When asked whether elections were giving democracy a bad name, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said: “Democracy is not just about one day every four or five years when elections are held, but a system of government that respects the separation of powers, fundamental freedoms like the freedom of thought, religion, expression, association and […]
The church in Malawi has a critical role to play in order that Malawi has peaceful and credible tripartite elections on May 21, 2019, Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said. Nankhumwa, who is also Vice President in the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) responsible for the Southern Region, said this when […]