Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has hinted that his second-in-command Mohammed Sidik Mia may be chosen as running mate in the 2019 presidential elections and that the two have the ability to wrestle power from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Speaking during a rally he addressed in Mchinji on Sunday televised live on Times […]
Voter registration came to an end on November 9, 2018. The preparations for 2019 Tripartite Elections continue. The Commission is now planning for voter verification and nomination of candidates. Because of the increasing number of enquiries from aspirants, this week we look again at the eligibility criteria to contest for the Presidential, Parliamentary or Local […]
The proposal to have 50 percent-plus-one majority in the presidential election has resurfaced after People’s Party (PP) of former president Joyce Banda wants the Electoral Reforms Bill which was suffocated in Parliament to be retabled as Parliament start meeting this Monday. Malawi Law Commission endorsed the merit of shifting to a 50-plus-one system from the current electoral […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it will not re-open voter registration after it has registered 6.8 million eligible voters at the end of the phased registration exercise for the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections in the country’s 28 districts, representing 81 percent of projected figure. Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) had pressed MEC to […]
The biggest threat to president Mutharika and the DPP in the forthcoming elections is the possibility of a coalition between MCP, UTM and PP. Everyone knows this. Yet, inexplicably, one of the Malawi’s biggest puzzles as the 2019 elections beckon is the question of how the political opposition, all of whom agree that a continued […]
Malawians based in UK who support Vice President Saulos Chilima’s UTM party hosted a dinner and dance event in Bradford on Saturday at Cedar Court hotel to remind each other of their role to ensure the party’s victory in 2019. Talk of colour, style and cordination was all over the place on display from the […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) torchbearer in the May 21 2019 tripartite elections Lazarus Chakwera and his deputy Sidik Mia on Saturday conducted whistle stop tours in Dowa where the main message was focussed on assuring people that once voted into power the party is geared to change living standards of Malawians. Chakwera took time […]
Firstly, this article is not meant to discourage or encourage any political party anywhere to go into, or withdraw from any political formation, alliance, party or grouping, rather, it seeks to contribute to the thought process on political formations in general. The article is academic in nature, and some of the principles are vicarious knowledge […]
I have patiently been waiting for the country’s major presidential aspirants to outline their policy positions on how to improve the Malawi economy. I have listened to Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Peter Mutharika, Malawi Congress Party’s (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera, People’s Party’s (PP) Joyce Banda and UTM’s Saulos Chilima. From Mutharika, all I have heard is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) the biggest opposition to President Peter Mutharika’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has said there are no discussions for a possible electoral partnership with the former governing People’s Party (PP) and the new party UTM ahead of May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. MCP publicity secretary the Reverend Maurice Munthali said his party […]
President Peter Mutharika has rejected claims made by his second in command, Vice-President Saulos Klaus Chilima , that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) could not have won the 2014 polls without him on the ballot paper. Chilima said on Saturday at a UTM rally at Chule Primary School in Dedza in reaction to sentiments from the governing […]
High Court has rebuffed an application by private practice lawyer Bob Chimkango seeking judicial review for the registrar of political parties to put aside the court’s earlier order to register the UTM as a political party. Chimkango, a known sympathiser of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) filed the ex-part application for judicial review purportedly […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it has instructed its lawyers to take pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission to court over its failure to reopen some registration centres in central region which faced low turn up in the first phase of the exercise. MCP spokesperson Maurice Munthali said the figures released by MEC shows […]
Quasi-religious, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) says it is the responsibility of government to fund the forensic audit on the missing but found Malawi Electoral Commission biometric voter registration kit. PAC chairperson Father Felix Chingota said his organization would be meeting government officials to discuss on the matter. This follows sentiments from minister of Information […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is now sharply divided than ever before following reports that its leader Lazarus Chakwera has been holding talks with UTM for a possible electoral alliance. Director of youth in the party, RichardChimwendo Banda, in a social media post, said he would oppose the alliance, saying MCP cannot work […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) Youth Forum is set for revival with a promise of clean and development centered politics as the country is geared for the May 21 2019 tripartite elections. Speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times, UDF Youth Wing Chairperson Osman Sauzande said they would want to have a youthful block that will […]
Malawi’s development partners have commended the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for successfully registering 6.8 million voters in the first ever digitized voter registration process which used the Biometric Voter Registration system. The development partners; Britain, Iceland, Japan United States of America, Mozambique, South Africa and, Zambia said this in a joint media statement issued on […]
A national peace conference in Lilongwe on Tuesday turned unpeaceful as three powerful chiefs walked out in protest against a politician’s remark who described some traditional leaders as stooges of government and operatives of the ruling party. Senior Chief Kachindamoto, Paramount Chiefs Lundu and Kyungu stormed out of the conference, declaring that they could not […]