UTM Party president Dr Saulos Klaus Chilima, the first petitioner in the presidential election nullification petition case, through his lead attorney Dr Chikosa Silungwe on Thursday oultined before the Constitutional Court that irregularities that occured during the May 21 presidential polls directly affected millions of valid votes, thus affecting the result of the election. Sulungwe […]
UTM Party lead lawyer in the ongoing landmark in the presidential elections nullification petition case has raised questions over the absence of the Malawi Electoral Commissioner (MEC) and other commissioners as witnesses in the case when first petitioner Saulos Chilima on Thursday outlined his final oral submission to the court through his legal team. Lawyer […]
Renowned political analysts have cautioned President Peter Mutharika against careless political rhetoric as the country continues to experience political impasse as the country awaits Constitutional Court determination in the presidential elections nullification petition case. This follows Mutharika’s outburst on Wednesday in Mulanje when he said he would deal with the opposition for plotting to cause […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) and Women Lawyers Association (WLA), as friends of the court in the presidential elections nullification petition case have urged the five-judge panel of the Constitutional Court to make its determination based on law and evidence presented. The two parties’ submissions during oral session on Thursday in Lilongwe followed submissions filed by UTM […]
President Peter Mutharika has condemned opposition leaders’ campaign to annul the May elections depending on getting more angry people on the streets and turn the country into a “lawless society”. The Constitutional Court is expected to deliver a ruling on the 21 May polls, which the opposition claims were rigged, by January 2020. However, speaking […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has told its cadets and other youth to follow the landmark election case ruling on radio instead of going to the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe. DPP director of youth Dyton Mussa said this at a press conference party secretary general Grezelder Jefrey held on Tuesday in Lilongwe. The Constitutional Court […]
One of the architects of the quasi-religious body, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC). which is engaging political leaders in dialogue, has urged politicians to embrace dialogue to end the current political impasse. Reverend Silas Ncozana, former CCAP General Synod moderator, said dialogue was paramount in maintaining the country’s peace and stability as opposition to violence. Ncozana’s […]
Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the historic presidential elections petition case as Chief Legal Adviser for government, has in final submissions quashed Daud Suleman, an information technology (IT) expert hired by Malawi Congress Party (MCP), who made an elections data simulation in court to indicate that MEC results […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has given its defence submissions in the historic presidential elections petition case with Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale stating that there was no skulduggery or unscrupulous conduct by the electoral body to subvert the will of the people in the May 21 polls. Kaphale, who is representing MEC as Chief Legal Adviser for government, submits […]
President Peter Mutharika’s final submissions to the Constitutional Court in a case which the opposition are challenging his re-election of in May, has maintained that the petitioners – Saulos Chilima and Lazarus Chakwera – have failed to prove in court that presidential results were manipulated; hence, asked the court not to nullify the results and […]
The submissions by first petitioner Saulos Chilima to the Constitutional Court challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika in May, says Mutharika’s two witnesses who testified in Court – Ben Phiri and Bob Chimkango – helped to prove claims of irregularities and electoral fraud. Chilima was UTM Party’s candidate in the May 21 presidential election, […]
Judiciary says it has so far spent K240 million hearing the landmark presidential election case and says the budget is likely to go up. Registrar for the High Court and Supreme Court Agnes Patemba conceded this was not the money the judiciary budgeted for, saying it is way up. “We budgeted for less because we […]
A precedent-setting ruling by Kenya’s Supreme Court to annul the result of presidential election in 2017, citing irregularities, and ordered a new one, has been cited in final submissions to the Constitutional Court by presidential candidates challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika in May. The submissions by first petitioner Saulos Chilima and second petitioner […]
Lawyers for first petitioner Saulos Chilima and second petitioner Lazarus Chakwera challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika in May have asked the Constitutional Court in their final submissions to overturn the result of the poll. The submissions by Chilima and Chakwera, losing presidential candidates for UTM Party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP), respectively, are […]
UN Resident Coordinator Maria Jose Torres has stressed the need to accept the verdict of the five-judge panel of the Constitutional Court in a case where two petitioners want presidential poll results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections nullified over alleged irregularities. Jose Torres said as the country awaits the Court decision on the elections case, […]
A political analyst has described as a missed opportunity for unity the absence of President Peter Mutharika and UTM Party president Saulos Chilima at Public Affairs Committee (PAC) initiated peace prayers. The prayers were held Saturday at the Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe to ask divine intervention ahead of the ruling on the election […]
Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiative (CDED) has called for a national unity mass rally where all political party leaders including the State President Peter Mutharika should attend to address Malawians on peaceful coexistence regardless of political affiliation. Addressing the media in Lilongwe on Wednesday, CDEDI interim chairperson Silvester Namiwa emphasized that the rally […]
Ruling on the landmark presidential election case is expected between December 21 and end of February, a senior court official has hinted. Registrar of the High Court and the Supreme Court of Malawi Agnes Patemba says the extension of time for the petitioners to make their final submissions on the case will not affect the […]