Governance experts and analysts have reacted to the ruling by the High Court in Blantyre that Vice-President Saulos Chilima’s movement be dully registered as a political party by Registrar of Political Parties using its abbreviation of ‘UTM’ instead of the full name United Transformation Movement (UTM). Chilima had dragged the Office of the Registrar of […]
Newly formed United Transformation Movement (UTM) will know the status of its registration as a political party as the High Court is expected to deliver its ruling this Friday ahead of the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. Presiding judge John Chirwa will deliver his ruling after hearing submissions a fornight ago followed a six-ground appeal […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has come under intense fire from some aspiring candidates for the party failure to resolve primary polls concerns in some areas. Some of the candidates, who asked to be anonymous, said the party is keeping the parliamentary candidates in suspense and urged the party leadership to resolve the […]
Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners have bowed down to demands by poll stakeholders who want to hire independent forensic experts to look into the missing biometric voter registration kit. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah told the high profile National Electoral Consultative Forum on Wednesday in Lilongwe that the team of the IT experts would be […]
Opposition Peoples Party (PP) leader in parliament Ralph Mhone says the missing crucial Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) biometric voter registration kit should be debated in the forthcoming November 19 last seating of parliament. “We would like to find out how this missing biometric kit is affecting preparations for the elections, this is an important issue […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has vehemently rejected calls for her to stand down from her position at the pollster, saying she has done nothing criminal to warrant resignation. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing National Electoral Consultative Forum (Necof) underway in Lilongwe, Ansah said the missing of the crucial biometric voter […]
Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners and officials are Wednesday, October 31 facing angry electoral stakeholders over the missing but found crucial biometric voter registration kit. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah has confirmed that the meeting, to brief political parties and other stakeholders on the missing voter registration kit, will take place in Lilongwe. The meeting […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will make a final decision on whether to open voter registration centres again in areas hit by registration apathy after the final exercise. MEC commissioner Jean Mathanga said the pollster will look at all the figures obtained during the voter registration exercise since it started and make a final […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has called on political parties to take ownership of the 2019 Elections by properly managing conflicts that may arise in the course of the electoral process in order to hold credible elections. Commissioner Linda Kunje said this in Mzuzu on Monday at the open of a two-day training of Multiparty Liaison […]
Two religious bodies have endorsed President Peter Mutharika for the presidency for May 21 2019 elections; just days after the Head of State told the clergy to avoid meddling and backing political leaders ahead of the polls anticipated to be highly contested. Pastors Link leader Reverend Mpakati Gama who is also the cleric of Harvest […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has finally conceded that the pollster is missing a laptop computer used in the voter registration exercise. MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika said the laptop computer went missing in Mzuzu as voter registration clerks wanted to go for the final phase of the registration exercise. “In fact, it is only […]
Former vice president Dr Cassim Chilumpha has told Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to resign to protect her credibility after a crucial biometric voter registration kit was lost and found in Mozambique. Chilumpha, who leads the newly-formed political party, Assembly for Development and Democracy (ADD), said Malawians have lost trust in MEC, saying the […]
National Registration Bureau (NRB) says it has asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to give a report on how a biometric registration kit went missing and was found in Mozambique. NRB spokesperson Norman Fulatira said the biometric registration kit, which the NRB initially used to register people for the national identity cards, was donated to […]
Former president and People’s Party (PP) leader Joyce Banda has promised that should she be ushered back in power through next year’s elections, her party would take bold steps to improve the agriculture-economy. Banda said this on Sunday at Masangano school ground in the area of Traditional Authority, T/A, Kalumo in Ntchisi, where she addressed a political […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) spokesperson Ken Ndanga has warned the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to handle the issue of the ‘lost but found’ th voter registration kit with professionalism, saying it has potential to cause political anarchy. Ndanga, writing on his Facebook wall says MEC should not only issue a statement to explain the mystery surround […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is missing a laptop with crucial elections data just days after a biometric voter registration kit went missing and was found in Mozambique, raising more suspicions of of possible rigging in the 2019 Tripartite Elections. MEC officials say the laptop went missing between Katoto Secondary School in Mzuzu and Chitipa where […]
Tiny party, Umodzi, says people who are calling for the head of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah are not made in good faith. Umodzi Party president John Chisi said this after major opposition parties and other electoral stakeholders are asking Ansah to resign after a biometric voter registration kit was found in Mozambique, […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has summoned State vice president SaulosChilima to explain on his allegations that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wants to rig the May 21 2019 elections. Chilima, while launching the United Transformation Movement (UTM) in July, alleged that he is aware that government has procured a spying machine. MEC […]