The Malawi Electoral Commission(MEC) has trained 136 members of Multiparty Liaison Committees (MPLC) on how to manage conflicts and solve disputes. The training workshop which started on Thursday and has ended today (Friday) was attended by a total of 136 MPLC members from Mangochi, Balaka, Machinga, Zomba districts. Speaking during the training in Machinga, MEC […]
An application by United Transformation Movement (UTM) to register as a political party in Malawi has been rejected. The applicants filed the documents with the Registrar of Political Parties on September 13 2018. The Registrar has not registered the party and has informed the applicants that the bid was turned down because “the application is not […]
Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) top official Nancy Tembo says she will run as an independent candidate in Lilongwe city south west constituency following her losing to party primary elections which she described as sham. Incumbent member of parliament Rhino Chiphiko, a close ally of MCP leader Lazarus Chakwera won the elections criticized by many […]
Suspected regime thugs have petrol bombed a house of United Transformation Movement (UTM) aspiring parliamentary candidate fro Zomba Thondwe. The UTM candidate Edwin Kawanga has confirmed his house was petrol bombed last night in his Blantyre base whilst he was away in Lilongwe on business errands. “We are still calculating the cost of the loss […]
Political parties have been advised to use Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) guidelines when scrutinizing candidates during primary elections to identify their representatives in the May 22 2019 Tripartite Elections. Chief Elections Officer for MEC, Sam Alfandika, said in a statement made available to Nyasa Times that registered political parties should ensure that nomination procedures are […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentary candidates in Nsanje south are in an all-out war against each other as their supporters are involved in political violence ahead of the party primary elections. One of the aspiring parliamentary candidate Ramson Mohammed has accused incumbent MP Thomson Kamangira of perpetrating violence in a bid to force other […]
Vigilant groups in Nkhata Bay have declared an all-out war with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) notorious cadets whom the ruling party is sending to snatch national IDs from prospective voters. Some leaders of the youthful vigilant groups in the district say they have now embarked on a hunt for the cadets whom they said […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) vice president Sidik Mia has heaped blame on the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-led government for the socio-economic woes facing the country, saying the leadership has no vision and plans to develop Malawi. Mia said this on Sunday in Nsanje district at the community centre ground where he conducted a political rally […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)Vice President for Central Region, Uladi Mussa Sunday urgedpeople in Lilongwe to continue supporting the party for it to do well in the coming 2019 tripartite elections. He made the call during public meeting at Mgona in Area 25 in Lilongwe as part of his central region tour. Mussa sounded […]
Some of key electoral stakeholders have expressed satisfaction with the progress of voter registration in readiness for the May 2019 tripartite elections. Speaking in an interview Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) Chairperson Steven Duwa said despite a low turnout of registrants during the first phase, the exercise which is now in its 6th phase is progressing well […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima told a United Transformation Movement (UTM) mass rally in Chiradzulu on Sunday that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will be foiled from rigging the country’s Tripartite election next year. Speaking at Ndata Primary School ground in Traditional Authority (T/A) Ntchema in Chiradzulu which was televised live on Times TV, Zodiak and […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (Central Region) Uladi Mussa has to be given the mandate for a second term to complete his development agenda. Speaking when he addressed a political rally at Kanyenda Primary School in Dedza, Mussa said the Republican constitution allows a president two five-year terms. He said Malawians should give […]
In the ongoing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) primary elections Daniel Chitonya Mwanyongo won as party parliamentary candidate for Karonga North West constituency with 972 votes, defeating his only rival Elizabeth Mwamkangama who got 142 votes. MCP spokesperson Reverend Maurice Munthali has confirmed the results Mwanyongo said his major responsibility now would be to bring unity and […]
After over fifty years of Independence, no one can possibly argue that this country has an effective system of checks and balances that holds officials accountable for policy failures and mismanagement of public affairs. Vladimir Lenin, the late Russian statesman coined the phrase the Cult of the Individual. If the absence of political accountability didn’t […]
Mangochi District Peace Committee (DPC) has reiterated its commitment to continue appealing to political parties in the district to sustain peace before and after elections. Speaking on Saturday at Sangadzi Primary School, Traditional Authority (T/A) Nankumba in the districtwhen the committee jointly held a public rally with political party players, DPC Secretary Father Steven Kamanga […]
Paramount chief Lundu has unequivocally thrown his weight behind President Peter Mutharika and also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), saying opposition parties should not be allowed to win the elections in 2019 “because some of them have tormented us in the past”. “We continue to suffer from the deep wounds that had been inflicted on us […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) southern region regional governor Charles Mchacha has hinted the party may consider using secret ballot to identify parliamentary and ward councillor candidates ahead of the 2019 tripartite elections. “It is not the agreed policy (ballot vote) but we’re considering using secret ballot in volatile wards and constituencies where violence and […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said registration exercise have managed to register 4.6 million voters which represents 81 percent of the total projected figures for the five phases. MEC chairperson Dr Jane Ansah disclosed this during a news conference in Lilongwe when she gave an update on the progress of current voter registration exercise which […]