Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka has sharply contradicted his party president Lazarus Chakwera on meeting President Peter Mutharika face to face to end the current political impasse. Chakwera told the media on Wednesday after meeting organisers of peace talks, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) that he was ready to meet Mutharika […]
UTM Party has been slapped with K600,000 by the Constitutional Court for late submission of the presidential election case documents. The court has made the directive after lawyers for UTM president Saulos Chilima failed to meet the December 10, 2019 deadline of 4:30pm to submit the closing documents for the case. “The court further orders […]
Malawi Parliament says voting materials in the damaged warehouse in Blantyre are intact. Spokesperson for the parliament Leonard Mengezi said this as a team from the National Assembly inspected the damaged warehouse at Maone in Blantyre. Heavy rains and winds damaged the warehouse on Monday which houses voting and other electoral materials. “The affected part […]
Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has said it will from Wednesday start engaging Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, UTM Party leader Saulos Chilima and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) leaders to share with them concerns raised by President Peter Mutharika on radicalisation of youth to cause breach of peace, lawlessness and violence following the […]
Public Affairs Committee (PAC) says it is set for another phase of dialogue meetings with various stakeholders in the post-election impasse to get their input after meeting with President Peter Mutharika on Monday. The quasi-religious grouping gave Mutharika feedback on its dialogue meetings with some key stakeholders during the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. They […]
A renowned law professor has painted some grey areas of both the petitioners of the just ended presidential election case. Professor Danwood Chirwa says both sides in the case; Dr. Saulos Chilima and Dr. Lazarus Chakwera on one hand and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and president Peter Mutharika on another had their big moments in […]
In a country, and in a world, where gender imbalances continue getting bigger and wider, it was not surprising that the hearing of the May 21 Tripartite Elections presidential poll results dispute case was heavily dominated by men. From the judges, the lawyers, the petitioners, the audience in the court room – men were always […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera who is also the second petitioner in the disputed May 21 presidential election results has urged people to respect the Constitutional Court much-awaited judgement. Chakwera, who came second in the presidential race, together with UTM president Dr Sailors Chilima as first petitioner dragged the Malawi Electoral […]
Women Lawyers Association of Malawi has added to the calls for Malawians to accept and respect the ruling of the court on the deputed May 21, 2019 presidential elections results case. The association’s Coordinator for Research and Advocacy, Bernadette Malunga said this in an interview after conclusion of the court’s hearing of the case on […]
Lawyer for UTM Party president Saulos Chilima in the presidential election result petition says the petitioners have proved their case that the May 21 election was a sham. Khumbo Soko said this at the end of the hearing of the case on Friday following the surprising and dramatic decision by lawyers representing Malawi Congress Party […]
After the concluding hearing evidence in the May 21 Tripartite Elections presidential poll results dispute after day 59 at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe, as a matter of way forward, the judges have ordered UTM Party president Saulos Chilima the first petitioner and Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) the second petitioner, to file […]
About 59 days have gone since the constitutional court started hearing the evidence from a horde of witnesses, including information and communications technology experts, monitors, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials and party officials in the ongoing May 21 electoral case in Lilongwe, hearing of evidence has concluded with all parties saying they are pleased. Days […]
The Constitutional Court hearining the May 21 Tripartite Elections presidential poll results dispute on Friday December 6 concluded hearing in Lilongwe earlier than anticipated after petitioners UTM Party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) lawyers stayed away from cross-examining Malawi Electoral Commission’s Director of ICT, Muhabi Chisi on his sworn statement and simulation of the result […]
Following the May 2019 elections, Malawi Electoral (MEC) chair Justice Jane Ansah, amid 147 complaints, declared President Peter Mutharika the winner. The President hastily sworn in, the Chair then went on Zodiak TV declaring the appropriateness of the work of the MEC. In reaction to the electoral theft of the century, Malawians on both sides […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) director of ICT, Muhabi Chisi came out of the cocoon on Thursday to reveal that during the results management time of May 21 tripartite elections, there were many attempts to hack into the MEC results management system (RMS) but they all failed. Chisi was making a simulation of the results management […]
There were hair raising and jaw-dropping revelations on Wednesday at the High Court of Malawi sitting as the Constitutional Court hearing the presidential elections nullification petition when it was learnt that the electoral body altered 1,330, 448 votes. Apart from this, lawyer Khumbo Soko representing first petitioner and UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima managed […]
Lawyers representing petitioners in the presidential elections nullification petition have expressed delight with the progress made so far in the case after the cross examination of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) second witness Henzily Munkhondya, who has been dubbed ‘a witness of truth.’ Munkhondya, who is the director of electoral services,has had a tough ride trying […]
Catholic bishops in the country have reminded Malawians to uphold peace and unity ahead of the presidential elections case verdict by the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe. In a statement, the bishops say Malawians should continue upholding and respecting the rule of law as many have observed that the ruling of the presidential elections’ results nullification […]