The constitutional court hearing the presidential election results petition case in Lilongwe on Wednesday evicted people from the public gallery to restore court ‘decorum.’ Throughout the proceedings, in which UTM party president Dr Saulos Chilima lawyer Khumbo Soko was cross examining Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) witness Hensley Munkhondya, the public was heard murmuring and laughing. […]
The ongoing elections case, being heard in the High Court in Lilongwe, sitting as a Constitutional Court, is likely to conclude on Saturday December 7 2019 a day after its scheduled finish deadline. Judge Healey Potani, who is chairing the five-judge panel that also includes Dingiswayo Madise, Redson Kapindu, Ivy Kamanga and Mike Tembo, said […]
A former Attorney General Ralph Kasambara a senior counsel in law (SC) as well as Dr Cassim Chilumpha SC – a former Vice President and law lecturer – have indicated that once the Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe nullifies the May 21 2019 presidential elections it will mean that immediate former Vice President Dr Saulos […]
After a grueling process by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party lawyers, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chief Elections Officer breathed relief with the end of his re-examination by his lawyer Tamando Chokotho which provided an opportunity for MEC to build its case. Alfandika told the court that he had come to know of the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has suffered yet another blow in the Constitutional Court when a five-member judge panel refused to allow the pollster lawyers use original tally sheets during the cross re-examination of MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika. Justice Dingiswayo Madise said allowing lawyer Tamando Chokotho use the original electoral documents would be unfair […]
Without prejudicing the ongoing case in the Constitutional Court where Lazarus Chakwera and Saulos Chilima are rigorously disputing the results declared by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC); as a ranking citizen, I would be slipshod if I failed to advise on life after this marathon case. Before I proceed, I want to be clear. I […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chief elections officer Sam Alfandika on Friday failed to answer a number of questions during cross-examination in the ongoing elections case on how presidential results for the May 21 2019 elections were managed. The MEC boss appeared to lack answers on critical questions which lawyer Modecair Msisha, who is representing the second […]
A prominent law professor says the Constitutional Court needed the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah , a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, to testify in the ongoing election case to make up for the missing puzzle. South Africa-based Danwood Chirwa says the MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika can only […]
It is very costly for one to become a Member of Parliament (MP) as findings of the The Cost of Politics in Malawi Survey has established, stating that 1 333 parliamentary aspirants in May 21 2019 polls each spent on average K14.8 million to canvass the votes. Speaking during the dissemination of the survey findings […]
The 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 laid out the theory of the electoral body before its three key witnesses testify, pointing out that MEC did not compromise any of the candidates right to be elected […]
President Peter Mutharika, the first respondent in the presidential election results nullification petition, has 42 witnesses who have sworn statement but paraded only two witnesses to be cross-examined by petitioners’ lawyers. Frank Mbeta, one of the lawyers representing Mutharika who was added to the case by virtue of being the declared winner, said there were […]
UTM Party president Dr Saulos Chilima’s lawyer Bright Theu on Wednesday rounded off cross examining Bob Chimkango, the second witness for President Peter Mutharika who is the first respondent in the case by virtue of being the declared winner of the presidential race in the disputed May 21 Tripartite Elections, by picking holes in his […]
Landmark presidential elections case hearing resumed Wednesday morning in Lilongwe after an abrupt adjournment on Tuesday without reasons, forcing speculations in various social media platforms. But lead judge Healey Potani said it was a necessary adjournment, saying court proceedings may be adjourned at any point where it is necessary of the court or parties. “So […]
UTM Party president Dr Saulos Chilima’s lawyer Bright Theu on Tuesday took on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President Peter Mutharika’s second witness Bob Chimkango in the ongoing electoral case in cross examination which centered on his involvement in active politics while serving as a public servant. Through cross examination, Chimkango confirmed that he started working […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera’s lawyer Mordecai Msisha – senior counsel – has said President Peter Mutharika’s first and key witness Ben Phiri’s testimony was full of distortion. Msisha made the remarks in an interview after he finished cross-examining Phiri, who was Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) director of election during May 21 polls. […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s lawyer Mordecai Msisha on Monday morning dug holes into a key witness to President Peter Mutharika, who is first respondent in the presidential election case, Ben Phiri’s testimony, as he commenced his cross-examination. Msisha started his cross-examination by inquiring if Phiri discussed anything to do on various irregularities that […]
An information technology specialist working for the United Nations Development (UNDP) is being suspected as the ‘ghost user’ that stands accused of hacking into Malawi Electoral Commission’s system and approving votes in the May 21 elections. Presenting his testimony in the Constitutional Court, Daud Suleman, who was the sixth and last witness for Malawi Congress Party […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is mobilising supporters particularly the youth cadets to invade the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe starting this Monday when its director of elections Ben Malunga Phiri, a key witness to President Peter Mutharika, who is first respondent in the presidential election case, will continue to be cross-examined. In a message to […]