A parliamentary candidate in Mulanje Central Constituency Dr Michael Usi has asked the government to swiftly operationalise the Political Parties Act which President Peter Mutharika assented to early this year in a bid to end the culture of handouts. Social-economic activist, comedian and play writer famously known as ‘Manganya’ said the culture of handouts is […]
The Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has lobbied members of Parliament pass the Political Parties Bill during its current meeting, saying the organisation strongly believes the legislation is set to transform the country’s political landscape. CMD is a platform for dialogue on political parties in Malawi which sets out to contribute towards consolidation of multiparty […]
A report on the scrutiny of the Political Party Bill which if enacted by Parliament, will compel political parties to disclose their party funding and law handouts is ready, according to Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee. Chairman of the committe, Maxwell Cholera has said the report should be presented in the National Assembly this November. If passed into a law, […]
Centre for Multi-party Democracy, a grouping of all political parties in the country are pushing for a law that would give powers to government to deregister all passive political parties. Kizito Tenthani, executive director of the Centre for Multi-Party Democracy (CMD) said his government succesfully lobbied for this bill to be drafted by the ministry […]
Malawi former president Bakili Muluzi said the country should have the Freedom Day on June 14 back so that citizens should commemorate reintroduction of multi-party democracy in the country and share history to the youth on the struggles to end one-party dictatorship. On Monday, June 14 1993, a referendum on reintroduction of multi-party democracy was […]
Lawyer Ambokire Salim is facing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) legal team in the High Court as the battle on whether politicians should be forced to deliver on their campaign promises or not starts in earnest n the afternoon. MEC spokesman Sangwani Mwafulirwa said MEC attorneys has already applied that the pollster be grated leave for […]
Centre for Multiparty Democracy, a multi party liaison committee on democracy, has told President Peter Mutharika that there is need to have a law that compels political parties in the country to declare their assets and disclose their source of funding. CMD executive director Kizito Tenthani said this was necessitated by confessions of convict Oswald […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesman has differed with remarks by President Peter Mutharika that he is a sole financier of the party. An emotionally-charged Mutharika claimed on Thursday, October 8, 2015 during a news conference at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe, that ge bankrolls the operations and activities of DPP and that he was its 2014 […]
Most members of parliament say they would not be comfortable to pass a law that would stop politicians from giving out handouts during elections. Centre for Multiparty Democracy, in its quest to bring sanity during elections, is pushing for that law. According to CMD executive director Kizito Tenthani, the main aim of the law is […]
Giving handouts by political parties may be banned come 2019 elections if proposals by Centre Multiparty Democracy (CMD) are taken on board and enacted into law. CMD with funding from Tilitonse is championing the review of the Political Parties Registration and Regulation) Act, the review has culminated into a draft bill that aims to repeal […]
Malawi should establish a political party funding regulatory body which should look at the main sources of funding for political parties and the rules applying to their use, Patrick Zeus Phambala, a Lilongwe-based political and social commentator, has proposed. Malawi parties are mainly financed by “well-wishers” who happen to enjoy government business – mostly dubiously […]
Center for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has said it will continue engaging in discussions with the government to ensure that the proposed political parties bill is tabled in parliament. The bill which seeks to repeal the political parties Registration and Regulation Act and replace it with a new law is expected to address challenges faced by […]
Some leaders of all political parties in Malawi parliament are soon expected to travel to Ghana for a learning visit on best practices for conducting free and fair elections. The one week trip which is expected to start off this coming Sunday has been organized by Center for Multiparty Democracy-CMD. CMD Executive Director Kizito Tenthani […]
You cannot imagine my excitement when I heard that the Centre for Multiparty Democracy is consulting various stakeholders in formulating a more progressive and meaningful Political Parties Act. Among other things, the proposed legislation seeks to bring order and sanity to the conduct of the country’s political party politics by making it more difficult to […]
A prominent governance body, Centre for Multiparty Democracy’s (CDM), survey report which took place between November last year and August this year, has revealed Alliance for Democracy (Aford), Malawi Forum for Unity and Development (Mafunde), People’s Transformation Party (Petra), People’s Progressive Movement (PPM) and Maravi People’s Party (MPP) have no traceable structures. The survey results, […]