Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) legal team was on Friday was allowed to cross- UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Chilima’s third witness Darlington Ndasauka in the landmark presidential poll case after a successful out-of-court meeting between the first petitioner legal team and MEC lawyers. On Friday afternoon, lawyer for first petitioner Chilima, Dr Chikosa Silungwe stunned […]
The Constitutional Court is Friday morning to make a determination on a claim by lawyer for first petitioner Saulos Chilima in the landmark presidential poll case that Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) legal team has finished cross-examining the former vice president’s witnesses. Laywer Dr Chikosa Silungwe stunned the court when he told the MEC legal team, […]
Efforts to dispute the use of tippex, fake and duplicate tally sheets by the first witness and petitioner UTM party president Saulos Chilima during re-examination by his lawyer Dr Chikosa Silungwe in the ongoing presidential elections case were marred by objections from the respondents. The re-examination Wednesday morning in the Constitutional Court was affected by […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) lawyer Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale on Wednesday afternoon told the constitutional court in Lilongwe that they rejected an extra statement which he said lawyer for Saulos Chilima the first petitioner in the electoral case had tried to serve them during a brief recess. Kaphale raised the issue before a panel of […]
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima who is asking the Constitutional Court to nullify presidential results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections on Thursday afternoon outlined his case to challenge presidential election results in May that handed a narrow victory to President Peter Mutharika. Chilima through his lawyer, Dr Chikosa Silungwe told the court that elections […]
A private practice lawyer Chikosa Silungwe, who is lead counsel for Saulos Chilima of UTM Party, the first petitioner in the case seeking nullification of the presidential election results over alleged irregularities, has said they have started inspecting presidential ballot papers in the May 21 Tripartite Elections following a June 27 Constitutional Court ruling that […]
It is a well known fact that the ongoing case that has gripped the nation is being keenly followed from outside the court room. That being the case, the brilliance of the opposition lawyers holding the hopes of majority Malawians with their learned arguments is not lost on some of us who on Friday witnessed […]
There are no foreign barristers hired to represent the UTM Party in the elections case where it is asking the courts to nullify the results of the May 21 presidential elections, a lead Counsel has said. Dr. Chikosa Silungwe, who is leading a team of lawyers representing UTM’s presidential candidate Dr Saulos Chilima in the […]
Reputable legal expert Chikosa Silungwe has said the decision to share the K4 billion rural development funds among all the 193 constituencies from “budget by-pass” is unconstitutional and warned that if Treasury was to proceed with the disbursement of such funds to the District Councils it risks facing legal action. Government said it will distribute the […]
Renowned lawyer Dr Chikosa Silungwe last week launched his book on land reforms tilted ‘Law, land reform and responsibilisation: A perspective from Malawi’s land question, a culmination of ideas that he has shaped and re–shaped over the last 15 years from an eviction case that he worked on. Speaking during the launch of the book […]