Malawi Parliament says it will break next week to allow members of parliament go to their respective areas to vote in the June 23 presidential election. Parliament’s spokesperson Ian Mwenye said the Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara is expected to make the announcement on Monday when the legislators reconvenes after budget cluster […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has dismissed opinion polls done by Zomba-based Institute of (Ipor) between April 25 and June 3, saying they were concocted. DPP spokesperson Nicholas Dausi said the results of the survey are meant to portray a false sense of popularity for Tonse Alliance candidate Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate Saulos […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said the judicial review on the appointment of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners will not affect the preparations for the June 23 presidential election. The party secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka says the party is not seeking the court to suspend the commissioners. MCP president Lazarus Chakwera has taken President Peter […]
Political parties participating in the June 23 court-sanctioned presidential election and analysts have tipped Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to consult before shifting the poll date due to logistical problems. MEC chairperson Chifundo Kachale and other commissioners last week met all presidential candidates in the election to warn them of possible logistical challenges ahead. At a […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front ((UDF) alliance running mate in the forthcoming presidential re-run, Atupele Muluzi has promised people in the country that they aim at making Malawi better for everyone. The young Muluzi made the promise at St Augustine III in Mangochi where he conducted a campaign rally on Sunday. Muluzi […]
High Court judge Kenyatta Nyirenda on Monday granted leave for opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera to move for judicial review against the appointment of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners Linda Kunje and Jean Mathanga. President Peter Mutharika retained the two commissioners from a MEC team which Parliament deemed incompetent in the […]
In the beginning there were two different political parties—Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM; each with its own message to woo voters. The MCP led by Lazarus Chakwera, had a catchy HI-5 phrase premised on: servant leadership, prospering together, ending corruption, rule of law and national unity. On the other hand, Saulos Chilima’s UTM had […]
A survey conducted by Malawi’s Institute of Public Opinion Research (Ipor) indicates that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera will win the court-sanctioned fresh presidential election by majority votes required to form the next government. Ipor national investigator Dr Boniface Dulani presented the State of Governance report in Blantyre on Monday. The Ipor survey indicate […]
Former vice-president Khumbo Kachale has urged Malawians to vote for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera to be the country’s leader and send octogenarians President Peter Mutharika together with his advisor Goodall Gondwe to retirement. Kachali, who served as vice-president to former president Joyce Banda from April 2012, said this in Mzimba when […]
Firebrand politician Kamlepo Kalua has urged people of Mbvunguti, Chizale and Zambo areas in Monkeyb ay to vote for President Peter Mutharika and his running mate Atupeke Muluzi in the June 23 court-ordered Fresh Presidential Election to achieve meaningful development. Kalua, who is Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, made the call during a […]
The Blantyre Synod of the CCAP Church says Malawians need to choose a leader that cannot only enhance and promote good governance, but also who understands fully that rule of law with a high degree accountability, integrity, consistency and responsibility. The synod’s General Secretary Reverend Billy Gama and his moderator, Reverend Masauko Mbolembole, emphasize that […]
President Peter Mutharika has said he is confident to win a second term in the court-sanction fresh presidential slated for June 23 and that the opposition should expect crashing in the vote, saying in local new political slang “azawona Nyekhwe.” Mutharika, who is also a torch-bearer for the DPP-UDF alliance, was speaking on Saturday at Nyambadwe […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Chifundo Kachale has not ruled out seeking extension of the fresh presidential election date because of logistical challenges ahead of the court sanctioned poll on June 23, saying they want to deliver a credible election. Kachale said this during a new conference on Saturday in Lilongwe —the first one after […]
A renowned Malawi governance commentator Makhumbo Munthali has warned that government has no excuse not to fund K8.7 billion election budget deficit, arguing that matters of elections must be a priority to any State. During a media briefing held on 13th June 2020 in Lilongwe the newly sworn-in Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has urged people in his home district Ntcheu to come out in large numbers and vote for Dr Lazarous Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), saying the opposition Tonse alliance is united and determined to redeem the country from “thieves and liars”. Chilima said this on Saturday at a rally he […]
Perhaps Finance Minister Joseph Mwanamveka should have had a word with Friday Anderson Jumbe, Malawi’s purse keeper between 2002 and 2004. In presenting the 2003/04 National Budget, with the 2004 general elections in mind, Jumbe admitted being a stressful man. “There is nothing difficult than developing a national budget and, even worse, presenting to the […]
In a damning condemnation, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera Friday says President Peter Mutharika’s move to reduce Farm Input Subsidy Programme (Fisp) fertiliser prices to K5000 is a confirmation that it has all along been ripping off farmers. Chakwera made the remarks following the presentation of the 2020/21 budget by Minister of Finance […]
Minister of Tourism Symon Vuwa Kaunda has denied social media reports that he had gone to the High Court in Lilongwe to challenge the presidential election date. In an interview, Kaunda said the reports were concocted by opposition zealots who just wanted to confuse people due to their candidate’s impending loss at the ballot box. […]