Atupele Muluzi, the running mate to President Peter Mutharika, has said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) torchbearer is set to win the fresh presidential election tentatively scheduled for June 23 this year. Atupele said this on Sunday when he concluded his ” tour of the north” ending with whistlestops in […]
Malawi’s youngest Member of Parliament Fyness Magonjwa of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is drawing criticism for openly saying that Yaos and Lomwes and other tribes in the southern region should be voting for each other because the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) with UTM Party have ganged up the support from the Chewa base […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has urged Members of Parliament to put their political differences aside and set a date for the fresh presidential election to enable people vote by June 23 as ordered by Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal. Chilima said it important to respect court rulings because Malawi is governed by laws. […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has announced plans for three-day nationwide protests starting Wednesday this week against President Peter Mutharika. HRDC chairperson Gift Trapence said on Sunday that the coalition will mobilise three million people for the march from Wednesday to Friday. Trapence said they have resolved to hold a three-day demonstration to allow people […]
UTM leader and Tonse Alliance running mate Saulos Chilima on Sunday gave special applause to people of Mangochi for the peace that has prevailed during his campaign meetings in the district and assured people of the lakeshore district that Tonse Alliance will fulfil its pledge to turn it into a beautiful lake city. Mangochi district […]
Former vice-president Cassim Chilumpha, who is also Assembly for Democracy and Development (ADD) leader, has condemned the alleged shooting of unarmed civilians by the county’s estranged vice-president Saulos Chilima’s personal bodyguard in Machinga, saying it raises fears of the worst should MCP-UTM alliance leaders be elected into government. Speaking at a political rally he addressed […]
We need a change in politics to place Malawi on the right path. First, however, we have to re-establish trust in the political system, which only a free and fair election can do. Malawi’s 2019 election was declared a fraud by the highest court in the land in February this year. The judges said there […]
Private practice lawyer Bright Theu has warned President Peter Mutharika to stop his continued condemnation of the Judiciary for annulling the May 2019 presidential election, saying if anything he should blame his legal team for “clearly unprofessional and embarrassing” show in the elections case. Theu challenges Mutharika that he has no legal authority to decide legal disputes. Since […]
Minister of Gender, Child and Community Development, Mary Navicha this week visited Mulanje District where she urged women in traditional authorities Nkanda and Mabuka to vote for Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika (APM) in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. Speaking in Traditional Authority Mabuka, Navicha said women and children are the ones that suffer most during […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) Alliance running mate Atupele Muluzi has assured people of Mzimba of government commitment to completing development projects that are under implementation in the district. Muluzi was speaking Saturday during his whistle stop campaign rallies which he conducted at Jenda, Embangweni, Edingeni and Mzimba Boma. He […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has warned President Peter Mutharika against stifling fresh presidential elections and undermining the rule of law by threatening judges and disrepecting court rulings. Speaking to a large crowd at Gymkhana Club in Zomba on Saturday, Chilima said Mutharika has a history of undermining rule of law, saying his attempts to […]
An emotional, spirited and energetic Malawi Vice President but turned opposition Saulos Chilima delivered one of his best ever political speeches that could fall in the categories of Martin Luther King with ‘I have a dream’ speech, moving the crowd at Gymkhana ground in Zomba with emotions. It all started with former president Joyce Banda, praying that political opponents […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Robin Lowe has warned President Peter Mutharika of any attempts to cling to power after July 3 2020, saying fresh presidential elections should be held as a constitutional court and the Supreme Court ruled that he was not duly elected as President. In his State of the Nation address delivered […]
President Peter Mutharika’s running mate in the court sanctioned presidential election, Atupele Muluzi on Saturday morning took the DPP-UDF alliance campaign to Jenda trading centre in Mzimba where he has bemoaned continued acts of political violence perpetrated by youths. He condemned those involved in perpetuating political violence, saying political leaders are free to engage the […]
Revered private practice lawyer John-Gift Mwakhwawa has dismissed President Peter Mutharika’s threats of treason and call for Parliament to reverse the Constitutional Court and Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal rulings which nullified his re-election last year as misplaced. Mutharika in his speech to Parliament on Friday via a video link indicated that he is considering postponing the election […]
The National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust has condemned the violence ahead of the fresh presidential elections. NICE Trust regional civic education officer (RCEO) for the Centre, Enock Chinkhuntha, has since challenged the police, politicians, chiefs and faith leaders in Dowa to rise above partisan politics and collaborate in denouncing politically-motivated violence in […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it will maintain a security printer which also printed the ballot papers for the 2019 presidential election to print ballot papers for the forthcoming fresh presidential election. MEC said in a statement signed by chief elections officer Sam Alfandika that the commission got authorisation from the Public Procurement […]
President Peter Mutharika says he will remain the sworn leader of this country until the successor comes in warning of treason if anyone undermines this. In his recorded State of Nation Address (SONA) delivered in Parliament on Friday, June 5, 2020, the president was blunt he was holding to power through a mandate he got […]