Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned its polling staff against the use of white correctional fluid Tippex during the forthcoming court-ordered fresh presidential elections. Tippex was among a plethora of irregularities that led to the nullification of the 2019 presidential elections by the constitution court. Speaking in Blantyre on Wednesday when he officially opened a […]
The presidential running mate for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), United Democratic Party (UDF) in the forthcoming fresh presidential polls Atupele Muluzi on Tuesday stormed Karonga with his campaign trail to sell the two parties’ alliance to prospective voters ahead of the June 23 elections. Flanked by DPP vice president for the north, Goodall Gondwe, […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it has put on hold the printing of ballot papers for the forthcoming presidential election until parliament sets date for the poll. This was announced this morning in Dowa during the opening of master trainers training in Dowa. MEC commissioner Jean Mathanga said it is impossible to start […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will take delivery of a consignment of indelible link and thumbprint pads ahead of the court-ordered fresh presidential election tentatively set for June 23. Chief elections officer Sam Alufandika says the materials will arrive at 17:30pm through Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe. “After receipt at the airport, the indelible […]
President Peter Mutharika has dismissed the call by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazaraus Chakwera, who is also Tonse Alliance torchbearer, to a debate ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned fresh presidential election , saying the two are not at the same level to debate. Mutharika said this on Monday when he joined the hunt […]
President Peter Mutharika has kickstarted his campaign for relection in the fresh presidential election, insisting that he won the May 21, 2019 elections fairly and squarely although opposition parties disputed the results through demonstrations and the courts ruled in their favour. Mutharika said this in Thyolo on Monday during a whistle-stop tour he conducted at […]
Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD) presidential hopeful, Peter Dominico Sinosi Driver Kuwani, has accused his contenders – President Peter Mutharika of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Malawi Congress Party (MCP)’s Dr. Lazarus Chakwera – of presiding over political parties embroiled in political violence. Kuwani argues that the subsequent issuance of condemnation by Mutharika […]
Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (Cdedi) has condemned political violence and challenged President Peter Mutharika to rise above ‘petty partisan politics’ to push for law enforcers to deal with perpetrators pf violence ahead of the fresh presidential election. Cdedi executive director Sylvester Namiwa, in a statement, also urges Mutharika to desist from making […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera has said he would not be in power for only five years of his first term, saying the alliance will be reviewing the contents of their partnership if he win the fresh election due this June. Chakwera was speaking on Times […]
Governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (South) Kondwani Nankhumwa has said thousands upon thousands of people who turned up during his two-day whistle-stop tour in Blantyre City is testimony enough that President Peter Mutharika and DPP continue to enjoy massive support not only in Blantyre but across the country. Record crowds graced all the meetings, with […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice president for the South, Kondwani Nankhumwa has said the presence of President Peter Mutharika on the party’s campaign trail will boost morale among its supporters ahead of the court-ordered fresh presidential elections. President Mutharika who is the torch bearer of the DPP/UDF Alliance was last seen in public on May […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader and Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera has faulted President Peter Mutharika for attacking the Constitutional Court judges for nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election result and the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) for upholding that judgement. Mutharika during a ‘Talk to the President’ special programme on State-run […]
Finally. Finally! Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) head Jane Ansah is out after losing her court case challenging the decision by the Constitutional Court annulling last May’s presidential poll. Is the coast now clear? Ansah’s refusal to leave would have had a decisive influence on the outcome of the court-ordered fresh poll which we are yet […]
Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) Malawi Chapter has expressed concern that a couple of journalists were subjected to political violence as the country prepares for the fresh presidential polls. The media watchdog is urging political parties to guarantee the safety of journalists when covering political campaign rallies and reminded media houses of the need to […]
Atupele Muluzi the running mate to President Peter Mutharika in the forthcoming fresh presidential election has asked people in the north to vote for the DPP-UDF alliance, saying its candidate who is also incumbent State President, Mutharika is a cool and a democratic leader. Muluzi was speaking Saturday evening in Mzuzu when he addressed people […]
The Democratic Progressive Party and United Democratic Front (DPP/UDF) Alliance presidential running mate for the 2020 fresh elections Atupele Muluzi on Saturday took the alliance campaign trail to Kasungu with a message on unity and oneness. Muluzi, who was welcomed by thousands of people at the Kasungu Community Ground,reminded the gathering the past 10 months have […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has lashed out at President Peter Mutharika for accusing Malawi’s judiciary of agitating for what he called “regime change” activities in their determination to nullify last year’s presidential vote and ordered fresh elections by July 3. The Supreme Court of Appeal this month rejected Mutharika’s bid to overturn the landmark ruling […]
Hours after President Peter Mutharika strongly condemned acts of political violence and hate-speech ahead of the fresh presidential election, ruling Democratic Progresive Party (DPP) Vice President for Southern Region, Kondwani Nankhumwa has added his voice, saying politically-orchestrated violence and anarchy have no place in the democratic Malawi. There have been reports of political violence between supporters of […]