Citizen for Transformation (CFT) political movement leader Timothy Mtamboa on Tuesday today holding whistle stop tours in Lilongwe and Mchinji drumming up support for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera ahead of the July 2 fresh presidential election. Speaking at Mpingu in Lilongwe, Mtambo called on the people to massively vote for Chakwera and […]
A prominent lawyer says President Peter Mutharika will have no option but to sign the electoral reform bills which sets date for the fresh election on July 2 and says the presidential election winner will have to get 50%+1 votes as interpreted by both the Constitutional Court and upheld by the Malawi Supreme Court of […]
Atupele Muluzi, the running mate to President Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the July 2 fresh presidential election, is stepping up the pace of his campaign to boost re-election of the incumbent, urging Malawians to cast their ballots for Mutharika with a warning that voting untried and tested leader would be calamitous. […]
Youth Decide Campaign (YDC) says political party alliances ahead of Malawi’s fresh presidential election must endorse the national youth manifesto, warning that they should not expect any youth vote if they refuse to sign the document and commit to implementing its contents. YDC is a consortium of some youth civil sociey organisations in Malawi championing […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (responsible for the South) Kondwani Nankhumwa has said Providing proper opportunities for party leaders at the district, constituency and area levels to engage in planning and strategy formulation contributes to strengthening internal party democratic processes. “I strongly believe that building confidence in the top party leadership will depend on the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has revolved to resignfrom her post following the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal judgement upholding the nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election and querying the electoral body’s competency, Nyasa Times understands. Ansah has confided to one of the MEC officials that she is “throwing in the […]
Former president Joyce Banda has said she wants the younger generation to take up leadership, taunting President Peter Mutharika that at 80-years he should be retiring like her husband former Chief Justice Richard Banda – his age mate. She was speaking on Sunday at a rally in Mzuzu before Tonse Alliance presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera, […]
This last week was simply historic. First, was the submission of nomination papers for the July 2, 2020, Presidential elections. These were as significant as engagement ceremonies because they confirm who goes to bed with who in electoral pacts. While in the past the element of surprise was intraparty, this time around it was high […]
A health rights activist is worried over continued disregard of deadly coronavirus (Covid-19) preventive measures as politicians continue to hold mass rallies. On Sunday, the opposition alliance and President Peter Mutharika’s running mate in the July 2 presidential election – Atupele Muluzi – held rallies in various parts of the country despite the government ban […]
Commissioners at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) are expected to meet this week to decide their fate following the Supreme Court of Appeal ruling last week which upheld the Constitutional Court ruling for a fresh election. Jean Mathanga, the chairperson of the Electoral Services of the Malawi electoral body said a decision would be made […]
The country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima has accused former president Bakili Muluzi, the country’s first multiparty president from 1994 to 2004, of threatening his life. Chilima, who also accused President Peter Mutharika of unleashing political violence ahead of the July 2 fresh presidential election to disenfranchise some voters, made claims on Muluzi during a rally […]
Atupele Muluzi, who is President Peter Mutharika’s running mate in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections, on Sunday drew large crowds during a whistle stop rally at Biwi Triangle in Lilongwe, urging people to vote for Mutharika as the only experienced political leader to rule the country. Atupele, the United Democratic Front (UDF) leader, who is […]
UTM Party secretary general Patricia Kaliati has said government has allocated President Peter Mutharika’s running mate in the July 2 polls, Atupele Muluzi privileges similar of a State vice president such as a motorcade and lead police siren vehicle (sweeper) as an attempt to anger the country’s estranged veep Saulos Chilima. Kaliati was speaking at […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarous Chakwera has said the victory at the courts and the formation of the opposition Tonse Alliance means that time is up for the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), urging the electorate to vote and seal DPP’s fate on July 2. ” The game is over for them. We […]
Vice President Salous Chilima says he has put on hold his presidential ambitions to support Dr Lazarus Chakwera as presidential torchbearer of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) a ticket that represents Tonse Alliance of nine opposition parties so that the two join forces to redeem the country. Chilima said this on Sunday to record crowd that […]
Political analysts in the country have cesnured the remark, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance running mate, Atupele Muluzi made in Mangochi on Saturday during the whistle-stop tour he organised in the Eastern Region. This was a maiden tour, Muluzi held to garner more support in the once UDF hotbed as the country […]
Speaker of Parliament Catherine Gotani Hara has said people of the northern must not be treated as “second-rate citizens” as is the case now under the government of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). Gotani Hara was speaking during the political campaign rally for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera ahead of July 2 fresh […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) outspoken commissioner Linda Kunje has said the commissioner, including its chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah, will not resign until they finish their contract in late June this year despite the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously agreed that the management of the 2019 cancelled elections failed to meet constitutional tests due to a […]