YouthDecide Campaign (YDC), a consortium of some youth civil society organisations in Malawi championing the implementation of a national youth manifesto, has called upon President Peter Mutharika to halt the rising wave of political violence and intolerance in the country. Pouring out its misgivings in a strongly worded statement made available to Nyasa Times, YDC […]
The political weather looks pretty dark for President Peter Mutharika and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). A day before the upholding of the February 2 Constitutional Court ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal, the President was ruthlessly booed and mercilessly stoned in Ndirande—quite an embarrassing encounter that speaks a wane in his popularity. […]
Presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), who is torchbearer of the opposition Tonse Alliance on MCP ticket, has applauded the Judiciary after Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday upheld the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling to nullify last year’s presidential vote. Chakwera, who was second respondent in the case, said the judgement […]
Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who is running mate to opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera, has welcomed the order by the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal on Friday on the use of the old voter’s roll, saying the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was busy registering under aged voters to rig the fresh […]
Atupele Muluzi the running mate to President Peter Mutharika, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torch-bearer in the fresh presidential election set for July 2 on Saturday embarked on the whistle-stop campaign tour in the Eastern Region drumming support for DPP-UDF alliance ticket. Starting his campaign from Zomba-Thondwe constituency a tour which takes him to MonkeyBay, […]
Former president Bakili Muluzi, the country’s first multiparty president from 1994 to 2004, will his the road with whistle stop campaign tours to campaign for President Peter Mutharika, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torch-bearer in the fresh presidential election set for July 2. This was disclosed by Mutharika’s running mate Atupele Austin (AA) Muluzi in Zomba on […]
The death of Ayilesi Tambala and her 11-year old son Shrinuran is sad. Very sad that one would be angry to point at the DPP, castigate and wish coroa virus hit them hard if they had anything to do with the deaths. The Police need to rise to occasion and bring the culprits to book, […]
Youth wing of the Tonse Alliance has expressed commitment to advancing a peaceful and issue-based campaign ahead of the fresh presidential election scheduled to take place on July 2 2020. Speaking on the sidelines of the victory parade in Lilongwe on Saturday, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of youth, Richard Chimwendo-Banda, said they are […]
The 41-year-old Atupele Muluzi, the running mate to President Peter Mutharika, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torch-bearer in the fresh presidential election set for July 2, stormed Ndirande squatter township in Blantyre on Friday to reassure “friends in the hood” to support the DPP-UDF alliance. He energised the youth with his upfront talk, saying “we […]
Malawi’s respectable constitutional lawyer Modecai Msisha the Senior Counsel (SC) and Dr Chikosa Silungwe, lead lawyers for Lazarus Chakwera and Saulosi Chilima, respectively, have interpreted the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ruling as permitting their clients to continue their partnership. Silungwe, who welcomed the Friday Supreme Court ruling as a landmark for African elections systems, said […]
Malawi Electoral Commission says it will no longer register new voters but only handle those that wish to process transfers or replace lost voter certificates. It however says this process will continue up to 4.00pm on 10 May, 2020 in these councils in Rumphi • Likoma, Dowa, Lilongwe District , Lilongwe City, Lunchenza Municipality, Phalombe, […]
Malawi opposition supporters erupted into wild scenes of celebrations on Friday after the Supreme Court on Friday in a unanimous decision upheld an earlier constitutional court ruling that declared President Peter Mutharika was “not duly elected” in a disputed 2019 vote. A new election will now be held on July 2, for which three candidates, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) director of campiagn Moses Kunkuyu and UTM Party member Lewis Ngalande have distanced themselves from allegations that they mobilised the youth to organize violence against President Peter Mutharika on Thursday in his tour around townships in Blantyre after presenting his nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission [MEC] ahead of the July […]
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has upheld the constitutional court determination that President Peter Mutharika was not duly elected in the May 21 2019 elections, has ordered that there be no new registered voters and no new presidential candidates. The Supreme Court of Appeal has also reluctantly upheld the ConCourt ruling on 150 days to […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal has delivered its judgement on an appeal by President Peter Mutharika and the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on the disputed May 2019 presidential elections by dismissing them entirely and upholding the decision by the constitutional court that annulled last year’s controversial election, which saw Mutharika narrowly re-elected. Chief Justice Andrew […]
The seven-judge panel of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that the interpretation on what the majority means in the presidential elections is 50 +1 as truly representative of the will of the people. The seven-member judges’ panel of Justice of Appeal (JA) including Lovemore Chikopa, JAs Edward Twea, Anaclet Chipeta, Anthony Kamanga, […]
The Supreme Court of Appeal has agreed with the five High Court judges, who heard the elections case as Constitutional Court that there were massive irregularities in the May 21 2019 presidential election which saw President Peter Mutharika re-elected the results that were annulled. In its 500-paged judgement, the five-judge panel comprising Healey Potani, Redson […]
Embattled chairperson of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Jane Ansah has disclosed that it still faces K8 billion funding gap in its budget to be used ahead of the fresh presidential election. Ansah made the remarks during a press briefing on Thursday at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre. She said donors like United Nations Development Program […]