Independent presidential hopeful Reverend Hadwick Kaliya dropped out of the 2020 fresh presidential race Wednesday and endorsed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera who has teamed up with running mate Saulos Chilima leader of UTM. Kaliya was due to present his nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Wednesday afternoon but withdrew, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Dr Lazarus Chakwera the torchbearer for the grand opposition alliance with Vice-President Saulos Chilima of UTM Party as his running has said the fresh presidential elections is God-given opportunity to change the country’s destiny. Chakwera was the first to present his nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah has advised presidential candidates for the July 3 fresh elections that there is one winner in an election and those who will not succeed should know this fact. Ansah made the remarks at the Soche International Conference Centre in Blantyre on Wednesday as MEC started to receive nomination […]
Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister and governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president (responsible for the South) Kondwani Nankhumwa and Minister of Transport and Public Works Ralph Jooma attended a ceremonial launch of construction project for the Chonde-Mkando tarmac road at Chonde in Senior Chief Nthiramanja area in Mulanje Southwest constituency on Tuesday, May 5, […]
The Soche International Conference Hall in Blantyre on Wednesday was punctuated with pomp mood when torchbearer of a united opposition front under the banner of Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Lazarus Chakwera and his running mate – the country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima of UTM Party – presented their nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). […]
Independent presidential hopeful Smart Swira has blamed unnamed false prophet for his failure to secure presidential nomination during the 2019 tripartite elections. Swira was among the candidates who were rejected by the Malawi Electoral Commission(MEC) for failing to meet requirements for their candidature. In an interview Swira,who is scheduled to present his fresh presidential election […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera accompanied by UTM leader Saulos Chilima as his running mate to present the nomination papers at Sunbird Mount Soche is set for fresh presidential elections and resigned from his position as member of Parliament for Lilongwe North West Constituency. Assistant clerk of Parliament Leonard Mengezi said Chakwera resigned on […]
Minister of Local government and Rural Development Ben Phiri has has discouraged parents from allowing under age children from registering for the fresh presidential elections. His remarks come at a time when there is a bitter war of words, which at times has turned into political violence between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) officials on Tuesday met police officers in Blantyre to complain over escalating political violence in the south. The MCP officials cited the political violence at registration centres Mulanje and Thyolo, among other areas. They are pointing fingers at the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as perpetrators, an allegation vehemently denied […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah, has condemned reported cases of electoral violence happening in some parts of the country ahead of the July 2 fresh presidential election with opposition blaming government of unleashing terror campaign y to disenfranchise some voters through intimidation. Ansah said this on Tuesday during a news conference after some […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has expressed disquiet over terror attacks against UTM Party members from suspected regime thugs. Chilima said this when he addressed party supporters after the UTM office located at last night at Area 24 in Lilongwe was torched Monday night. It is suspected that the thugs used a petrol bomb to set […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera – who is expected to be torchbearer grand opposition alliance – has condemned the needless political violence and terror against opposition parties ahead of the July 2 fresh presidential election. In an interview on Tuesday after visiting in hospital victims of arson at the UTM office located […]
Citizens For Transformation (CFT) has demanded an immediate audit of the electoral management system, with much emphasis on the electronic infrastructure of the voter registration and voting system, before Malawians cast their ballots in the fresh presidential poll on July 2, 2020. CFC ‘Commander-In-Chief” Timothy Mtambo argues that the current system, which MEC used in […]
President Peter Mutharika has dismissed charges levelled against him by the country’s estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima that he has unleashing political violence and tribalism in the country ahead of the July 2 fresh presidential election, saying he should stop spreading hate speeches and tribal profiling. During a news conference he addressed at UTM Party Digital […]
Senior traditional leaders from the Southern Region rebuffed the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), which organized a news conference on Sunday where chiefs were supposed to attack and dress down the five judges of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) who nullified last year’s presidential elections. Nyasa Times has established that the chiefs, who were led by […]
Malawi Electoral Commission [MEC] has released a schedule for presentation of nomination papers by the presidential hopefuls ahead of the forthcoming highly expected fresh elections set for 2nd July, 2020. Despite keeping a tight lead on who will represent the grand opposition alliance, going by the schedule, Malawi Congress Party [MCP] President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera is […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima has said that government has launched a campaign of organized terror and torture against opposition members in the run up to fresh elections, saying the spate of political violence if State –sponsored after a Cabinet resolution. Chilima said this on Monday morning in a televised news conference from his UTM Party […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has appealed to political parties to propagate issue based campaign during this official campaign period in preparations for the Constitutional Court July 2 sanctioned fresh presidential elections. MEC chairperson. Jane Ansah sremidned all political parties that the official campaign period is time for contesting candidates and political parties to freely […]