Vice President Saulos Chilima has said UTM and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are set to present presidential nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) saying the torchbearer will be either him or MCP’s leader Lazarus Chakwera. Chilima said at a news conference that the two opposition parties, which have formed an electoral alliance alongside six […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has shrugged off accusations that it is behind the current wave of political violence in the country ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election on July 2. This follows the Saturday attack on Mulanje police station where UTM secretary general Patricia Kaliati and the party director of youth Bon […]
Some political thugs, believed to be the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) youth cadets, have petrol bombed a UTM Party vehicle. The vehicle was used by the party director of Women for Eastern region Shahida Hussein. Hussein said the vehicle and part of her house were petrol bombed around 1am on Sunday. UTM secretary general […]
Waves of bloody violence have erupted in some areas triggering fears this could mar the ongoing voter registration exercise. In Dowa, ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) monitors were beaten up and the party district governor was injured by suspected Malawi Congress Party (MCP) assailants. This happened on Saturday on Dowa central after some people, believed […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has assured that taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) will open up the airwaves to all parties during the 60-day official election campaign period for the July 2 fresh presidential elections. The opposition accuses MBC – on both television and its two radio channels- of only covering campaign rallies […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has urged all registered voters to keep their voter certificates safe and turnout in large numbers on poling date to vote a candidate of their choice to be President, saying social media patronage does not count in elections. The MEC chairperson made the remarks in a speech marking the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has officially launched the campaign period for the July 2 fresh presidential election five days before receiving nomination papers from the aspiring candidate with calls to political parties to develop innovative ways of reaching out to the electorate amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and social distancing measures. MEC chairperson Justice Jane […]
Embattled chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission(MEC), Jane Ansah has urged traditional leaders to desist from endorsing presidential candidates during the campaign period for the July 2 fresh presidential elections. Ansah said this in announcing the official launch of the campaign period on Saturday. “Traditional leaders have a crucial role in ensuring that elections are […]
UTM Party has added its voice to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) claims that the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) together with Malawi Electoral Commission and National Registration Bureau (NRB) are orchestrating rigging acts for fresh presidential elections. Addressing journalists in Blantyre on Saturday, UTM publicity secretary Joseph Chidanti Malunga said one of the rigging scheme […]
Former State vice-president Dr Cassim Chilumpha SC, who heads a tiny Alliance for Development and Democracy (ADD), has endorsed incumbent President Peter Mutharika from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in alliance with United Democratic Front (UDF) in the forthcoming fresh presidential election. Chilumpha, a reticent lawyer and Senior Counsel (SC), told a news conference […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) chief whip in parliament Sam Kawale deleted a Facebook post which hinted their party president Lazarus Chakwera will be presidential candidate of the ‘Tonse’ alliance of MCP and UTM with other parties. MCP and UTM alliance has notannounce their presidential candidate and runningmate between Chakwera and UTM’s leader Saulos Chilima. Kawale, […]
Civil rights activists and opposition parties say they will fight to the nail to ensure that the current cohort of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners are removed from office. They were reacting angrily to President Peter Mutharika’s declaration on Wednesday that he would not fire the commissioners as recommended by parliament, saying he sees nothing […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) chief whip in parliament Sam Kawale has revealed that the party president Lazarus Chakwera will be presidential candidate of the ‘Tonse’ alliance of MCP and UTM with other parties while UTM Party president Saulos Chilima has been given the runningmate for the fresh presidential elections. Kawale, who is also MCP legislator […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has said the country is fighting two “fierce battles” at the same time. Chakwera told a news conference in Lilongwe on Wednesday that the first battle is to have a competent and credible fresh presidential election. He said the second battle is to stop the spread of coronavirus […]
Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda and other six judges of of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appea are in seclusion writing the presidential election nullification appeal ruling. High Court and Supreme Court spokesperson Agnes Patemba has confirmed that the seven-judge panel of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal are in camp at an undisclosed location. “They […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is demanding auditing of voters rolls of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and data based on National Registration Bureau (NRB) alleging that it is being tampered with ahead of July 2 fresh presidential elections. MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera told a news conference at the party headquarters in Lilongwe on Wednesday that […]
Some police officers are threatening to withdraw security during the ongoing voter registration exercise in some parts of the country due to coronavirus attack fears. The voter registration exercise is currently underway in some parts of the central and northern regions. Central region is the worst hit with the coronavirus, bringing fears to the police […]
Voters in northern region districts of Karonga and Chitipa say they want a President who will implement development projects in their areas once voted into power during the forthcoming fresh presidential elections. In random interviews conducted over the weekend at Lupembe, Mwenilondo and Kasoba in Karonga and at Chitipa boma, peoples’ demands centrered on the […]