Outgoing president Peter Mutharika’s advisor on political affairs Francis Mphepo, who is also Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administrative secretary has urged the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to resolve some of its electoral complaints and annul the results and declare a third poll but analysts highly doubted the possibility of a second re-run. Mphepo said the […]
The writing is on wall. It’s over for President Peter Mutharika. He has lost elections and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, has won. The die, as they say, is cast. We at Nyasa Times feel this is not the time for Mutharika to be politicking around using a loud and suspicious silence. No. […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it has received a complaint from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) urging the commission to call for a fresh election on the basis that the ongoing election had a lot of electoral irregularities. MEC director of communications Sangwani Mwafulirwa said this on Saturday at the national tally centre in […]
Malawi ‘s newly elected president, Dr Lazarus Chakwera, is expected to be sworn in at Parliament in the administrative capital of Lilongwe by Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda as the court-sanctioned presidential elections. Chakwera will take the oath of office as Head of State and government will organise a presidential inauguration ceremony to be held later. […]
The legal provisions to bar handouts from Malawi politics are proving to be mountainous obstacles that authorities have been challenged to thoroughly enforce. This was reported by a consortium comprising civil society organisations (CSOs), namely National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), the Public Affairs Committee and […]
President Peter Mutharika who was the torch bearer for DPP-UDF Alliance during the court-sanctioned Fresh Presidential Elections (FPE) has called upon all Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) followers to remain calm as the country awaits final official results to be announced by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Saturday. Mutharika through his running mate Atupele Muluzi has […]
DPP-UDF alliance running mate Atupele Muluzi has said a woman party monitors who was hacked by opposition Tonse Alliance cadres on election day has died and that there are 15 other monitors who are missing and feared dead. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) accused Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party supporters of assaulting its […]
With unofficial results suggesting a win for opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera in a re-run of a Malawi’s presidential polls, President Peter Mutharika’s running mate Atupele Muluzi has said DPP-UDF supporters should wait for the final official tally by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), claiming results in public domain are not correct. Atupele said on Friday there […]
When 2019 presential contenders, Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and Dr. Saulos Chilima, took the 2019 presidential results to court, doom-mongers were all over, casting pessimism on the duo’s cause. Controversial ‘winner’, President Professor Peter Mutharika, also joined the verbal assault against the opposition, calling them “big time losers”. Mutharika went on challenge angry protesters mobilized by Human […]
Karonga district returning officer Paul Kalilombe has said unless politicians and institutions accredited and to carry out voter and civic education campaigns aimed at wooing people to vote during elections intensify their campaigns, voter apathy will keep on marring elections. Kalilombe said this against the background of low turnout of electorates during the Tuesday’s court […]
The Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) has said it is satisfied with the whole process of conducting the 2020 Fresh Presidential Elections by all stakeholders. General Secretary for the synod, Reverend Levi Nyondo, said the law should be followed in all processes towards announcing the winner. “The message from Synod […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Chifundo Kachale has said the declaration of the winner in the Tuesday’s re-run of last year’s presidential election could be done within two days as Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera has a comfortable lead over incumbent President Peter Mutharika. Mutharika, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party, (DPP) […]
The Malawi media has been commended for their professionalism to achieve robust and inquisitive coverage in the just conducted court sanctioned fresh presidential elections by a consortium comprising of the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), the Public Affairs Committee and the Mhub. But the civil […]
The Election Observation Consortium has commended the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for promoting transparency in vote counting. tallying and displaying of results at appropriate places for the general public to see. The consortium, which comprises the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP), National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) Public Trust, the Public Affairs Committee […]
Details, emanating from the Malawi police and Malaiw Defence Force (MDF), are emerging revealing that hip-hop artist Fredokiss’ detention on Tuesday was a case of mistaken identity and a quest to protect him. Nyasa Times has interviewed a police officer and an officer in the defense forces, who were on the scene and were involved […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Dr Chifundo Kachale has said the Tuesday fresh presidential elections had “international observers” through foreign missions in the country. Kachale told journalists reacting to the absence of international observers at the fresh election. The MEC chairperson said the commission invited international observers and they responded positively including the European Union (EU). […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale says the commission has reviewed the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) complaint of electoral violence which they have found that they border on criminal conduct and has since referred the matter to the Malawi Police Service. DPP administrative secretary Francis Mphepo has been complaining that Tuesday’s […]
State House Press Officer Justice Mponda has come out quickly to congratulate Makawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera for defeating incumbent President Peter Mutharika according to provisional results in the just ended fresh presidential election. Writing on his Facebook wall, Mponda acknowledges the gallant fight Chakwera and his running mate Saulos Chilima staged against […]