Chief Elections Officer at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Sam Alfandika, has written President Peter Mutharika to consider hiring new commissioners as the tenure of the current cohort expires on June 5 2020 while the chairperson Jane Ansah expires in October 2020. Alfandika disclosed about writing Mutharika when he appeared before the Legal Affairs Committee […]
Member of Parliament for Blantyre City South Constituency Noel Lipipahas questioned the idea of prioritising the fresh elections over the well-being of Malawians amid coronavirus (Covid-19) concerns. Speaking in an interview, Lipipa, who is a member of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), said that there is a need for Malawi to avoid being a […]
Minister of Information, Civic Education and Communications Technology Mark Botomani, who is also government spokesperson, has hit back against opposition claims that government forced telecommunications companies to provide Virtual Private Networks (VPN) at State House with the intent to intercept data transmission going into Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) system for the fresh presidential elections. MCP information technology […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says coronavirus remains a great threat to the holding of the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election in July. Commissioner Moffat Banda has said this on Tuesday in Kasungu on the sidelines of training for civic educators for the forthcoming polls. Banda said MEC continues to monitor the trends of […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party youth have said the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) intends to rig the forthcoming fresh presidential elections and that they have uncovered evidence on their allegations. MCP information technology expert Daud Suleman , who was MCP key witness in the presidential election case, said at a news conference […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and the other commissioners have put their feet down, refusing to step down as recommended by the Public Appointments Committee of parliament. In a sworn statement filed to court, Ansah, a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, says she is aware that as a MEC commissioner, she can be […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has hit back at governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) claim that the party has launched a new wave of terror, saying it is nonsense and callous political propaganda from the DPP. DPP Secretary General Griezeldar Jeffery on Sunday accused MCP leadership of criminal behaviour where people in Central Region are experiencing […]
A political analyst has told the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance and its partners to come out of its cacoon and announce its presidential candidate in the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election on July 2. Latim Matenje says the delays by the party to officially unveil its presidential candidate will negatively affect […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) said that they will include sensitization messages pertaining to Coronavirus (Covid-19) in regard for preparations for the fresh presidential polls. MEC Commissioner Moffat Banda made the remarks on Sunday when the Commission conducted a day long training of 66 Constituency Civic and Voter Education Assistants (CCVEAs) from across the country in […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has extended invitation to foreign election observers to monitor this year’s crucial fresh presidential election despite that they praised May 2019 dodgy elections which were nullified by the court. The hordes of international election observers – including European Union, Commonwealth and African Union – who descended on Malawi […]
As you read this, be advised that Malawi has two real threats with a capacity to throw this country in a big political crisis. The first threat is already with us, well diagnosed and it’s leadership failure. The second threat, not yet with us but it will be here shortly, is the Coronavirus (Covid-19). We […]
A governance expert, accountability and political analyst fro University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, Henry Chingaipe has said there is nothing wrong with the Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara giving a progress report to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt). The Speaker wrote the court through the Office of the Registrar of the High Court and […]
As the country gears up itself against the deadly Coronavirus outbreak, debate has started on possibility of postponing the July 2 Fresh Presidential Elections as a preventative measure with electoral stakeholders raising the issue during a National Elections Consultative Forum (NECOF) on Friday in Mangochi. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) organised the meeting held in Mangochi […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently facing its own ‘Aha’ movement in terms of political survival. The biggest problem is not the change of political dynamics such as the 50+1 electoral system for the triumphant presidential contende rto decided on the basis of getting a majority 50 percent plus one of the votes, neither is it the […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says so far three presidential aspirants t have collected nomination forms in preparation for July 2 fresh presidential elections and that includes Ras Chikomeni Chirwa who failed to contest as an independent presidential candidate in the May 21 Tripartite Elections and later joined Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). MEC spokesperson Sangwani […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Gotani Hara, has referred the responses from President Peter Mutharika not to assent to Electoral Reforms Bills and fire Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners, to the Constitutional Court for further guidance on the matter. Mutharika has refused to promulgate laws to hold the new ballot and to fire MEC […]
State vice-president Saulos Chilima, who is also the UTM Party leader, has commenced legal proceedings against President Peter Mutharika for failing to sack Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other commissioners who the Constitution court declared incompetent to manage an election. President Mutharika last week said he would not fire the MEC commissioners when […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party electoral alliance says it is optimistic about securing more than 50 per cent of the votes to be cast in the forthcoming fresh presidential election set for July 2 thereby avoiding a possible run-off. Speaking when the two parties addressed journalists in Lilongwe on Tuesday, the MCP-UTM […]