Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has said the under-fire Commission is in the process of identifying a printer for ballot papers and accompanying forms for the fresh presidential election which she announced will be held on July 2 2020. The Constitution Court on February 3 nullified the presidential election resultsof the May 21 2019 and ordered […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance and its partners has claimed that President Peter Mutharika was trying to stay in power by ‘hook or crook’ and to do so the Malawi leader was stooping to any level. UTM spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga said at a news conference in Lilongwe reading […]
Malawians are bracing for fresh unrest as opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party alliance and its partners have declared Friday 27th March 2020 as a ‘day of rage’ to force Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other commissioners resign. Opposition accuse Ansah and MEC of presiding over a fraudulent poll in […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has maintained a K2 million nomination fee for all presidential aspirants who wish to take part in the fresh presidential election slated for July 2 2020. This was revealed by MEC chairperson Jane Ansah s during the launch of elections calendar by the Commission which was held at Crossroads Hotel in […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) fear that though the country has not yet recorded any coronavirus case, the spreading virus could threaten the staging of the Constitutional Court-ordered presidential elections, which has been scheduled for July 2 . MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said on Monday when she announced that the re-run will be held on July 2 […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said the the 60-day official campaign for the fresh presidential election ordered by the constitution court, which annulled last year’s vote results because of irregularities, will be rolled out on May 2 to June 30 before polling on July 2. The embattled electoral commission chairperson Jane Ansah told a news […]
Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission ( MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has announced that the presidential fresh election ordered by the Constitution Court, which annulled last year’s vote results because of irregularities, will be held on July 2 2020. Ansah told a news conference in Blantyte that voter registration exercise which will be in four phases will […]
Political analysts have said President Peter Mutharika has assembled “enough foot soldiers” in his 32-member new Cabinet to help propel him back to power and complete his second and final five year term of office as Head of State. Malawi may hold fresh presidential elections sometime this year and the the new list of ministers assembled […]
Former Speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda has delivered a major snub to President Peter Mutharika by turning down a ministerial post in his new-look government. Mutharika on Thursday appointed Chimunthu Banda as Minister of Natural Resources and Mining. But the former Speaker on Friday said he will not be taking up the post, saying […]
Nicholas Dausi in his capacity as spokesperson of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has launched a stinging verbal attack on the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party electoral alliance ahead of the Constitutional Court ordered fresh presidential election, saying it is a “blessing in disguise” for DPP and UDF alliance torchbearer President […]
UTM Party and its alliance partner Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have asked the youth in the country who have reached the age of 18 and above, to register so that they can vote for a president of their choice during the forthcoming fresh presidential election. The two political parties made the appeal after the official […]
A seven-judge panel of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed applications by the discredited Malawi Law Society (MLS) to join the presidential elections appeal case as friends of court but allowed Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and President Peter Mutharika to amend notice of appeal and the ground of the appeal. The judges also rejected […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera will likely lead the opposition ‘grand alliance’ in the forthcoming fresh presidential elections, according to political analyst at Chancellor College of the University of Malawi , Happy Kayuni. During the signing of an agreement on the electoral alliance MCP and UTM Party of State vice-president Saulos Chilima […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM are launching the electoral alliance they have formed in preparation for the forthcoming fresh presidential election slated for May 19, 2020 as governance and political analysts have urged leaders to harmonise their party manifestos. UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and MCP presidential hopeful Lazraus Chakwera together with leaders of […]
The Joint Civil Society Platform on Good Governance (JCSPGG) has thrown its weight behind President Peter Mutharika’s refusal t to assent the Electoral Law Bills, arguing the bills were politically motivated and in conflict with the constitutional provisions. JCSPGG national director Fryson Chodzi says in a statement issued on Thursday that contrary assertions by some […]
President Peter Mutharika has taken several drastic measures including the recent shake-up up in the Police in what political analysts describe as a strategy aimed at putting certain officers in strategic positions as he strives to maintain power. As he is about to name his new Cabinet – expected to be bloated from the lean […]
The day is tomorrow, Thursday, 19th March, 2020. Business is set to come to a standstill in Malawi’s capital city of Lilongwe. It will be a day to remember. A day that will go down into the annals of the country’s politics as a defining moment, a turning point. Two of nation’s major political parties […]
Human Rights Defenders Coalition chairperson Timothy Mtambo has said President Peter Mutharika seems intent on clinging to power any way he can and delaying the holding of fresh presidential election. Mtambo was commenting on the President’s move to refuse to assent to the bills that Parliament has sent to him. The President’s refusal to assent […]