Former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) director general, Bright Malopa has sent congratulatory messages to opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera who is set to defeat incumbent President Peter Mutharika in the fresh presidential elections. However, Malopa cautions that the task ahead is huge for the in-coming administration since it comes at a time the country faces the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has dismissed the complaint by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) accusing the party supporters of assaulting its monitors in the Central Region to prevent them from monitoring Tuesday’s fresh presidential election. President Peter Mutharika has complained of violence in opposition strongholds in central region and questioned whether the result would be credible. […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called on presidential candidates in last Tuesday’s presidential election rerun to accept the results of the election as it reflects the will of the people. Although the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is yet to announce the results of last Tuesday’s election, indications are the Tonse Alliance’s candidate Lazarus […]
After a disastrous presidential election in May, 2019, Malawians voted for president in a do-over election on June 23rd, 2020 and the stakes are perhaps higher than anytime since the first democratic poll in 1994 following the rejection of the single party system in a referendum. It will be a few days before the Malawi […]
Unconfirmed results emanating from Tonse Alliance Tally Centre confirms a considerable win for their leader, Lazarus Chakwera. Using data from their monitors in all district tally centres across the country, Tonse Tally Centre has put Chakwera with a considerable 901 201 marginal lead over President Peter Mutharika. Their national figures show Chakwera soaring with 2 […]
Results of the June 23 fresh presidential polls have started trickling in at the Main Tally Centre at College of Medicine Sports Complex in Blantyre, showing the two leading candidates in Malawi’s court-sanctioned fresh presidential election are in a tight race. Reports indicate that, so far, batch of results from Chiradzulu, Likoma Island and Mwanza […]
Outspoken secretary general of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Grezeldar Jeffrey has been attacked enroute from Ntchiri to Nkhotakota, the party’s spokesperson has said. Briefing journalists in Blantyre, party spokesperson Nicholas Dausi didn’t divulge more details regarding the incident but complained of escalating violence on the part allegedly perpetrated by by Malawi Congress Party […]
Ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) says their monitors have suffered a series of intimidation, violence and assault and claims they have “undisputed” evidence that perpetrators are from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP)and UTM Party. Speaking through a media briefing in Blantyre, DPP’s publicity secretary Nicholas Dausi said their monitors were abducted at Mangochi Resthouse in […]
The Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has condemned acts of violence reported in parts of the country, urging the Malawi Police Service to swiftly investigate cases of electoral violence regardless of the political affiliation of suspected perpetrators. MHRC told journalists at a media briefing in Blantyre on Wednesday to comment on the status of the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale has warned media houses in the country to tread carefully when publishing unofficial results, saying the move has the potential of misleading the nation. Kachale made the remarks Wednesday morning during the second briefing on the first day of the eight days of vote tallying at […]
Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD) president Peter Kuwani has written Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) asking the body to disqualify Tonse Alliance candidate Lazarus Chakwera and DPP-UDF Alliance candidate Peter Mutharika on the grounds that they violated electoral laws. Kuwani alleges that the two broke the law when they changed their running mates for the fresh election. […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has confirmed that government is yet to honour the remaining K10 billion meant for the management of these fresh presidential polls. Parliament allocated K29 billion for the fresh presidential polls but treasury had only managed to disburse about K20 billion. Responding to queries from the journalists in Blantyre Wednesday morning, MEC […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says they will not allow any results with tipex, saying doing so will be tantamount to disobeying the court order. Responding to journalists during the Wednesday morning press briefing, MEC chairperson Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale underlined that the electoral body will only do things as prescribed by the law. “We are […]
Lazarus Chakwera, 65, the leader of the opposition Tonse Alliance and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has taken an early lead over President Peter Mutharika in a tight fresh presidential election battle according to early provisional counts most from MCP stronghold of central region and the north. According to batch of results at national tally centre, Chakwera is […]
Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) has called upon all political parties and their agents to remain calm during the vote counting process as results trickle in. CMD Executive Director Kizito Tenthani said it is ideal for party leaders and followers to hold their breath because vote counting process is the ‘highest tension area’ in an […]
Less fancied candidate in the ongoing Malawi court ordered Fresh Presidential Elections (FPE) Peter Dominic Sinosi Kuwani of the Mbakuwaku Movement for Development (MMD) is getting surprising results in Northern Region part of Malawi. For instance in Karonga Central and South Constitiencies, Kuwani managed to scoop second position ahead of the incumbent President Peter Mutharika. […]
It has emerged that most of the results flying around on social media in highly charged fresh presidential election are fake as they are being written on forms that were stolen from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Since polling closed at 6 PM on Tuesday, the social media has been flooded with what looks to be […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Dr Chifundo Kachale has said Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have filed complaints. Kachale said all complaints will be dealt with accordingly. He said MEC has set up a Legal Affairs Committee to deal with filing and assessing each and every complaint so that the Commission […]