Malawians on Tuesday morning started casting their votes in the country’s historic court-sanctioned fresh presidential election with Vice President who is running mate for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera casting his vote at St. Augustine Parish on Area 18 Lilongwe early where he expressed satisfaction with the voting setup and process. Polling […]
Women Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) is demanding that the next Head of State that would be voted in after Tuesday’s fresh presidential election should implement to the book that there is equal representation of women in the cabinet as well as other national positions of influence. Executive Director Maggie Kathewera Banda said this on the […]
Chairperson for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)Dr Chifundo Kachale on Monday evening made a surprise visit to inspect the preparations of polling stations and district tally Centre in Neno. Kachale said the commission is doing spot checks to verify if everything is set ready for the Fresh Presidential Election on Tuesday June 23. “We are happy […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika, who is seeking re-election, will cast his vote at Goliati Primary School at his home village, T/A Chimaliro in Thyolo district during the Tuesday’s court-ordered election rerun in what is shaping to be one of the most competitive polls in the country’s history. The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal last month upheld the constitutional court’s annulment of a shambolic May […]
Roving monitors will not be allowed in the fresh presidential elections on Tuesday as they are not supported by the constitution, chairperson of Malawi Electoral Commisison (MEC) Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale has said. Kachale told journalists that party monitors including local observers be accredited civil society organisations will be allowed to monitor the voting process. […]
Malawi is going to the polls for the court- sanctioned fresh presidential vote with the electoral body chairperson Dr Chifundo Kachali saying all is set. Kachali, a High Court judge, told a news conference on Monday one the eve of the polls that all registered voters should come out in large numbers and exercise their right […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera who leads the nine-party Tonse Alliance attended church service on Sunday after the end of official campaigning and spending more time with family. Campaigning for the Tuesday June 23 Fresh Presidential Elections closed at 6am on Sunday as per electoral laws, giving aspirants and their supporters 48 hours of rest before polling […]
The NGO-Gender Coordination Network (NGO-GCN) has called on Malawians to maintain peace during and after fresh presidential elections saying election is a means of attaining development hence the need to maintain oneness. A statement signed by NGO-GCN Chairperson, Barbara Banda, has emphasized on the need for electoral players to follow all electoral code of conduct, […]
Public Affairs Committee (PAC), a quasi-religious body formed in 1992 during the country’s political transition from one-party to multiparty democracy, has appealed to the contesters the court-ordered June 23 fresh presidential election that they should accept the results even if they will no go their way. PAC chairperson Monsignor Patrick Thawale and publicity secretary Bishop […]
As the country is set to hold the court-sanctioned fresh presidential election on Tuesday June 23 Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says government on Friday disbursed K10 billion to the electoral body but there is a deficit of another K10 billion which it needs “urgently” to ensure smooth conduct of the electoral process. MEC chairperson Dr Chifundo […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) which has been organising mass protests against Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) former chairperson Jane Ansah, has hailed the new head of the electoral body Dr Chifundo Kachale for his professional management of the electoral processes. Speaking at a news conference in Lilongwe, HRDC leader Gift Trapence said Malawians are […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has organised pre-inspection exercise of the voting materials in all polling stations on Monday, June 22 2020 from 8.00AM to 10.00AM, MEC chairperson Dr Chifundo Kachale said on Sunday. Kachel told a news conference at the College of Medicine in Blantyre where there is a National Tally Centre that the exercise was scheduled […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Dr Chifundo Kachale says all electoral process leading to June 23 polls are all in order and he has, again, allayed all rigging suspicions being circulated on social media. Kachale made the remarks in Blantyre on Sunday at a media briefing meant to give update on the work done so […]
The Diaspora wing of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) on Sunday made a donation of over K9 million to the party which will help in the cost of election monitoring for Tuesday’s fresh presidential election. The money was presented on Sunday afternoon at the party offices in Mzuzu. Receiving the money on behalf of the party, Speaker […]
Tuesday’s June 23 elections could be a fulfillment of a development prophecy told in 1998 through the Vision 2020 development plan. In that development plan—endorsed both by then leader President Bakili Muluzi and opposition leader Gwamba Chakuamba—there was a prophecy, a vision, of what Malawi, development wise, will be in year 2020. The prophecy was: […]
Justice Dr Chifundo Kachale inherited a Justice Dr Jane Mayemu Ansah Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) that, in all intents and purposes, represented what is terribly wrong with the country’s key governance institutions. From the time Ansah took over MEC from the departed Justice Maxon Mbendera, public trust in MEC was already wobbling. Mbendera’s MEC wasn’t […]
This Sunday, the 90-minutes of the fresh presidential campaign soccer game is over. In this game, unlike the typical football game, the winner will be decided by spectators through a national vote on Tuesday, June 23 2020. But before the spectators do their final critical part this Tuesday, it is imperative to underline that, during […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance running mate Atupele Muluzi rounded off the election campaign at a packed rally on Saturday at Chigumula ground in Nkhotakota, central region, saying DPP-UDF alliance is course to win the fresh presidential elections on Tuesday. Atupele said he is convinced Malawians will retain President […]