Malawians will lose out if voter apathy is the winner in Tuesday’s fresh presidential elections, Citizens for Transformation (CFT) leader Timothy Mtambo has said. Mtambo, a former human rights campaigner turned politician, took the unusual step of intervening in an election campaign to urge people to come out and vote. “Not to use your vote is, […]
State vice-president Saulos Chilima, has said people in Mzimba in the northern region should wave “bye, bye” to President Peter Mutharika as he dubs his campaign trail as “farewell tour”. Chilima said this at Jenda in Mzimba as President Mutharika was set to visit the district later to address his campaign meetings. He criticised President […]
One of Kasungu’s most influential Chewa chiefs Senior Chief Kaomba has hit at the opposition Tonse Alliance, saying it does not have experience in the running of government affairs. He has urged people of Kasungu to vote for the DPP-UDF alliance whose candidate is President Prof Arthur Peter Mutharika. Chief Kaomba spoke at Kasungu boma […]
The grand opposition Tonse Alliance and the ruling DPP-UDF alliance contesting in the June 23 Court-sanctioned fresh presidential election say their confidence in Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has been boosted following the transparent arrival of the batch of ballot papers on Friday . The papers arrived through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe amid heavy […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)-United Democratic Front (UDF) alliance running mate Atupele Muluzi has said the opposition alliance would fail to win the fresh presidential elections and that he is confident that President Peter Mutharika will win the June 23 elections overwhelmingly. Atupele made the remarks in Lilongwe Area 23, Mgona and Chinsapo on Thursday where […]
Monica Chakwera the wife to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, who would be the First Lady if Chakwera win the presidential re-vote on Tuesday, is self isolating at home after she returned from United States of America and has not been seen public since then. Chakwera’s wife, was in US and missed the […]
On 23 June 2020, we will go into the most important election Malawi has staged. It will decide whether or not we can return our country to a path of development or continue on the current road to ruin. Just 40 years ago, Malawi was written about as a tourist paradise. Visitors flocked to spend […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has urged presidential candidates, their running mates, political parties and the electorate to wind up their campaign for the June 23 Fresh Presidential Elections at 6am Sunday June 21. In a statement released on Friday, MEC’s chief elections officer, Sam Alfandika, reminded all stakeholders that it is violation of the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Dr Chifundo Kachale has said the law obliges the Commission to announce the results of the presidential elections within eight days and has urged all stakeholders not to pressure the pollster to declare the winner before the eight-day statutory period. Kachale, a judge of the High Court, told a National […]
Vice President Saulos Chilima, who is also running mate to Lazarus Chakwera in the Tonse alliance has hailed former Speaker of Parliament Henry Chimunthu Banda for dumping the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to endorse the opposition grand alliance. Making the announcement on Thursday, Banda said him and his Nkhotakota North constuency were endorsing the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has confirmed that government through Minister of Finance Joseph Mwanamvekha will give them K10 billion to help them manage the June 23 fresh presidential elections. Speaking during a late news briefing in Lilongwe on Thursday, MEC chairperson Dr Chifundo Kachale said they are upbeat of delivering a credible fresh election. “I […]
We are worried with news that, barely 5 days to June 23 court-sanctioned fresh presidential polls, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) appear to be in discomfort, visibly trapped in financial distress. We have learnt from MEC Chairperson Justice Chifundo Kachale, saying the commission is facing serious financial challenges because government has not disbursed adequate funds for […]
Chairperson of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Dr Chifundo Kachale says he has confidence in all the members of the Commission and he knows ‘we will deliver.’ Briefing during a consultative meeting with members of National Elections Consultative Forum (NECOF) in Lilongwe on Friday, Kachale said: “Honorable members, I wish to assure you of the highest […]
Malawi will hold fresh presidential elections on 23 June after the May 2019 poll was declared null and void because of widespread vote rigging – and a complete failure by AU, EU and Commonwealth observers to call foul. But the new election is being held with Covid-19 travel restrictions in place. We failed the people […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka says opposition political parties will make sure that the court-sanctioned fresh presidential election is held on June 23 despite funding shortages. Mkaka made the remarks on Thursday morning during Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) interface with stakeholders in Lilongwe. He said: “We will use all the available instruments […]
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator for Nkhotakota North and former Speaker of the National Assembly, Henry Chimunthu Banda, has said he is endorsing Tonse Alliance, for the fresh presidential elections and urged Malawians to vote for it. Chimunthu Banda, who in March 2020 turned down a Cabinet post, claiming he was never consulted by […]
The country’s estranged Vice President Saulos Chilima, who is also running mate to Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera in the Tonse alliance has demanded Treasury to release funds amounting to K10 billion for the June 23 court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections as soon as possible insisting that the funds belong to Malawians. Speaking at […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) deputy secretary general, Catherine Gotani Hara Tuesday assured people of Mchinji that the Lazarus Chakwera government would develop Mchinji district should he secure victory in the forthcoming fresh Presidential polls. She said it was worrisome that Chipata in Zambia was far much behind few years back, but has since made great […]