Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) officials and the Attorney General court sanctioned talks over peaceful protests have now shifted to Kamuzu Barracks in Lilongwe. HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo has confirmed the talks resumes on Wednesday in the high security Kamuzu Barracks. “We chose the venue for security reasons. We have trust in our soldiers, we […]
Lawyer for the first petitioner in the ongoing presidential election case before the Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe has applied for an improved case management during cross examination that will see one senior lawyer for a particular respondent given an opportunity to ask the witness questions. UTM lawyer Marshall Chilenga made the application soon after […]
The Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale standing in as counsel for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the ongoing presidential elections case on Thursday morning tussled with UTM’s second witness Mirriam Gwalidi over claims of irregularities during the vote counting and results tabulation at stream and polling center level. According to Gwalidi’s sworn statement, there were […]
Mirriam Gwalidi, one of the key witnesses for UTM Party in the ongoing historic elections case tussled with Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale when he started cross-examining her as she testified and rejected several of the AG’s attempts to make her admit that the evidence provided in her sworn statement did not amount to electoral […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) lawyer Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale on Wednesday afternoon told the constitutional court in Lilongwe that they rejected an extra statement which he said lawyer for Saulos Chilima the first petitioner in the electoral case had tried to serve them during a brief recess. Kaphale raised the issue before a panel of […]
As the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) reconvened on Wednesday morning in the historic elections case in Lilongwe , lawyers for first petitioner UTM Party president Saulos Chilima, confirmed he never used the word “fraud” in his petition. During cross-examination Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale , representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), second respondent in the case, said Chilima as […]
As predicted, Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale is expected to wind up Wednesday after successful soliciting from Saulosi Chilima that his evidence was hearsay, unfounded and a shocking admission that he did not speak to monitors who claimed malpractices that allegedly affected the 2019 elections. The pattern for the day was the same, with defence laywers […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Tuesday continued with his gruelling cross-examination to first petitioner Saulos Chilima in presidential election results to tear apart further his case for nullification of the May results as the UTM Party leader said he cannot say that the contentious correctional fluid Tippex was used for fraud. In cross-examination, Kaphale […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale said he will not be led into a trap by lawyers of first petitioner Saulos Chilima to limit his cross-examination, telling the court that he wants to be on record by mentioning each and every electoral form under dispute in the ongoing presidential election case. Marshal Chilenga, one of Chilima’s lawyers, […]
The 2019 UTM Party presidential candidate Saulos Klaus Chilima ended his worse third day in court by admitting that six of his seven allegations did not meet his categorisation as “plethora of irregularities” as only 0.529% polling centres he used as his evidence to challenge the results were below the term. Former Vice President could […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Monday afternoon in historic presidential elections nullification petition case, continued to cross-examine the country’s immediate past vice-president Saulos Chilima, the first petitioner, drawing him to tell the court that he exaggerated the level of irregularities as his claim only relates to 0.5% of the total polling station of […]
Malawi’s Constitutional Court on Monday adjourned early in the day three of the ongoing presidential election case after lawyers for country’s immediate past vice-president and UTM leader Saulos Chilima queried Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale for soliciting opinion evidence amd after an hour judges came back to rule that they have upheld the objections that […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale has tasked the country’s immediate past vice-president and UTM leader Saulos Chilima to bring several documents to Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe on Monday afternoon when it resumes hearing the ongoing presidential election case. Kaphale has asked Chilima about nine things to bring as evidence. Among others, Kaphale has demanded […]
Lawyers for the country’s immediate past vice-president Saulos Chilima, the first petitioner in the historic presidential elections nullification petition case, have objected to the line of questioning by Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, saying he was asking UTM Party president in witness boss on matters of laws. Kaphale, in his capacity as government’s chief legal adviser, […]
At 2.12pm on Thursday August 8 2019 the Constitutional Court once again rebuffed Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale and his predecessor Charles Mhango’s oral applications to have the much awaited petitions to nullify presidential results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections adjourned again. The country’s immediate past vice-president, Saulos Chilima was seen smiling and winked at his […]
A presidential election petition challenging the re-election earlier of President Peter Mutharika in May was always going to be a politically charged occasion and indeed on Thursday when a five-judge panel of the High Court sitting as the Constitutional Court started hearing the case, it was heated. UTM Party president Saulos Chilima as the first petitioner […]
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima who is asking the Constitutional Court to nullify presidential results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections on Thursday afternoon outlined his case to challenge presidential election results in May that handed a narrow victory to President Peter Mutharika. Chilima through his lawyer, Dr Chikosa Silungwe told the court that elections […]
The High Court sitting as the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe has dismissed Attorney General’s application for adjournment of the hearing to petitions to nullify presidential results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections. Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale in the morning of Thursday asked for a six-day adjournment, saying the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legal team served […]