Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) said they strongly believe Vice-President Saulos Chilima has an intimate knowledge of rigging machinations for the country’s watershed polls and that he should give more details regarding how Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is planning to rig and how it manipulated the results of 2014 election for President Peter Mutharika and […]
President Prof. Peter Mutharika Tuesday advised Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners and the electoral body’s heavy weights to only adopt reforms that are reasonable, workable and practical. Mutharika said this at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when the Commissioners and MEC officials presented a report of the 2014 Tripartite Elections. The President said he was fully […]
Former President Joyce Banda says President Peter Mutharika should explain to Malawians what transpired during the May 2014 elections that ushered him to power following claims by Christopher Ligomeka that he was among a team of IT experts that implemented an electronic election rigging scheme in favour of Mutharika and his DPP. Banda, who lost […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) on Thursday released the much awaited detailed report on the May 20, 2014 elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially. The report is decrying the continued abuse of public resources during electoral period by ruling parties and the reluctance of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to open up to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has renewed its stand that President Peter Mutharika was ruling through a stolen votes, saying the 2014 Tripartite Elections report released by Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) which describes the polls as “neither fair nor credible “ vindicates the party’s stand. MCP has always claimed Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Maxon Mbendera has reacted to a Nyasa Times columnist who linked him to the President Peter Mutharika’s family tree, saying he is “flattered” but he is “not related to the Mutharikas.” Justice Mbendera was reacting to an article that was published on Nyasa Times under the headline, “Malawi poor country […]
A delegation of the state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) Commissioners and secretariat staff presented to the Parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs a detailed report on the 2014 tripartite elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially, and indicated the polls were not “credible”. Chairperson of MHRC, Sophie Kalinde stated that commission monitored all […]
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Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokeswoman Dr Jessie Kabwila says the party feel vindicated with the report by the taxpayer-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on controversial May 20 Tripartite Elections which has questioned the legitimacy of President Peter Mutharika. MCP has been claiming that Mutharika was ruling through stolen votes but that their party leader Rev […]
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has dismissed the report by the taxpayer-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) on controversial May 20 Tripartite Elections which has questioned the legitimacy of President Peter Mutharika. The report launched on Thursday in Lilongwe said the elections that ushered Mutharika to power was lacking fairness, transparency and credibility. Commissioner […]
The state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has released a detailed report on the May 20 elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially, saying the polls were not “credible”. Mutharika, 75, the younger brother of president Bingu wa Mutharika who died in office in 2012, was declared winner of the disputed polls. The […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmaker for Lilongwe City South East constituency Bentley Namasasu is challenging a High Court ruling ordering Malawi Electoral Commission to conduct fresh elections in the constituency where a Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate Ulemu Msungama challenged the results. High Court Judge Esmie Chombo nullified the parliamentary election in which MEC Namasasu […]
The High Court order to have fresh parliamentary election in Lilongwe City South East constituency only substantiate claims of rigging in the May 20 tripartite polls, South Africa based legal commentator Professor Danwood Chirwa said. The High Court also confirmed the lack of credibility of the polls’ results after establishing that evidence submitted to the court was […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has toned down the criticism on the legitimacy of President Peter Mutharika, dropping for now claims that the President is ruling on a stolen, urging the MCP followers to bury the past and concentrate on building the party. Chakwera, whose party has been refusing to accept the […]
Leader of Opposition and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Rev Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Thursday was no show at hilltop Sanjika Palace in Blantyre where President Peter Mutharika is hosted a luncheon to all presidential candidates who contested in the May 20 2014 elections. It was widely expected that former Malawi president and People’s Party […]
A local grouping, the Islamic Commission for Justice and Freedom (ICJF) which champions justice among voiceless citizens is warning the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) against bringing confusion in the country. The warning follows remarks by the chairperson for MEC, Justice Maxon Mbendera, that he received a report that Malawi Defence Force was ordered to storm […]
Malawi Defence Forces (MDF) former commander, General Henry Odillo, has rejected allegations by Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Maxon Mbendera that the army were ordered to storm the national tally centre at COMESA hall in Blantyre in order to force the recount of the chaotic May 20 ballot. Mbendera claimed former president […]
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Maxon Mbendera has said that the action by the former president Joyce Banda to order an annulment of the May 20 chaotic elections – – in which she was a candidate – could have been regarded as coup d’état if her attempts were successful. Banda said the May 20 […]