As inspection of voters roll begins today, logistical challenges have forced the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to delay the opening of centres in seven districts. The affected districts include Ntcheu, Mzimba, Mzuzu City, Nkhata Bay, Salima, Kasungu and Dedza. MEC Chief Elections Officer, Willie Kalonga, said in a statement, they experienced challenges in cashing cheques […]
Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa of Blantyre Archdiocese has called upon all the presidential candidates in the country to promote unity among all the Malawians by practicing clean politics within the campaign period. Msusa said this during the first vow profession for the six Sisters who belong to the congregation of Servants of Blessed Virgin Mary […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has called on all registered voters to participate in the voters’ roll inspection exercise scheduled from Monday 24 March to April 5 to ensure that their details are correct. MESN chairperson Steve Duwa said in a statement that inspection of the voters’ roll is a very serious process in the electoral calendar and as […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) says is waiting for the High Court ruling on cases filed by two of opposition members, Umodzi Party (UP) president Professor John Chisi and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Publicity Secretary, Jessie Kabwira before printing ballot papers for the May 20th Tripartite Elections. Mec disqualified Chisi and Kabwira from contesting in the […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has called on political parties in the country to practice clean, civilized and issue based campaign and not personality based. MEC Chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera, SC said this in Blantyre on Thursday during the official launch of 2014 Tripartite Elections campaign period. Mbendera said time was gone when politicians were practicing character assignation campaign […]
I was listening to an analysis on SKynews regarding David Cameron’s visit to the Middle East the other day. David Cameron was set to meet Tony Blair, the Middle East Peace Special envoy for the Quartet i.e. the United Nations, United States of America, European Union and Russia; he was also to meet Mahmoud Abbas, […]
Chiefs in the northern region have asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to push for legislation that will bar the distribution of handouts during electioneering saying such practices influences people to elect bad leaders. Traditional Authority Mwilang’ombe of Karonga District said this during a daylong meeting for the validation of the Chiefs’ Code of Conduct […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has urged journalists in the country to actively be involved in electoral matters as it has the capacity to reach every citizen. MEC Commissioner, Nancy Tembo, made the plea when she visited Nkhotakota based journalists recently to remind them on the media role as May 20 polls draw closer. The country is […]
Several days before the official launch of 2014 tripartite elections, political violence has reared its ugly head. What are promising to be the tightest elections in Malawi since 1994 have registered its first two casualties: a police officer and a civilian were killed last Sunday in Thyolo where President Joyce Banda held a political rally. […]
Malawi’s donors have called for a violence free elections campaign, saying the responsibility to ensure a peaceful campaign and tripartite election must not solely weigh down on the Malawi Police Service. “As the official election campaign draws nearer, we urge all those with authority and influence, including traditional leaders to use it for a violence-free […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has described the death of two people at Goliati in Thyolo following violence that erupted after the rally that President Joyce Banda conducted as very depressing and unacceptable especially coming at a time when the electoral body has not yet launched the official campaign period. Justice Mbendera […]
Malawi civil society organisations have made a common voice of condemnation of the clashes between opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters and police that left two people dead following a President Joyce Banda’s rally in Thyolo. Violence erupted on Sunday shortly after a rally led by President Banda at Goliyati village in a stronghold of […]
State House chief of staff Ben Mbewe has downplayed fears by the opposition over the aircraft that landed at Chileka International Airport in the early hours of Saturday, saying there is nothing ‘votegate’ in it. Nyasa Times reported on Sunday that a mysterious plane registration ZS-CAG, landed at Chileka on March 15 2014 from Nigeria’s […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) has established an elections information centre through which the public will be sharing information relating to the May 20th tripartite elections. The first ever centre named Malawi Elections Information Centre (Meic) will run an Election Situation Room (ESR) which comprises a team of experts to analyse information the general public […]
Robert Mugabe will on one of his high days fume and froth at the mouth against perceived British and American interference in the internal affairs of his country. The man, who has single handedly bankrupted his country and pauperised his people will accuse everybody and everything for his problems but he. Literally, he has condemned […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in readiness for the forthcoming tripartite elections has urged all registered voters, political parties, civil society organizations and the general public that it will open registration centers for inspection of the voters roll. Commissioner Rev. Emmanuel Chimkwita Phiri made the request in Lilongwe on Monday when he officially opened trainings […]
Mystery surrounds the arrival of a Nigerian military plane in the middle of the night on Saturday which landed at Chileka airport and was welcomed by State House officials. The plane with three white pilots landed at exactly 1.48am and two State House vehicles, a black Toyota VX registration number BK 9704 and a white […]
[highlight style=’pear-green’] A newspaper columnist for Weekend Nation, George Kasakula writing in his’ My Diary’ on Saturday has called on opposition political parties to bring on table their electoral pledges in form of blue prints. The article below is reproduced. [/highlight] There is no question that the twin issues of our day—Cashgate and Jetgate—will have a huge […]