President Peter Mutharika has told global leaders meeting in New York, US that he was elected Malawi’s fifth Head of State in May elections widely criticised as chaotic but he said they were “credible.” In his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday as Malawi leader, Mutharika told the gathering that the […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has maintained its dispute of the May 20 presidential elections and said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) robbed it of victory. Speaking at Masintha Freedom Park during a political rally, MCP Regional Chairman for centre, Daniel Mlomo, said the party’s leader Dr Lazarous Chakwera who came second to DPP’s Peter […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) spokesman Ken Ndanga has said the People’s Party (PP) led by former president Joyce Banda is on its death bed . Malawians on Thursday woke up to the news of opposition parties accusing each other on how they were supposed to react together over the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC)’s handling of […]
Malawi has commended SADC for playing a key role in the country’s controversial electoral process resulting in the branding of the polls as free, fair, credible and transparent. The country held chaotic tripartite elections on 20 May 2014 that threatened to undermine its 20 year old democracy. Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr […]
According to former president Joyce Banda who lost the election at the 30 May poll, in the year the country celebrates 50 years of independence, political violence would have been raised to an unprecedented level in the normally peaceful Malawi if she had not conceded. Supporters of former president Joyce Banda’s People’s Party, and others, […]
Presidential advisor on National Unity and Parliamentary Affairs, Symon Vuwa-Kaunda called on Malawians to live in unity of purpose if the country is to record significant development. Speaking in an interview with Nyasa Times, Vuwa-Kaunda warned that very little development will take place in Malawi in the absence of unity of purpose. He said peace […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials say they have arranged a meeting this week with the Minister of Finance Goodall Gondwe to discuss issues of delayed payment of drivers from government departments and other people who not yet honoured after working during and after the May polls. The arrangement comes after a group of angry drivers […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has said it will add its weight in pushing for amending the electoral law on electing a Head of State from the current first-past-the-post and adopt a 50 per cent plus one law to ensure that the winner of presidential elections enjoyed majority support. MCP spokesperson Jessie Kabwila said the party will […]
“For the nation to live, the tribe must die” ~ FRELIMO movement slogan MCP and Aford must look at a bigger picture Backlashes from the last May’s Tripartite Elections are in full swing. Most of it is grumbling on issues that any foresighted and politically engaged person could have foreseen before the elections. On its […]
“Isn’t it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?” ― Sean Covey, The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens The Weekend Nation in Malawi reported that the Governor of Kano State and leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Nigeria, Rabiu Kwankwaso, declared in an interview with one […]
The Lilongwe High Court on Tuesday brought in further confusion in the case in which Malawi Congress Party MCP (MCP) candidate for Lilongwe City South East constituency Ulemu Msungama is disputing the results by asking him to provide the court with more substantiated evidence that elections in the disputed constituency were rigged. The court’s demand comes just days after the […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has stressed that their party position is that President Peter Mutharika and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) are in government illegitimately. MCP director of elections, Henry Kamata said on Sunday at a rally in Lilongwe that there is there is contradiction on the party’s position on the legitimacy of the DPP. […]
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Maxon Mbendera says he and other commissioners are ready to resign should people insist and that the electoral body has nothing to apologise for anything it did during and after the electoral process that ushered President Peter Mutharika to power. The MEC commissioners have long been under intense […]
Former ruling People’s Party (PP) spokesperson Ken Msonda, who is planning to drag the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to court for fraud and abuse of office, has challenged that he has enough resources and means to meet legal costs against the Commission. Msonda, whose party was deposed by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), threatened to […]
Opposition People’s Party (PP) spokesperson Ken Msonda says he will drag to court Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) officials including its Chairman and Commissioners for “fraud and abuse” of office. Msonda, whose party was dethroned by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in May 20 tripartite polls, is also targeting Mec Chief Elections Officer Willie Kalonga, presiding officers and some […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) MP for Lilongwe City South East, Bently Namasau, has obtained a court injunction restraining Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) from conducting a recounting in the constituency’s three polling centres MEC ordered a recount on Tuesday in Chilinde, City Assembly Office and Mloza Primary School polling centres after the High Court ruled in favour of […]
Dr Blessings Chinsinga, a political analyst based at the University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, has disputed President Peter Mutharika’s claims on Sunday that Malawi’s democracy is fast-maturing and a good example to countries in the region. Mutharika made the remarks in Lilongwe as Malawi marked 50 years of freedom from colonial rule and the 20-year […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Centre for Development of People (Cedep) have renewed their call for a 50+1 electoral system to replace the existing first-past-post which according to the rights groups has tended to legitimize “democratically illegitimate” leadership to the high office of the Presidency. The call was made at a news […]