President Joyce Banda on Thursday addressed a news conference claiming her People’s Party (PP) has evidence that election has been rigged and that they have submitted to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) their case. Banda said there were “gross and unwarranted allegations of rigging, misinformation and negative propaganda all aimed at undermining the credibility of the […]
Peoples Party (PP) National Executive Council member and former Local Government deputy minister Godfrey Kamanya has shot himself dead after failing to reclaim his Lilongwe Msozi North Parliamentary seat. Kamanya fatally shot himself at around 3:30 Thursday morning at his Area 10 residence in Lilongwe. In a suicide note he left behind, which is now […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the final official results in the presidential elections will delay as they want to use fax machines to transmit the results. MEC Chief Elections Officer Willie Kalonga told a news conference in the evening that the Commission will start announcing result by Thursday morning. “To speed up the process we’re […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has extended voting to Thursday in centers that have failed to vote for the past two days due to irregularities. Chief Elections Officer of the Malawi Electoral Commission Willie Kalonga said during a news briefing at the national tally centre Wednesday night that voting will continue in seven polling centers that […]
Malawi military and Police officers raided the residences of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika on Wednesday in Lilongwe’s Area 10 and 43 houses amid escalating political tension over results of Tuesday presidential elections. Mutharika told a news conference at his Nyambadwe house in Blantyre, that his guards refused the soldiers and cops […]
Spokesperson of People’s Party of President Joyce Banda has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) of rigging the election. Unofficial results that are being announced by Zodiak Broadcasting Services indicate DPP leader Peter Mutharika is in the lead followed very closely by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has not […]
Malawi Police in Lilongwe has raided a house in Area 10 which they suspect there were “rigging” activities and arrested one person. Police say they have confiscated a “phone hacking machine” which they suspect to have been used in transmitting fraudulent results to Zodiak Broadcasting Station. One person whose identity is being shielded has been […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate, Atupele Muluzi has protested the early announcing of elections results, arguing it might influence voters currently casting their ballots in centres that were suspended on Tuesday. In the early results the media is depicting form the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) tally centre, Atupele is trailing in the presidential race […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the presidential vote results will be made public when they have tallied 30 percent and then 70 percent but called for patience from stakeholders. MEC chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera told reporters Wednesday morning that they will not make the results public until they are verified. He said the official […]
One of the contestants as a councillor in the capital city, Andekuche Chanthunya of People’s Party (PP) said early Wednesday that he just his rival Kwame Bandawe to concede defeat and congratulate him on his election. “I have just finished talking to Councillor-elect Kwame Bandawe and I congratulated him over his victory. It was a […]
The outgoing State Vice President and former ruling People’s Party (PP) vice-president for the northern region, Khumbo Kachali has said he is “happy and proud” to have made a decision in endorsing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika in the elections, saying early results has shown PP is losing. Kachali has since branded […]
Vote results began trickling in dribs and drabs for the country’s fifth elections since the introduction of multiparty democracy in 1994 and opposition Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP) presidential candidate Peter Mutharika has taken an early lead from but with Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarous Chakwera close behinds from about 26 percent of the tabulated 25 […]
President of the National Salvation Front (Nasaf) James Nyondo Tuesday cast his vote at Chitipa Central Constituency – where he was also contesting as parliamentarian – for the May 20 tripartite elections but quickly called on Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to nullify the results arguing they won’t be credible. Nyondo, who sounded optimistic of winning […]
The People’s Party (PP) said it is “extremely dismayed” and disturbed by reports of violence in several polling centres in Blantyre during the voting process on Tuesday. Soldiers were deployed in Malawi’s commercial capital Blantyre after voters, angered by delays and mishaps at polling stations in a hotly contested presidential election, torched voting materials and […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Professor Peter Mutharika on Tuesday blasted the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) of incompetence in delivering credible tripartite elections, citing “irregularities”. Speaking after casting his vote at Goliati in Thyolo, Mutharika said he was saddened with reports of violence by disenfranchised voters. He said the irregularities have not inspired confidence […]
Disgruntled voters torched a house set to be used as a voting station at Chiwembe Township in commercial city of Blantyre. Voters said they had been waiting for too long for the station to open and were annoyed they were not exercising their right to vote “Electoral material, including ballot boxes, chairs and stationery, were […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has said they will extend voting hours in some areas that opened late for polling and even where people be still be on qeue to cast their ballots. The official time to end for voting is 6PM. Mbendera told a news briefing on Tuesday that those who […]
Tensions that flared up with numerous logistical challenges including misplaced ballot papers and lack of ink and other supplies have been sorted out and the majority of centres were voting as of 11am Malawian time. In the commercial hub Blantyre’s Chitawira where turn up was huge started voting three hours late, while the Catholic Institute (CI) which had […]