Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) say they will hold a peaceful protest on June 20 to force Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and other commissioners resign. HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo said the resort to protests follows MEC failure to respond to HRDC letter dated June 4 for Ansah to resign following her dismal performance to manage […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says its beleaguered chairperson Jane Ansah is not resigning from the pollster as demanded by UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and other quarters of the society. MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa said it is only the appointing authority – President Peter Mutharika – with the power to fire her. “If it’s about […]
Livingstonia Synod of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian (CCAP) has written the rotten Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to quash the presidential results after it controversially declared President Peter Mutharika a victor in last month’s Tripartite Elections. In a letter to the electoral commission Chairperson Jane Ansah, which has been signed by the General Secretary […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Mjojo Ansah is defiant not to accept calls for her to stand down from her position at the pollster fir presiding over a “fraudulent” the May 21 Tripartite Elections. Several stakeholders have said that the election results “lack credibility”. The Human Rights Defenders Coalition ( HRDC), has since called […]
The High Court in Mzuzu has received six election petitions as more poll candidates show dissatisfaction with the election results. People’s Party vice president Ralph Mhone has taken former presidential aide Symon Vuwa Kaunda to court over the outcome of the parliamentary results in Nkhata Bay central. Mhone alleges that there were several anomalies during […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM have welcomed the consolidation of their separate May 21 Tripartite Election petition cases in which both parties are asking the High Court to order a re-run following poll results irregularities. MCP spokesperson Maurice Munthali said the party legal team will now work together with the UTM lawyers to […]
The Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has called for the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah within 14 days following the pollster failure to manage election results, accusing her of presiding over an election marred by fraud and lack of credibility. HRDC chairperson Timothy Mtambo said MEC’s management of the May 21 […]
UTM Party parliamentary candidate for Ntcheu south Fanuel Kudana had disputed poll results which saw him losing against his rival in the controversial May 21 Tripartite Elections. Kudana said there were several irregularities which pollster Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) needed to address before declaring his rival as winner. “I formally complained to MEC over the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) constituency clerks in Kasungu stormed the district commissioner’s office to demand reasons why they were paid less in allowances than their counterparts in some districts. One of the 36 temporary MEC staff, Sydney Banda told journalists that they received K65, 000 as allowances for the May 21 polls while their counterparts […]
A record 202 election petitions have been filed to the High Court of Malawi, a record number since 1994 according to court officials. High Court registrar Agnes Patemba has confirmed that there are two petitions for the presidential election, up from one in 2014. The petitions have been filed by main opposition Malawi Congress Party […]
A political analyst has suggested that the parliament should be hiring commissioners at the election management body, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). George Phiri, a political scientist at Livingstonia University said this was the only way MEC can regain its lost trust and glory. “It is very difficult to understand how MEC arrived at those […]
Government has provided Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah with tight security. Ansah was spotted in Lilongwe on Saturday with heavy police escort as she went around the capital city. She was also seen in a bank hall with heavy security detail. This comes against the back ground of the opposition Malawi Congress Party […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah is under blistering attack for taking pictures with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets. The smiling Ansah, a judge at the Supreme Court of Malawi, is seen in the pictures she was photographed with the cadets on inauguration of president Peter Mutharika on Friday. Taking up the […]
Quasi-religious body, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has made a stinging attack on Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for its failure to manage the May 21 poll results, saying the outcome lacks credibility. PAC chairman Reverend Felix Chingota said the organization had tried to seek an audience with MEC prior to the announcement of the results […]
A political analyst has blamed the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for poor poll result management. Andrew Mpesi said the pollster started extremely well in the electoral process but tumbled when it came to poll results management. “They started very well. They were very transparent from the start until the end when they failed to manage […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Dr Jane Mayemu Ansah has said she will be satisfied with her handling of the May 21 Tripartite Elections despite concerns of voter irregularities as Tipp-Ex correction fluid was widely used on tally sheets, prompting the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to file a lawsuit. Ansah admitted that […]
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of the southern African country’s second tripartite elections held on May 21, against a backdrop of political violence as results delayed with a court injunction and opposition claims of vote-manipulations. Mutharika, a candidate for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won with just under 51 per cent of the vote. […]
Malawi Law Society has told the High Court in Lilongwe to release the presidential results but hold the swearing in ceremony until all grievances are dealt with. In an affidavit presented in the court on Sunday, the Malawi Law Society (MLS) lawyers said there was no need to suspend Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) processes once […]