Quasi-religious, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) says it is the responsibility of government to fund the forensic audit on the missing but found Malawi Electoral Commission biometric voter registration kit. PAC chairperson Father Felix Chingota said his organization would be meeting government officials to discuss on the matter. This follows sentiments from minister of Information […]
A local election expert has called for the formation of a new body to handle election problems at national level, saying the current National Elections Consultative Forum (Necof) is too big to handle emergency poll woes. Charles Mkandawire, former chairperson of Malawi Elections Systems Network (Mesn) and Sadc elections organization said a lean mediation team […]
Malawi’s development partners have commended the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for successfully registering 6.8 million voters in the first ever digitized voter registration process which used the Biometric Voter Registration system. The development partners; Britain, Iceland, Japan United States of America, Mozambique, South Africa and, Zambia said this in a joint media statement issued on […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) has said it has registered a total of 6 826 295 million eligible voters for the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections, representing an 81 percent of their projection. According to a statement of figures released by MEC spokesman Sangwani Mwafulirwa made available to Nyasa Times, of the total registered voters, […]
Government has flatly refused to fund an independent auditor political parties and other stakeholders want to carry out forensic audit on the missing-but-found voter biometric kit. Electoral stakeholders want independent investigators to carry out the operation after some components of the biometric registration kits went missing in Mwanza and Mzuzu. The quasi-religious body Public Affairs Committee […]
State Vice-President Saulosi Chilima has assured people in the country that 2019 tripartite elections will be free from rigging, saying people should not lose trust in electoral body hence Justice Jane Ansah is a right person to chair the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and civil society organisations (CSOs) […]
Malawi Police in the Northern Region have said that the phase eight of the voter registration exercise which covered Mzuzu City, Nkhata Bay, Likoma and Mzimba has recorded fewer cases of election-related offences as compared to other phases. Assistant Police Public Relations Officer in the Northern Region, Sub Inspector Maurice Chapola disclosed this in an […]
Malawian social commentator Stanley Onjezani Kenani has laughed at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and National Registration Bureau (NRB) for organising prayers in the last three registration jurisdictions of Mzimba, Nkhata Bay and Mzuzu. Published reports indicate that prayers’ coordinator Israel Ndelezina said the filed officer hey want to praise God for protecting them while in the field […]
Some voter registration centres in the City of Mzuzu have registered over 100% voter registration against the projected statistics, according to preliminary records of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) . The records indicate that some centres such as Kaviwale School had registered 3470 against the projected 3156 representing 118% registration while Geisha School had registered […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other senior officials will be held liable to any disturbances that may arise from people’s dissastisafaction with MEC’s electoral sham, former vice-president Cassim Chilumpha who is spokesman of opposition parties bloc. The t10-party grouping wants suspended alongside Ansah are MEC chief elections officer Sam Alfandika and chairperson […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other senior officials will not step aside to allow a forensic audit of equipment and data in the electoral body’s custody as demanded by opposition parties bloc. Among other senior officials the 10-party grouping wants suspended alongside Ansah are MEC chief elections officer Sam Alfandika and chairperson […]
Opposition parties who met in Blantyre to find a common ground following the response from the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on the stolen Biometric Voter Registration Kit (BVRK) have called for MEC chair Justice Jane Ansah, chief elections officer Sam Alfandika and other senior officials at the commission to step aside to allow for independent forensic […]
Malawi Law Society (MLS) has backed calls by the electoral stakeholders to engage independent investigators to assess components of a biometric voter registration kit that went missing in Mwanza and Mzuzu, saying the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) whose credibility is seriously damaged, cannot investigate itself. During a highly-charged National Elections Consultative Forum (Necof) meeting in […]
Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners have bowed down to demands by poll stakeholders who want to hire independent forensic experts to look into the missing biometric voter registration kit. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah told the high profile National Electoral Consultative Forum on Wednesday in Lilongwe that the team of the IT experts would be […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah has vehemently rejected calls for her to stand down from her position at the pollster, saying she has done nothing criminal to warrant resignation. Speaking on the sidelines of the ongoing National Electoral Consultative Forum (Necof) underway in Lilongwe, Ansah said the missing of the crucial biometric voter […]
Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners and officials are Wednesday, October 31 facing angry electoral stakeholders over the missing but found crucial biometric voter registration kit. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah has confirmed that the meeting, to brief political parties and other stakeholders on the missing voter registration kit, will take place in Lilongwe. The meeting […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will make a final decision on whether to open voter registration centres again in areas hit by registration apathy after the final exercise. MEC commissioner Jean Mathanga said the pollster will look at all the figures obtained during the voter registration exercise since it started and make a final […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has called on political parties to take ownership of the 2019 Elections by properly managing conflicts that may arise in the course of the electoral process in order to hold credible elections. Commissioner Linda Kunje said this in Mzuzu on Monday at the open of a two-day training of Multiparty Liaison […]