Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has finally conceded that the pollster is missing a laptop computer used in the voter registration exercise. MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika said the laptop computer went missing in Mzuzu as voter registration clerks wanted to go for the final phase of the registration exercise. “In fact, it is only […]
Former vice president Dr Cassim Chilumpha has told Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to resign to protect her credibility after a crucial biometric voter registration kit was lost and found in Mozambique. Chilumpha, who leads the newly-formed political party, Assembly for Development and Democracy (ADD), said Malawians have lost trust in MEC, saying the […]
National Registration Bureau (NRB) says it has asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to give a report on how a biometric registration kit went missing and was found in Mozambique. NRB spokesperson Norman Fulatira said the biometric registration kit, which the NRB initially used to register people for the national identity cards, was donated to […]
United Democratic Front (UDF) spokesperson Ken Ndanga has warned the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to handle the issue of the ‘lost but found’ th voter registration kit with professionalism, saying it has potential to cause political anarchy. Ndanga, writing on his Facebook wall says MEC should not only issue a statement to explain the mystery surround […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is missing a laptop with crucial elections data just days after a biometric voter registration kit went missing and was found in Mozambique, raising more suspicions of of possible rigging in the 2019 Tripartite Elections. MEC officials say the laptop went missing between Katoto Secondary School in Mzuzu and Chitipa where […]
Tiny party, Umodzi, says people who are calling for the head of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah are not made in good faith. Umodzi Party president John Chisi said this after major opposition parties and other electoral stakeholders are asking Ansah to resign after a biometric voter registration kit was found in Mozambique, […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has summoned State vice president SaulosChilima to explain on his allegations that the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wants to rig the May 21 2019 elections. Chilima, while launching the United Transformation Movement (UTM) in July, alleged that he is aware that government has procured a spying machine. MEC […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairlady Jane Ansah has ruled out resigning from her position after a crucial biometric voter registration kit was found in Mozambique as calls for her to step down continue to grow louder over how she has handled the matter. The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and civil society […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commissio (MEC) says it will this week meet all political parties and election stakeholders to explain how a crucial voter registration kit was found in Mozambique. This follows concerns that MEC deliberately withhold information on the missing voter registration kit which went missing enroute from Lilongwe to Mwanza but has been […]
The main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has called for the immediate resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah, sayig the missing of voter registration kit was a “crime against our democracy” as it has raised fears of possible rigging in the 2019 Tripartite Elections. MCP second deputy president Harry Mkandawire and […]
The civil society organisations (CSOs) under the banner of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HDRC) have demanded Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah resignation over incompetence in how she has handled the missing voter registration kit. The southern African nation will choose a new president, members of parliament and local government councillor on May 21 […]
A biometric machine being used in the ongoing voter registration exercise for the May 21 2019 elections has been found on a train coming from Mozambique, Malawi police spokesman has confimed. According to police spokesman James Kadadzera, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) reported to law enforcers that the biometric voter registration his kat been found on […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has cast doubt that it would register the targeted nine million Malawians as voters ahead of the May polls. MEC commissioner Jean Mathanga said the commission has so far registered six million voters in the past seven phases of the voter registration exercise. “With this figure, it is a […]
The International Republican Institute (IRI), a governance think tank based in the United States of America (USA), says it will help strengthen the capacity of Malawi’s political parties so that they contribute effectively towards the consolidation of the country’s young democracy. Resident Program Director for IRI Lara Petricevic-Williams said this Tuesday in Lilongwe at the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says its optimistic that Karonga will register a huge turnout in phase 7 of the voter registration exercise that is set to commence today, Monday in the district and the surrounding districts of Chitipa and Rumphi. Speaking in an interview over the weekend following a stakeholders meeting to launch the voter […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said 5.5 million people have registered for the 2019 highly contested polls and assured Malawians that no one will rig the elections. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah told the press Friday in Lilongwe that those collecting other people’s national IDs or serial numbers of the national identity cards will […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has appealed to chiefs in Chitipa to watch out for and report any foreign national who enters the country illegally from Zambia and Tanzania. The warning comes ahead of the forthcoming Phase Seven of voter registration in the district. Speaking during the meeting with chiefs in Traditional Authority (T/A)Mwaulambya on […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in Mzuzu has finally settled the two-and-half year-old dispute over the boundary between Masasa and Msongwe wardsafter clarifying that all electoral activities in Mzuzu City will abide by the boundaries depicted in maps provided by the Mzuzu City Council. At a closed door meeting held at Mzuzu City Council on […]