Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has implored on the government to immediately release funds for the Mchinji West by-election so that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) can hold it before the expiry of the term of office of current commissioners. Director of Elections in MCP Maxwell Thyolera said as of now, there is nothing […]
Lawyer Ambokire Salim is facing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) legal team in the High Court as the battle on whether politicians should be forced to deliver on their campaign promises or not starts in earnest n the afternoon. MEC spokesman Sangwani Mwafulirwa said MEC attorneys has already applied that the pollster be grated leave for […]
Malawi Elections Support Network (MESN) has launched Non Legislative Elections Reforms in a bid to force the government speed up administrative laws ahead of the 2019 general election. Steve Duwa, Mesn board chair asked the government to speed up the appointment of Malawi Electoral Commissioners (MEC) to ensure that they have adequate time to prepare […]
Malawian lawyer, Ambokire Salimu has taken a bold move and dragged Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) to court to influence electoral law reform that would ensure elected public officers are bound by their campaign promises. Salimu, in an individual capacity, filed for Leave for Judicial Review at the High Court in Blantyre to push for Mec to […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials have set May 10 for a by-election in Mchinji West whose legislator died suddenly. MEC spokesman Sangwani Mwafulirwa said the poll is subject to availability of money. “We have submitted our plan and budget to the treasury. I hope money will be found for the byelection,” said Mwafulirwa. The tentative […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) has put its weight behind pollster Malawi Electoral Commission chair Mackson Mbendera call for speedy appointment of commissioners following the expiry of the term of office of the current officials. Mesn executive director Steve Duwa however disagreed with Mbendera that names of the new commissioners be announced before the current […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners’ term of office expires in May and Chairperson Maxon Mbendera has since made a silent campaign for reappointment. Mbendera said on Monday the commissioners, including himself were available for reappointment for another five year term. “The law provides that we can be reappointed,” said the Supreme Court judge. “The commissioners […]
Sheriffs have pounced on Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) offices in Blantyre, seizing refrigerators and desk top computers, the second seizure of property in just a week. Chief Elections Officer Willie Kalonga confirmed the sheriffs have seized the property on Friday, crippling operations at the pollster as all desk top computers have been seized. “We have […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has suffered both financial and material loss and embarrassment after sheriffs seized three vehicles due to a K18 million debt. Judiciary spokesman Mlenga Mvula confirmed the sheriffs rushed to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) offices in Blantyre where they have seized the vehicles. He said MEC owes a number of firms money […]
Police in Mzuzu are keeping in custody Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) stores clerk Davie Mtumpha and 6 others for stealing power generators belonging to the electoral body, that were kept in MEC regional ware house in Mzuzu. The arrested suspects are Dickens Kaluwa 40 form security guard from Mwachisoti village T/A Mwamulowe in Rumphi, Petro […]
Transport problems at the Malawi Electoral Commission have forced its chairman, Justice Maxon Mbendera to come out in the opening appealing for support from well wishers to buy new vehicles. Mbendera made the appeal on Monday, February 29, 2016 in Blantyre when his organization received a donation of 24 motorcycles from the National Statistical Office. The MEC […]
Human rights activist and researcher for Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR), Mankhumbo Munthali has said statement that opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are still consulting on the call for voting system of electing a Head of State to be changed from the current first-past-the-post to one for a 50 per cent plus one law to […]
The High Court sitting in Blantyre on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 has dismissed a case by independent candidate for Limbuli Ward in Mulanje in which he petitioned the court to overturn a determination of the Commission. Derek Eliya Safari contested in the 2014 Local Government Elections in the ward as an independent candidate, however, he […]
Pollster Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has cast doubt that the biometrical voter registration set for 2019 would be implemented saying the National Registration Bureau (NRB) seems not to be ready. MEC chairman Maxon Mbendera said in an interview on the sidelines of an audience with President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday in Lilongwe that NRB was […]
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Tuesday surprised Malawi Electoral Commissioners when he dressed them down over mismanagement of K1.6 billion at the pollster. Mutharika, who did not mince words during the audience with the commissioners over the mismanagement of the money, said the pollster needs to be transparent over the way it deals with the […]
President Prof. Peter Mutharika Tuesday advised Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners and the electoral body’s heavy weights to only adopt reforms that are reasonable, workable and practical. Mutharika said this at Kamuzu Palace in Lilongwe when the Commissioners and MEC officials presented a report of the 2014 Tripartite Elections. The President said he was fully […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has rejected a police interim report on the cause of fire at Malawi Electoral Commission warehouse in 2014, saying there was political influence in the matter. MCP publicist Jessie Kabwila was on Sunday responding to Inspector General of Police Lexon Kachama who said a police interim report on the fire shows […]
Inspector General of Police Lexon Kachama has ruled out arson in the fire that gutted Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) warehouse in 2014. Ballot papers and other crucial voting materials used in the May 2014 general election were burnt to ashes in a suspicious fire amid a court battle over parliamentary results in a constituency in […]