Going by our exclusive stories on the audit conducted earlier this year at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC); a lot, most of it grubby, has been happening at this institution. This is irritating because MEC is, without doubt, the most supreme watchdog over democracy in Malawi, mandated as it is with the sacred duty of […]
There is more to the rot at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) as Nyasa Times still continue to publishing its exposé on the “management fraud” at the electoral body according to a final audit report. It has been established that the management were involved in expenses scandal by claiming dubious allowances. Analysing the audit report which covers […]
A final investigative audit report that covers July 2012 to December 2014 now obtained by Nyasa Times issued on 4th August 2015 to the recipient of Dr Ronald Mangani, Secretary to the Treasury, has exposed fraud and expenses scandal at the Malawi Electoral Commission. According to the report, MEC were heard and responded to the […]
A special investigation of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), conducted by the Central Internal Audit Unit of the Ministry of Finance, uncovered rampant mismanagement of public resources at the electoral body, Nyasa Times has established. The report Reference No 1A/270/15/0018, issued on August 7, 2015, […]
Understandably yes, there have been calls for a decrease in the number of constituencies; people have argued that with the working of the Local Government system, Malawi does not need 193 constituencies,” MEC Chief Elections Officer Willie Kalonga. The news in town is that the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is digesting calls from various […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has called for establishment of an electoral tribunal on dispute resolution among electoral stakeholders in the country , saying the absence of such tribunals puts the Commission, political parties and its members in an awkward position. “Elections are a struggle and race to get power and […]
Indeed, it would not be an understatement to suggest that Malawians are wary of the manner in which elections are administered by the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec). The recent unprecedented low turn-out, or voter apathy, during the Ward Councillors By-elections in Karonga, Mzuzu, Mangochi and Thyolo speaks volumes about the fresh memories Malawians have about […]
The opposition Peoples Party (PP) has expressed its bitterness over a miserable performance during the Tuesday’s Local Government by-elections, describing the polls as free but not fair and credible. PP failed to win a single seat in the By-elections with the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) dominating the results, winning three out of the five competed wards. […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has declared the official results of the Tuesday local government by-election which has seen ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) winning three of the five contested seats. Announcing the results, MEC chairperson Justice Maxon Raphael Mbendera said theelectoral body is “impressed” that this election had “all the required components of transparency, inclusiveness, freeness and […]
Controversy erupted on Tuesday night in Karonga the northern border part of Malawi during the unofficial announcement of local by-election results of Nkhwawa ward at the tally centre where some members of Malawi Congress party (MCP) and Peoples Party (PP) suspected the results to have been doctored as the results sheet had some anomalies. The […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is appealing to candidates, political parties and the general public to wind down their campaign for the Local Government By-elections on Sunday, at 6 Oclock in the morning. The Commission is informing all stakeholders that it is violation of the electoral laws to campaign outside this period and all those found will face the […]
People’s Party (PP) has said it is seeking legal opinion from its legal Affairs director Henry Phoya and his deputy Ralph Mhone on how to go about with the disqualification of their candidate Blackson Gondwe from participating in the Mzuzu city’s Chibanja ward by-elections. On Friday last week, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in a […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission has disqualified, Blackson Gondwe, a candidate for the Peoples Party for Chibanja ward, Mzuzu city in the by-elections slated for August 25 in five wards. The candidate also risk arrest by the Police for obtaining registration in a fraudulent way and also lying to a public officer that he is a duly registered […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) has bemoaned challenges people with disabilities experience during elections and has since called for electoral reforms to ensure disability issues are incorporated in the country’s electoral system. MEC on Thursday had an interface meeting with Federation of Organizations with Disabilities (Fedoma) to seek views to be incorporated in the electoral reforms […]
Multi-Party Liaison Committee (MPLC) in Mzuzu city has resolved that it will use the Council chamber as the tally centre for the August 25 Chibanja -ward by-elections. The MPLC, a political grouping that manages conflict during election period from degenerating into unmanageable levels, made the resolution on Thursday at its council meeting in Mzuzu . […]
There was panic among the Democratic Progressive Party(DPP) officials and it;s supporters at Chibanja Ward on Tuesday in Mzuzu city constituency during the submission of nomination papers for the forthcoming byelection whose function took place at the New Jerusalem school . Returning Officer Lobo Tembo announced that the DPP candidate George Manda was on the […]
About 30 aspiring candidates for the yet-to-be held By-elections have submitted their nomination papers to the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec). According to MEC’s Media and Public Relations Manager, Sangwani Mwafulirwa, the electoral body received the nominations papers on Tuesday, a day before a campaign period for the elections is officially opened. MEC has recieved six […]
Speaker of Malawi parliament, Richard Msowoya has called for electoral reforms to improve the representativeness, legitimacy and inclusiveness of the electoral process and its outcomes. Speaking on Sunday in Mchinji at a political rally addressed by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president and leader of opposition Lazarus Chakwera, Msowoya, who stressed that he was speaking in […]