Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) on Thursday released the much awaited detailed report on the May 20, 2014 elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially. The report is decrying the continued abuse of public resources during electoral period by ruling parties and the reluctance of the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) to open up to […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says the registration of voters for the August 25, 2015 by-election will continue despite the Eid Ul Fitr holiday on Monday. MEC spokesperson, Sangwani Mwafulirwa while wishing the Muslim community a happy celebration, encouraged eligible persons to take advantage of the holiday to patronize registration centres. “This is an advantage for people […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission says the registration and inspection of voters’ roll for the Local Government By-elections will start onWednesday, July 15, and end on Sunday, July 19. Chief Elections Officer Willie Kalonga says in statement made available to Nyasa Times that the registration centres will open to the public from 8AM to 4PM on all days including weekends. […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has asked its newly recruited staff to give their best if they are to play a noble role that will contribute to the consolidation of democracy through holding of credible by-elections. Commissioner Elvey Kalonga Mtafu made the statement at the New Jerusalemu Private Secondary School in Mzuzu city on Sunday […]
Preliminary findings by the National Audit Office (NAO) has exposed lack of consistency and maladministration at the country’s electoral body, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), and abuse of power by the the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). It has transpired that all the 192 DPP candidates were in the 2009 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections (PPE) either […]
In an attempt of clarifying issues that the country’s electoral body claims were “grossly misrepresented” in a local newspaper article titled ‘Audit Reveals Abuse at MEC’, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has in a way agreed that its Commissioners collected allowances for trips that did not take place when the allowances were pocketed. The said […]
Commissioners at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) have denied being party to anomalies raised in a draft report by the National Audit Office as reported in the press. “The current Commission would like to state categorically that it is not answerable for issues arising from management of the 2009 elections. The current Commissioners were appointed […]
The Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has made a strong appeal to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to shift the date for the by-elections and revise the calendar for the by-elections to give ample time for the preparations. The appeal comes a day after the Commission announced the postponement of the voter registration and verification exercise […]
The funding woes that have rocked various government departments and parastatals have not spared the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) as it has yet again failed to start another crucial activity in the preparation for Local Government by-elections. The Commission has cancelled voter verification and registration exercise which was supposed to run from today, Friday, May 8 […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has cancelled the launch of meetings for by elections citing delayed funding, Nyasa Times has learnt. The commission is expected to hold elections in a number of wards where the positions fell vacant for a number of reasons including death. The five wards where the by-elections are expected to take place are […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will hold Local Government by-elections in five wards between June and July this year and the calendar for the by-elections will be released “soon”. The by-elections are expected to take place at Luchenza, Zomba Central, Nsikizi Ward in eastern district of Mangochi, Chibanja Ward in Mzuzu and Khwawa Ward in […]
A delegation of eight members from the Lesotho Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) is expected to jet into Malawi to horn skills on voter education and network building. A statement released by Malawi Electoral Commission says the delegation will be in Malawi from 06th to 11th April, 2015 and will be headed by its chairperson who is a […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Maxon Mbendera has reacted to a Nyasa Times columnist who linked him to the President Peter Mutharika’s family tree, saying he is “flattered” but he is “not related to the Mutharikas.” Justice Mbendera was reacting to an article that was published on Nyasa Times under the headline, “Malawi poor country […]
High Court in Lilongwe has dismissed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate Christopher Ashems Chirwa’s petition requesting the court to declare 2014 Parliamentary results for Likoma Constituency as null and void. Following the court determination, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) said in a statement on Friday issued by chief elections officer Willie Kalonga that George Johnsen Kamwanja of […]
Chairperson for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Maxon Mbendera is leading commissioners and staff under the Electoral Commissions Forums of SADC countries (ECF SADC) to observe the presidential by-elections in Zambia. Zambia will hold presidential elections on January 20, following the death-in-office of President Michael Chilufya Sata October 28 last year. The ECF SADC is among other […]
A group of civil society organisations have added their weight to calls for amending the electoral law on electing a Head of State from the current first-past-the-post and adopt a 50 per cent plus one law to ensure that the winner of presidential elections enjoyed majority support. The groups delivered a 100-day ultimatum to government calling for […]
The state-funded Malawi Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has released a detailed report on the May 20 elections which ushered President Peter Mutharika to power controversially, saying the polls were not “credible”. Mutharika, 75, the younger brother of president Bingu wa Mutharika who died in office in 2012, was declared winner of the disputed polls. The […]
This coming Saturday is no ordinary day for journalists in Malawi, as they go to the polls to elect leaders for the media body, the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Malawi Chapter. The polls this year have drawn unprecedented attention and hype as two senior journalists, Thom Khanje of Times Group and George Kasakula of the […]