Minister of Finance, Economic Planning and Development Joseph Mwanamvekha will present the the 2020/2021 national budget in Parliament this Friday, June 12. Mwanamvekha has hinted that the main focus of the country’s financial plan is to mitigate the impact of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic while also speeding up economic recovery and building up resilience […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Lobin Lowe had a field day pulling holes in President Peter Mutharika State of the Nation Address (Sona) and attacked him for criticising the Judiciary following the nullification of the May 21 2019 presidential election results Lowe was at pains either to respond to the President or the gadget that […]
Dedza South member of Parliament (MP) Ishmael Ndaila Onani (Malawi Congress Party) has said President Peter Mutharika – whose running mate was Saulos Chilima – was not duly elected in 2014 elections on whose mandate he is carrying out now. Onani said this in Parliament on Wednesday when he stood on a point of order […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lilongwe Mpenu legislator Eisenhower Mkaka is scheduled to wind up his motion this Thursday asking Ministry of Finance to explain to Parliament the disposal of the then wholly State-owned Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) and progress towards recovering K6 billion toxic loans extended to some individuals and companies. Mkaka moved the motion […]
The opposition lawmakers said they rejected a Constitutional Amendment Bill brought by government because there was no need to change the country’s supreme laws to hold the court-sanctioned fresh presidential elections on June 23 after the House had already passed resolutions on the said polling date. Leader of opposition in Parliament Lobin Lowe justified the […]
Parliament’s rejection of an electoral reform bill – Constitutional Amendment – that would have facilitated the June 23 2020 voting and modalities for holding of a fresh presidential election will essentially make it not legally possible to hold the polls on the said date, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Bright Msaka has said. Msaka […]
Malawi government is set to table electoral bills for Parliament to decide whether to use 50+1 percent system of electing the country’s President of what has always been used First-Past-The-Post system. According to Constitution Amendment Bill Number 2 of 2020 seen by Nyasa Times as published in the Malawi Gzaette Supplement of June 8 2020, […]
Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee of Parlaiment Kezzie Msukwa is on Thursday expected to give a report to the House on scruting of the federalism motion put forward by Mzimba North legislator Yeremia Chihana (Alliance for Democracy-Aford). The motion was last year referred to the Legal Affairs Committee for further scrutiny. When he moved […]
Malawi Parliament has finally set June 23 2020 as the date for the fresh presidential elections, amid protests from the government side. Alliance for Democracy (Aford) Mzimba North MP Yeremia Chihana moved the motion setting poll date which wasseconded by Lilongwe Mpenu MP, Eisenhower Mkaka of Malawi Congress Party (MCP). However, the House erupted in […]
The holding of the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election will be pushed beyond the July 3 deadline on technical shortfalls, Nyasa Times understands as government is set to present four electoral related bills on Wednesday . The court ruled in February that the May 2019 polls were deeply flawed, due to bias, lack of a […]
Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara has said Bills on electoral reforms – which will determine the date of fresh presidential elections – are ready and government will circulate them on Tuesday for discussion on Wednesday. The Speaker said this on Monday after Parliament resumed sitting since President Peter Mutharika’s State of the […]
Opposition under Tonse Alliance have ganged up to demand that the issue of the fresh presidential election date be tabled when parliament meets Monday afternoon. Member of Parliament (MP) for Dowa East Richard Chimwendo Banda and half a dozen other Malawi Congress Party (MCP) said this when they addressed a rally in Sunday in Dowa. “We want […]
Vice President Salous Chilima has urged Members of Parliament to put their political differences aside and set a date for the fresh presidential election to enable people vote by June 23 as ordered by Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Appeal. Chilima said it important to respect court rulings because Malawi is governed by laws. […]
Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Youth and Society (YAS) have written the Chairperson of the Defence and Security Committee of Parliament, Ken Zikhale Ng’oma, registering its concern over security lapse in the country and failure by the Committee to act. CHRR acting executive director Michael Kaiyatsa and YAS executive director Charles Kajoloweka, […]
Leader of opposition in Parliament Robin Lowe has warned President Peter Mutharika of any attempts to cling to power after July 3 2020, saying fresh presidential elections should be held as a constitutional court and the Supreme Court ruled that he was not duly elected as President. In his State of the Nation address delivered […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Kasungu Central Ken Kandodo was on Friday caught on camera falling asleep during President Peter Mutharika State of the Nation address (Sona) in Parliament via video link. And this was not just a quick shutting of the eyes, Kandodo, who is also parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) […]
Revered private practice lawyer John-Gift Mwakhwawa has dismissed President Peter Mutharika’s threats of treason and call for Parliament to reverse the Constitutional Court and Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal rulings which nullified his re-election last year as misplaced. Mutharika in his speech to Parliament on Friday via a video link indicated that he is considering postponing the election […]
Leader of opposition, civils society organisations (CSOs) and commentators have poked holes all over President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation address (Sona), in which he said those who are propagating that there can be a vacancy in the office of the president are committing treason. Mutharika in a speech via video link shown over […]