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 […]
President Peter Mutharika has told parliament to hold judges accountable on the judgements, saying they are not immune from criticisms and that Parliament is more supreme above the courts. In recorded state of the nation address, Mutharika said disagreeing with judgments made in the courts is part of holding the judges accountable. He said the […]
Malawi Parliament was nearly thrown into turmoil on the first day of its National Budget meeting Friday morning as opposition legislators demanded the presence of President Peter Mutharika in performing the State-opening of the new session. Mutharika addressed the House through a recorded message on a video link as a preventive measure of the raging […]
Member of Parliament for Mangochi Lutende constituency, Idrissa Pongolani Kazembe has resigned from the People’s Party (PP) of former president Joyce Banda, the Speaker of Parliament announced on Friday. Speaker Cathering Gotani Hara made the announcement at the start of National Budget session of Parliament. She said MP Kazembe has since asked to be allocated in the […]
Malawi Parliament on Friday morning adopted a motion to wave some of its standing orders as part of adjusting to the coornvarius (Covid-19) pandemic. Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa is the one moved a motion in view of the Covid-19 pandemic to amend standing orders and suspend some standing orders of the House to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is leading nine opposition political parties in an electoral ticket branded Tonse Alliance, has said Parliament which starts meeting in Lilongwe from Friday has a big responsibility of ensuring that legislators represents the interest of Malawi first, than their party’s and personal interests. Chakwera in his address […]
Both the ruling and opposition parties say they will prioritise debate on the setting of election date and other electoral reform bills in a parliamentary meeting which starts Friday. Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa said the issue at hand is of the election date which must be given attention. “We will have to debate […]
President Peter Mutharika will deliver the State of the Nation Address at Parliament on Friday through a recorded audio in a bid to decongest the House. National Assembly has confirmed that President’s address to open the Budget Session and marks the state opening of a new session of parliament will be delivered remotely as his presences could traditionally […]
Malawi Parliament’s political leadership is meeting Wednesday to set agenda for the meeting of parliament which starts this Friday and high on the agenda is the date for the court sanctioned presidential election. Spokesperson for parliament Ian Mwenye has confirmed of the meeting of the Business Committee. Parliament meets from June 5 to July 24 […]
Malawi Parliament says the public will not be allowed in the Chamber during the budget meeting which starts on June 5 as a preventive measure against ccoronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. A statement from parliament says the National Assembly Covid-19 preventive guidelines covers both parliamentary procedure and administrative matters. “The office of the Speaker further wishes to […]
A legal expert has said the Legal Affairs Committee has no powers to write the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to set date for the holding of the presidential election. This was after the Legal Affairs Committee of parliament chairperson Kezzie Msukwa confirmed having written MEC that the election be held on June 23, 2020. But […]
Speaker of Parliament Catherane Gotani Hara says the National Assembly will meet from June 5 to July 24 for budget session, bringing a sigh of relief over the electoral reform bills needed to hold the court sanctioned fresh presidential election. The Speaker has called for the meeting of parliament after consulting the State President Peter […]
Attorney General (AG) has said the June 23 polling date is not set and has advised the Parliamentary Legal Affairs Committee that the resolutions the committee made after their consultations with stakeholders, including Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), were errors of law, saying it is the whole National Assembly that can decide on voting day not […]