Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee meets this Wednesday to put pressure on President Peter Mutharika to call for a National Assembly meeting to debate and pass the rejected electoral reforms laws ahead of the Constitutional Court sanctioned presidential election. Legal Affairs Committee chairperson Kezzie Msukwa said the committee will reflect and debate on the Supreme Courtof […]
Emotionally charged participants to the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) organised national electoral consultative forum have told parliament to set an exact date for the presidential election within the 150 days ordered by the Constitutional Court. The high levelNational Elections Consultative Forum (Necof) meeting in Mangochi on Wednesday, amid uncertainty on when exactly the poll would […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has been cleared by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of any wrong doing in allegations of drawing a salary without attending Parliament. The graft-busting body said it investigated Chakwera following a complaint from an unmade legislator that the MCP presidential hopeful was receiving “illegal” salary while on parliamentary […]
Malawi Parliamentary committees have now joined the vicious battle against coronavirus as the government engages parliament on the pandemic wrecking havoc both lives and economies of the world. The parliamentary committees on Health, Media and Social and Community Affairs have joined forces in the fight against COVID-19 in an effort to increase the scope of […]
Mzuzu-based Civil Society Network on Transparency and Accountability (CSNTA) and a social and governance commentator have vowed to stand with former members of Parliament (MPs) in pushing for the nullification of the May 2019 Local Government and Parliamentary Elections. Following nullification of the presidential election by the Constitutional Court (Concourt), ex-MPs have argued that they […]
The country’s final plan for 2020/2021 will be delayed as Parliament has postponed the budget meeting which was expected to start on May 8 due to the coronavirus threat but Treasury has instructed project coordinators and controlling officers in government ministries that workers in donor funded projects should continue working. Clerk of Parliament Fiona Kalemba […]
Frank Kuyokwa and 183 others have taken Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to the High Court demanding all Members of Parliament elected during the May 2019 tripartite elections be deemed not to have been duly elected. The application also demands that all seats of the legislators in the Malawi Parliament be declared vacant and that the […]
A governance expert, accountability and political analyst fro University of Malawi’s Chancellor College, Henry Chingaipe has said there is nothing wrong with the Speaker of the National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara giving a progress report to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt). The Speaker wrote the court through the Office of the Registrar of the High Court and […]
Speaker of the National Assembly, Catherine Gotani Hara, has referred the responses from President Peter Mutharika not to assent to Electoral Reforms Bills and fire Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners, to the Constitutional Court for further guidance on the matter. Mutharika has refused to promulgate laws to hold the new ballot and to fire MEC […]
Leader of government business in Parliament, Kondwani Nankhumwa has stressed that members of parliament must always strive to ensure that their interests and aspirations are at the centre of all the business in the House. Nankhumwa said he will not relent on the noble responsibility to remind all MPs that “we are representatives of the […]
Malawi Parliament’s disciplinary committee has suspended Member of Parliament for Blantyre City South East Constituency Sameer Suleman from Parliament for 90 days for manhandling the sergeant-at-arms, the custodian of discipline in Parliament. The Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) has also suspended Deputy Minister of Transport Charles Mchacha for four weeks and MP Yusufu Nthenda for a […]
The Mid-Year Budget Review meeting of Parliament came to an end on Friday, February 28 2020, with government strongly condemning Members of Parliament (MPS) for “unprofessional and unethical conduct”. Leader of the House, Kondwani Nankhumwa. noted in his discontinuance speech that the sitting was characterized by “partisan interests at the expense of the nation, which […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesperson on Finance in Parliament Cornelius Mwalwanda has accused the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration of making “many empty promises” on new road projects, particularly in the Northern and Central Region. Mwalwanda said this Parliament when he gave an official response to the Mid-Term Budget Statement presented by Minister of Finance, […]
Malawi Parliament on Wednesday moved in swiftly seeking stiffer punishment for road traffic offenders. This was after a report was presented in the House on the increase of road traffic offences in the country. The House has suggested that the offence of threatening or use of violence against a police officer on duty should attract […]
Members of Parliament have requested government through the Ministry of Disaster and Relief Management for urgent responses to needs of food and other relief services during natural disasters. The call was made Tuesday after some legislators observed that in some cases there are delays in responding to emergency needs by the responsible ministry when disasters […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislator fro Kasungu South East, Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda has asked the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs to drop the case of former president Bakili Muluzi’s allged K1.7 billion corruption case, saying it is taking long to conclude and only torturing him. Chiponda’s request through a supplementary question in Parliament on […]
Two independent members of Parliament (MPs) have been given the go-ahead to relocate to the opposition benches in the National Assembly relocating from the government side after the recent passing of Electoral Reforms Bills. Speaker of National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara announced in Parliament that Balaka North legislator Anthony Ngalande and Ntcheu North East MP […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera is expected to tender his resigned as member of Parliament (MP) for Lilongwe North West to comply with the Constitution before presenting his presidential nomination papers for May 19 2020 fresh presidential election as ordered by the Constitutional Court on February 3. Chakwera’s impending resignation will be […]