The much awaited Malawi Congress Party (MCP) six and last witness Daudi Suleman in the presidential election results nullification case is expecting TNM plc one of the country’s integrated information and communications technology and mobile phone network operator will sort on the virual private network (VPN) connectivity so that he can log in the Malawi […]
Embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Mayemu Ansah has declared Malawi Congress Party (MCP) candidate, Descent Msatero Chipangula, as the winner in the Matenje Ward by-election in Kasungu North West Constituency that took place on Tuesday, November 5. Ansah, who is facing calls to resign for allegedly presiding over a flawed electoral process in […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has retained its foothold in central region as unofficial results in Matenje ward by-election in Kasungu shows its candidate is in the lead. The unofficial results show that Descent Chipangula is leading by 400 votes against his main rival, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate. The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) […]
A celebrated sixth Malawi Congress Party (MCP) witness Daud Sulemani in the ongoing landmark election case could not take up to use he Elections Data Management System by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to demonstrate that the elections results were manipulated digitally because the gadgets failed to work due to network problems. IT experts including […]
The Constitutional Court hearing the presidential election nullification petition case has stressed that Malawians have a right to understand what happening to their votes during the May 21 elections hence rejecting “frivolous” application by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to stop the second petitioner Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Information Technology (IT) expert Daudi Suleman from accessing […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and the party vice president Sidik Mia’s spouses on Tuesday visited victims of the infamous Nsundwe rape victims. Monica Chakwera and Abida Mia MP travelled to Nsundwe to hear from the victims who police officers allegedly raped them in retaliation to the stoning to death of a police […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), on Monday, completed the cross-examination of Eisenhower Mkaka, the fifth witness of second petitioner, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, in the historic elections case. Mkaka, who is MCP secretary general, continued with Chakwera’s narrative that they did not see it […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General, Eisenhower Mkaka, who is a fifth witness for party presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera at the Constitutional Court hearing the elections case in Lilongwe has said the bid to for re-run is “justifiable” on the basis of irregularities and illegalities. Mkaka said this on Monday when Attorney General, Kalekeni Kaphale, […]
The Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe will have to rule on an application by in the ongoing elections petition case by second respondent, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to discharge or vary the order requiring the electoral body bring its kits and servers system for purposes of ‘simulation’ by key witness for second petitioner Lazarus Chakwera […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) lawyers have applied to the Constitutional Court to strike off a ruling which allowed Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s witness use amplified testimony. In the application, the lawyers want the court to rule against the use of laptop or other gadgets by Daudi Sulemani for amplified testimony in the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s fourth witness Anthony Bendulo has presented “compelling evidence” of rigging to subvert the will of the people by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) IT officers turning some valid votes of Chakwera and UTM president Saulos Chilima into null-and-void votes and favour first respondent President Peter Mutharika in the disputed […]
Anthony Bendulo, fourth witness for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the elections petition case, on Friday told the Constitutional Court his wealth of experience in Information technology (IT) which was so inspiring to downplay the assertions of having no academic qualification in IT field. On Thursday during the cross- examination, President […]
Malawi Congress Party president Lazarus Chakwera fourth witness Anthony Bendulo in the petition case to nullify presidential elections results for the May 21 Tripartite Elections has maintained that figures announced by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) which declared President Peter Mutharika winner were falsified. Bendulo said during cross e-examination with lawyer Frank Mbeta representing President Mutharika, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) fourth witness Anthony Bendulo in presidential elections case at the Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe on Thursday morning said Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) deliberately used anti-democratic elements by delaying announcing some results from the central region to give a lee way to rigging. Bendulo made the claims when he was being cross-examined […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) fourth witness in the presidential election petition case, Anthony Bendulo and Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Wednesday tussled in court in a cross -examination punctuated by flashes of tempers as the court learnt that MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera won May 21 elections by 2 072 826 votes against President […]
One of the key witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera told the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe on Tuesday that he has about 70 presiding officers who can testify that they were not party to changing of electoral results with correctional fluid Tippex by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC during the May […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary candidate for November 5 parliamentary by-election in Lilongwe South Constituency has reacted angrily to the postponement of the polls in the area, saying he will take legal action against the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). MEC says it has postponed the by-election to safeguard people’s lives and property after violence which […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has postponed the Lilongwe south constituency by-election slated for November 5 due to what officials say rising incidents of pre-poll violence. MEC’s chief elections officer Sam Alufandika however says the local government by-election will still go ahead on November 5. In a letter, Alufandika says at a meeting today […]