Malawi Police have arrested 15 suspected Malawi Congress Party (MCP) cadres in Dowa as political violence continues in the district. Chimwaza Trading Centre and Chasalino Village in T.A Chiwere were the scene of the battlefield between the violent protesters, local residents, villagers and the police. The suspected MCP supporters say their leader Dr Lazarus Chakwera […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has ruled out holding dialogue with President Peter Mutharika to find last solution to the current political impasse. MCP secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka said there was no need to hold dialogue with Mutharika because, he said, his legitimacy as Head of State is fragile owning to presidential elections […]
UTM Party has finally withdrawn from the November 5 by-elections in Lilongwe to protest against the maintenance of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other commissioners preside over the polls. Party spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the withdrawal process has been completed but said he would give details at a press briefing on […]
Presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera of the liberation movement-turned-political party – Malawi Congress Party (MCP) – that ruled the country for decades in one-party dictatorship, will be barred by his party constitution to contest for presidency for the third time luck in 2024 and will have to s pass on the baton to a candidate that […]
President Peter Mutharika has once again flown out of the country, leaving behind a political turmoil which threatens the economy and a wave of strikes and protests. Mutharika has gone to Sochi in Russia to attend a Russia-Africa summit, just days after he threatened to deal with the opposition and anti-Jane Ansah protest organisers. But […]
A political analyst says the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) decision to participate in the MEC organised by-elections is a sign of the party inconsistency and self-contradiction. MCP says it would participate in the Lilongwe south constituency and Kasungu by-elections under protest. But University of Livingstonia political scientist George Phiri said the participation in the by-election […]
The Constitutional Court in Lilongwe has allowed witness for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Richard Chapweteka, to file new document on electoral materials packing list from printer in Dubai. Friday morning, MCP lead counsel Mordecai Msisha applied before a panel of five-judges hearing the May 21 Tripartite Elections case presidential results that […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it is participating in by-elections in Kasungu and Lilongwe under protest. Party secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka says the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has lost public trust. The commission is holding by-elections on November 5 in Lilongwe south constituency and Matanje ward in Kasungu. “As you may be […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in an election petition case at the Constitutional Court in which two opposition parties are disputing the presidential election results, was on Wednesday blocked by lawyers for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera from using a document not filed with the […]
Following the submission of nomination papers in Lilongwe South Constituency by-election, five candidates are expected to battle it out for the contentious parliamentary seat in the area. The candidates comprise of Frank Mazizi from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Samson Phinifolo – UTM party, Peter Dimba – Malawi Congress Party (MCP), Patson Mthyoka – Independent and […]
The second petitioner in the historic elections petition case at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has withdrawn five more witnesses is remaining with five more witnesses. Lead lawyer for Chakwera in the case, Modecai Msisha SC, said the withdraw of the other witness is “a stratetgy” to […]
President Peter Mutharika continues to state that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) will never rule this country again, as Malawians denounced the party and its rule in 1993. The MCP lost its monopoly on power in a 1993 referendum and was roundly defeated in the country’s first free elections. In opposition since 1994, the MCP remains […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is defiant, saying it can only appoint a permanent Leader of Opposition in parliament after a Constitutional Court ruling on the presidential election result challenge. Acting Leader of Opposition Lobin Lowe said he will continue holding the post until the court makes a verdict on the matter. “We will have to […]
Lilongwe Mpenu MP Eisenhower Mkaka has demanded to see documents and records from Malawi Police Service Commission on how a decision was arrived at to promote Duncan Mwapasa to deputy Inspector General of police in 2016. In a letter seen by Nyasa Times dated October 10 to the commission, Mkaka, who is also the secretary […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is deliberately creating chaos and anarchy in the country so that president Peter Mutharika is forced to declare state of emergency and suspend democracy. MCP secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka says this after three cabinet ministers who include Homeland Security minister Nicholas […]
Five Judges hearing the presidential election petition case in the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe have ordered third witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Lackson Chimangeni to amend his supplementary statement following the irregularities in some of the pages. As Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale continued cross examining Chimangeni, it was […]
Government has warned the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC), the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the UTM against attempts to take over government illegally. Addressing the press in Lilongwe Friday, three Cabinet Ministers led by Information Minister who is also Government Spokesperson, Mark Botomani, said government had uncovered information that the HRDC, MCP and UTM […]
Opposition UTM Party has described as childish, government allegations that the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM have teamed up with Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) to assassinate police officers and cause instability in the country. UTM spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga said the government, through the cabinet ministers, should be talking peace and unity in […]