Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has maintained that they will not take up a Leader of the Opposition role in parliament or respond anything from government as opposition because they are challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, saying he won the May 21 elections by fraud. MCP Chief Whip Lobin Lowe said the party was […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera – who sworn in to start his second term as a member of Parliament (MP) and possibly Leader of Opposition, depending on outcome of the election petition case in the Constitutional Court – has said he will not respond to President Peter Mutharika’s state of the nation address as […]
A political analyst has advised President Peter Mutharika to initiate dialogue with the opposition, saying the violent protests and boycott of the state of the nation address by legislators are signs of political anarchy. The booing, heckling, bench-banging and shouts by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators were directed at the President for allegedly securing his re-election […]
A gang of people, suspected to be Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters have torched a police unit and a head teacher’s house at Msundwe in Lilongwe. Msundwe Trading Centre has become a political violence hot spot since the highly disputed presidential election which put ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Peter Mutharika as winner. National […]
President Peter Mutharika on Friday told feasting guests at Kamuzu palace that he understood the behavior of the opposition, saying losing an election is painful. Mutharika said this just a few hours after opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) booed him in parliament before boycotting the president’s State of the Nation Address (Sona). MCP legislators remained […]
President Peter Mutharika on Saturday dominated titles in the newspaper columns following his one-and-a-half hour State of the Nation Address (Sona) when he opened the first meeting of the 48th Session of Parliament on Friday and has been criticised of failing national unity test. The Weekend Nation newspaper has tipped Mutharika, whose election as president is […]
Leader of the House Kondwani Nankhumwa on Friday condemned the “disgsusting” drama that occurred at Parliament caused by opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) legislators as President Peter Mutharika was set to deliver his State of the Nation address. The MPs later walked out of the House saying they can’t listen to an “illegitimate” president. Mutharika […]
Parliament has elected Catherine Gotani Hara, a lawmaker with main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) as first woman Speaker of the National Assembly. Gotani Hara, member of parliament for Mzimba North East MP, was elected after defeating her only competitor, Esther Mcheka- Chilenje another female legislator for Nsanje North of ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is joining his supporters in march to the High Court tin Lilongwe when the Constitutional Court meets for rescheduling of the presidential poll challenge case. The walk-to-the-court parade has been dubbed ‘March for Justice’ and the opposition say this will be a peaceful march. Chakwera, who alongside UTM […]
Main opposition, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it will mobilise its party supporters to participate in the June 20 civil society organisations (CSOs) organized peaceful demonstrations over presidential election results across the country. MCP publicity secretary Maurice Munthali said this just days after UTM president Saulos Chilima told party supporters to join the Human […]
The High Court has ordered Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) not to tamper with the outcome of May 21 Tripartite Election documents as the matter of the disputed presidential polls results is in Constitutional Court. Lawyers of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) last Friday told the Constitutional Court that MEC officials are still altering results of the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is disputing results of the May 21 presidential race, has sworn in as a member of Parliament on Monday for his Lilongwe Northwest constituency. The MCP leader has represented Lilongwe South West since 2014 soon after joining politics. Chakwera, 64, is set for a fresh term as leader of […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has asked the Constitutional Court that Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) should make available an audit report by a firm that was hired to certify the disputed May 21 2019 Presidential Election. One of MCP’s lawyers, Senior Counsel Titus Mvalo, has confirmed that the party had applied to the court to demand […]
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary General, Grelzedar Jeffrey wa Jeffrey has given Malawi Congress Party (MCP) a three-days ultimatum to stop post-election violence or risk facing unspecified action. She was speaking on Sunday during a DPP victory rally conducted at St. Augustine 3 Primary School ground in Mangochi. “Let me tell you (Richard Chimwendo Banda) […]
The governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) cadets have threatened to unleash violence against opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) cadres when the Constitutional Court meets again this Wednesday. In highly charged Facebook posts, the DPP cadets say they want to retaliate the manhandling of the ruling party secretary general Grezeldar Jefrey and party vice president for […]
The voting pattern in the just ended tripartite election has exposed how various regions and society groups assimilate and respond to campaign messages from politicians in Malawi. Of particular importance was how the northern region responded to campaign messages from the three major political parties – Malawi Congress Party (MCP), UTM and Democratic Progressive Party […]
President Peter Mutharika and governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawyers have filed to the constitution court to strike out the election dispute case filled by the opposition, the lawyer for DPP, Chancy Gondwe, has confirmed. Chakwera and UTM Party president Saulos Chilima, who is also the country’s immediate past vice-president, are challenging the May 21 […]
Malawi’s veteran politician Brown Mpinganjira has labelled Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera as a “warlord” who is fuelling post-election political violence, saying as a former Christian pastor he should find comfort in Jesus Christ. Mpinganjira, an executive member of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) made the statement in an exclusive interview aired on […]