Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has started fasting for what he calls “victory over wickedness” and for good leaders and truth to reign in Malawi. In a social media statement, Chakwera says the three-day fasting ends on Friday, a day when the Constitutional court is expected to meet the legal team for the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in Dedza and Zomba joined by Peoples Party (PP) supporters on Tuesday joined their colleagues in other parts of the country in protesting the May 21 Tripartite Election results. During the protest march—which was largely peaceful—MCP supporters sang with sorrow, complaining how Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) allegedly allowed tippexed results […]
Lilongwe Principal Resident Magistrate Court on Tuesday ordered the release of newly n elected Member of Parliament for Lilongwe City Centre, Alfred Jiya, who was being held on remand at Prison for allegedly committing offences in connection with the recent demonstrations against May 21 presidential election results. First Grade Magistrate Viva Nyimba threw out State […]
Lilongwe Magistrate Court has released on bail 18 supporters of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) who were arrested last Thursday at the party’s headquarters where police fired tear gas in connection with election-related violence. The supporters including newly-elected Lilongwe City Centre parliamentarian Alfred Jiya have been charged with inciting violence. Jiya was not in court when Magistrate Viva […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters in Karonga led by the regional chairman Kezzie Msukwa on Friday took to the street to protest the May 21 Tripartite Elections presidential race results which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declared President Peter Mutharika winner despite admitting that it had several several ‘madando’ [complaints] opposition parties. The supporters […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has warned hooligans masquerading as party supporters that they face arrest if they participate in peaceful protest marches by his party to cause violence. “The police will arrest those who are taking advantage of the protests to cause violence. The police should arrest these people without using excess […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday denied accusations by President Peter Mutharika of wanting to “overthrow the government by force”. Mutharika in a national television address on Thursday said Chakwera’s call for “violence and a blood bath’’ is a plot to plunge the country into chaos. “The real objective of the Reverend Chakwera is […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has called for an immediate release of its party cadres, including a member of parliament arrested while protesting in the streets alleging irregularities in the May 21 presidential race narrowly won by President Peter Mutharika. The Malawi Police Service said 18 people were arrested in the capital, Lilongwe, on Thursday […]
President Peter Mutharika has to resolve the country’s political gridlock as supporters of the opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) protesting his re-election and the party has threatened to unleash more protests throughout the country as part of efforts to pile pressure on Mutharika, who has been sworn in for a second five-year term of office, to step […]
In the ongoing series of ‘Mutharika must fall’ marches organised by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) that will spread in other districts throughout the country, Police need more tear gas after supplies ran low because cops fired so much of it during a week of violent protests in Lilongwe and surrounding areas. MCP has said its […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has defiantly said its supporters will not leave streets where they are protesting against the outcome of the May 21 tripartite elections. MCP spokesperson Maurice Munthali said it was the party supporters’ Constitutional right to protest peacefully over the outcome of the presidential polls which he said were manipulated […]
Malawi Police say they have arrested 18 Malawi Congress Party (MCP) cadres, including a newly elected legislator, for post-election violence in Lilongwe and surrounding areas. National Police spokesperson James Kadadzera said the 18 MCP supporters who include newly elected Lilongwe city centre MP Alfred Jiya would be charged with inciting violence. “We will continue arresting […]
President Peter Mutharika has accused Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera as a perpetrator of post-election violence using the party supporters and warned him that he has ordered the Police and Malawi Defence Force (MDF) to deal with his plans orchestrating “bloodshed” in the country to bring chaos. Mutharika said this in an address […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first vice president Sidik Mia has said the party’s president and presidential candidate in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, Lazarus Chakwera, is the people’s president because he was “robbed” of victory by suspected agents of the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the results management “armed with Tippex” and distorted results in […]
Malawi police have shot and severely wounded a man and a woman in Lilongwe on Thursday as riot officers dispersed stone-throwing opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters protesting the May 21 Tripartite Elections results. Two people shot in the clashes had yet to be identified. The man was shot in the face while a woman […]
Malawi police on Thursday fired tear gas into US Embassy offices in Lilongwe as opposition supporters staged another protests over the May 21 Tripartite Elections results and blocked off protesters running to the building, witnesses said. As the US Embassy was engulfed with smoke, security officers swiftly evacuated the ambassador Virginia Palmer who is winding […]
Malawi police have fired teargas into the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) headquarters in Lilongwe and also at its supporters who took to the streets to march against “fraudulent” results of the May 21 Tripartite Elections. Nyasa Times understands that at the time the police fired teargas into the party head office, MCP leader Lazarus Chakwera […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its alliance partners vowed to continue protesting the May 21 Tripartite Elections results until justice prevails on the “fraudulent” results. Party spokesperson Reverend Maurice Munthali said the supporters will keep holding peaceful marches “until people are given the answers they need.” Last Tuesday MCP supporters raided Capital Hill in Lilongwe […]