A pro-Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) led government civil society organization has asked a fierce rights activist and government critic Timothy Mtambo to step down at Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn). Forum for National Development (FND) accuses Mtambo, a board member of Mesn, of signing a report of private voter tabulation soon after the May 21 […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN), who on the polling day, May 21, deployed 907 observers to conduct a parallel vote tabulation (PVT) at all polling stations and polling streams throughout the country, says Malawi Electoral Commission’s official presidential results are consistent with its own parallel tabulation. Mesn announced, in a statement, incumbent President Peter Mutharika […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has asked the Police in Nsanje and relevant authorities to take drastic measures on the official complaint they have received from aspiring contestant for the seat in Parliament to represent Nsanje South West constituency, Helen Buluma, who reported to them that on Election Day she was heavily assaulted, undressed, humiliated […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) will on the polling day on Tuesday, May 21, deploy 907 observers to conduct a parallel vote tabulation (PVT) at all polling stations and polling streams located in every region, district and constituency of the country. At a press briefing held on Saturday at Mount Soche Hotel in Blantyre where […]
Chairperson of the Council for Non Governmental Organisations in Malawi (Congoma), Steve Duwa, has described the campaign period for the May 21 Tripartite Elections as the dirtiest in the history of the country’s democratic elections, saying aspirants are orchestrating the worst verbal attacks and false accusations against each other. Duwa, who is also Chairperson of […]
The Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) has expressed concern with the increased incidences of accusation and counter accusations of intentions to rig the May 21 2019 tripartite elections. The development comes in the wake of claims by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) torchbearer President Peter Mutharika and UTM’s Saulos Chilima that some people want to rig […]
An election watchdog has called on the government to swiftly consider setting up a poll court, saying the two and half years the conventional court has taken to hand down an elections case ruling is defeat for democracy. Malawi Electoral Support Network chairperson Steve Duwa said the delay for the courts to make a ruling […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is engaging some donor agencies to overtake the Law Commission and smuggle into Parliament a secretly prepared bill proposing electoral reforms in the country. Nyasa Times can reveal. The bill is set for presentation in Parliament on Thursday by an MCP Member of Parliament for Lilongwe South MP Peter Dimba as […]
Malawi Elections Support Network (MESN) has launched Non Legislative Elections Reforms in a bid to force the government speed up administrative laws ahead of the 2019 general election. Steve Duwa, Mesn board chair asked the government to speed up the appointment of Malawi Electoral Commissioners (MEC) to ensure that they have adequate time to prepare […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn) has put its weight behind pollster Malawi Electoral Commission chair Mackson Mbendera call for speedy appointment of commissioners following the expiry of the term of office of the current officials. Mesn executive director Steve Duwa however disagreed with Mbendera that names of the new commissioners be announced before the current […]
The Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has made a strong appeal to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to shift the date for the by-elections and revise the calendar for the by-elections to give ample time for the preparations. The appeal comes a day after the Commission announced the postponement of the voter registration and verification exercise […]
The Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN), a secretariat for the recently formed National Task Force on Electoral Reforms in Malawi is engaging more work-force in its organization a move it says seeks to serve the National Task Force efficiently and effectively. The organization is currently seeking the services of highly qualified and experienced persons for […]
Head of Malawi Electoral Support Network (Mesn), Steven Duwa has been re-elected as Southern African Development Community Election Support Network (Sadc-ESN) as its board chairperson at its elective annual general meeting (AGM). Duwa was the only one who retained his position in the board during he elections took place on Thursday and 14 Sadc countries participated in the […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said elections results from Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) data centre gave relief to the commission amid the electoral chaos experienced in the May 20 tripartite elections. MEC chairperson Justice Maxon Mbendera has since called for the institutionalization of the PVT initiative. He said it was better that […]
The Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) will hold a three-day post election review conference to, among others, identify weaknesses and strengths in the delivery of the 2014 tripartite elections. The conference, which will take place in Lilongwe from Wednesday June 25 to Friday June 27, also seeks to identify areas for electoral law review; develop […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) is pushing for a legislation that would mandate the reservation of quarter of seats in parliament for female parliamentarians if the country is to achieve having equal representation in parliament between men and women. MESN chairperson Steve Duwa told a state radio MBC that he is deeply concerned with low […]
The Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has said the official results released by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) are accurate reflection of polling stations tallied, saying Malawians should have confidence in them. Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has the lead with 30 percent of the votes counted from the country’s presidential election. MEC […]
Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has questioned the credibility of the tripartite elections’ Voters Roll, arguing the clean-up exercise was not thoroughly done. MESN vice-chairperson, Emma Kaliya told the media in Blantyre there were several challenges that will have a direct bearing on the elections. “The credibility of voters roll is still questionable with the […]