In a country, and in a world, where gender imbalances continue getting bigger and wider, it was not surprising that the hearing of the May 21 Tripartite Elections presidential poll results dispute case was heavily dominated by men. From the judges, the lawyers, the petitioners, the audience in the court room – men were always […]
President Peter Mutharika’s lawyer Frank Mbeta has said Mirriam Gwalidi, one of the key witnesses in the historic presidential elections petitions case, failed in his testimony to demonstrate how alleged irregularities had any effect on the results of the May 21 presidential election. Gwalidi, who supported Chilima’s petition to have the results nullified and an order […]
Second witness of UTM Party Mirriam Gwalidi’s re-examination in the historic presidential elections case at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe has exposed a lot of alterations in the way votes were managed during the May 21 elections. Gwalidi’s, who is being re-examined by lawyer Bright Theu for first petitioner Saulos Chilima, told the pannel of […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Thursday objected to the line of questioning by lawyers for the first petitioner Saulos Chilima to witness Mirriam Gwalidi during a friendly re-examination, saying it was soliciting opinion. Gwalidi, who supported Chilima’s petition to have the results nullified and an order for a rerun, had taken to the witness […]
During the re-examination by lawyers representing first petitioner Saulos Chilima, UTM Party roving monitor Mirriam Gwalidi, one of the key witnesses in the historic presidential elections petitions case, on Thursday maintained her stand that presidential election results were being manipulated and that she had an eye witness account of Ndirande Matope polling centre. Gwalidi, who […]
UTM Party second witness in the ongoing presidential elections case Miriam Gwalidi on Wednesday afternoon came off the hook of the lengthy cross examination after lawyers for the first respondent Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) President Peter Mutharika finished quoting her centered much on the claims of results sheet alterations and use of duplicates. In her […]
Lawyers for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), the second respondent in the ongoing presidential election petition case in the Constitutional Court round off their cross examination of Mirriam Gwalidi, a key witness for UTM Party presidential candidate and first petitioner in the case Saulos Chilima in an effort to discredit her sworn statements. Private practicing lawyer […]
Hearing of the landmark but divisive presidential election case continues in Lilongwe with Mirriam Gwalidi, a key witness for UTM Party presidential candidate and first petitioner in the case Saulos Chilima disowning a seven-page document which she was told to read in the court. During the hearing of the case on Tuesday, chairperson of the […]
The Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale standing in as counsel for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the ongoing presidential elections case on Thursday morning tussled with UTM’s second witness Mirriam Gwalidi over claims of irregularities during the vote counting and results tabulation at stream and polling center level. According to Gwalidi’s sworn statement, there were […]
The Constitution Court adjourned soon after reconvening in the morning of first petitioners second witness cross examination following the failure by UTM Party lawyers to finalize and serve the respondents legal team the amended sworn statement. The sworn statement of Mirriam Gwalidi, UTM second witness was supposed to be amended by re-arranging pages. Lawyer for […]
Mirriam Gwalidi, one of the key witnesses for UTM Party in the ongoing historic elections case tussled with Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale when he started cross-examining her as she testified and rejected several of the AG’s attempts to make her admit that the evidence provided in her sworn statement did not amount to electoral […]
Mirriam Gwalidi, the first UTM roving monitor to stand for cross examination arrived in the constitutional court, pumped up and eager to belittle Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale’s questions and score political points. However, she presents one of the most damaging witnesses for UTM case, as through her presentations, she is keen to battle Kaphale than […]
After a long and exhaustive cross examination, first petitioner and witness in the ongoing presidential elections case at the Constitutional Court UTM president Dr Saulos Chilima had a break from the witness box after his counsel Dr Chikosa Silungwe concluded re-examination, paving the way for Miriam Gwalidi whose name has been the center stage in […]