The Constitutional Court lead judge in the election case Healey Potani is currently delivering the much awaited judgment in Lilongwe as state security organs have mounted high security in and around the court premises. He said the judgement is a very long one with 500 pages, 14 Font Size on Times New Roman font style. […]
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera are set to meet on Monday at the High Court in Lilongwe as pressure mounts from opposition party supporters who want o two parties to go into a political alliance if the Constitutional Court ruling nullify last year’s presidential election in favour […]
UTM Party president, Saulos Chilima has appeared to aim a thinly-veiled dig at Malawi Congress Party (MCP) for poor expectations management o for its supporters over the outcome on the presidential election nullification petition case. Chilima (the first petitioner) and presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera of MCP (the second petitioner)—want the court to nullify presidential election […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera and United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Muluzi meeting on Friday continue to hit headlines and attract mixed reactions as Muluzi has denied claims that his party would join an alliance with MCP should there be a presidential election re-run. Ordinary Malawians have taken up in various social media platforms to react with […]
Influential quasi-religious grouping Public Affairs Committee (PAC) has welcomed the call by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera for parties to respect the Constitutional Court outcome of much-awaited judgement on the disputed May 21 presidential election result expected next week. Chakwera told reporters: “Let us resolve to welcome the ruling with open arms as […]
Malawi Congress Party(MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has said the current hardships that the citizenry are facing are the labor pains of a new birth for the nation and that the signs are everywhere. The MCP leader told a news conference in Lilongwe that he was however upbeat that the hardships signal a new dawn and […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader and presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has urged Malawians to respect and elections case ruling due anytime from now. The Constitutional Court is expected to rule on the election challenge sometime between January 27 and February 3, its spokesperson Agnes Patemba has confirmed. At a news conference lasting for nine minutes, […]
Malawi Congress Party ( MCP) and presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera met opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Atupele Austin Muluzi for the first time since last year’s disputed elections, with the pair promising to heal the country’s divisions. Both Chakwera and Muluzi confirmed the meeting took place on Thursday in Lilongwe. “I held fruitful discussions […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM have flatly denied reports of any political alliances between them and described the weeklong reports in various social media platforms as mere social media talk. Some people have printed materials advocating for an alliance of the two parties. The materials which Nyasa Times has seen are t-shirts, caps […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has joined his UTM Party counterpart Saulos Chilima in declining a proposed meeting with a visiting EU Elections Observer Mission which is due to arrive in the country Wednesday. The party’s Secretary General Eisenhower Mkaka has confirmed, saying the party has communicated its position to EU Mission in […]
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima and first petioner in the election nullification case has called on the European Union (EU) Election Observer Mission (EOM) to put off presentation of its final report on the disputed May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections., saying doing so is “ill-timed” and his Malawi Congress Party (MCP) counterpart Lazarus Chakwera who […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera says 2019 has left Malawians with what he described as painful scars and that although it is for the Constitutional Court judges to decide the merits of the presidential election case, as a petitioner, he is hopeful that justice will prevail. The MCP leader said he is praying […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has assured his followers that despite the loss and hardships encountered in the past year, there is reason to look forward to a better year ahead. In his New Year address, Chakwera noted that the country’s citizens have been subjected to numerous hardships over the past year. “Perhaps you […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera took the opportunity to deliver his Christmas message to preace peace and unity as the country awaits the outcome of the presidential election case being heard in the High Court sitting as a Constitutional Court in Lilongwe. In his recorded audio Christmas message, Chakwera said: “Fellow Malawians as […]
Lawyer Modercai Msiska a senior counsel (SC) leading the legal team of second petitioner and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, has asked the Constitutional Court to nullify President Peter Mutharika’s victory in the May 21 Tripartite Elections and declare Chakwera as the rightful winner of the polls. Msisha, one of the framers of […]
Lawyers for first petitioner Saulos Chilima and second petitioner Lazarus Chakwera challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika in May have asked the Constitutional Court in their final submissions to overturn the result of the poll. The submissions by Chilima and Chakwera, losing presidential candidates for UTM Party and Malawi Congress Party (MCP), respectively, are […]
President Peter Mutharika and UTM Party president Saulos Chilima on Saturday did not attend the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) initiated peace talks on Saturday in Lilongwe. PAC executive director Robert Phiri said the two leaders communicated of their absence during the prayers. “Vice president Everton Chimulirenji attended the prayers on behalf of President Mutharika while […]
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) secretary general Eisenhower Mkaka has sharply contradicted his party president Lazarus Chakwera on meeting President Peter Mutharika face to face to end the current political impasse. Chakwera told the media on Wednesday after meeting organisers of peace talks, the Public Affairs Committee (PAC) that he was ready to meet Mutharika […]