Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera who is also the second petitioner in the disputed May 21 presidential election results has urged people to respect the Constitutional Court much-awaited judgement. Chakwera, who came second in the presidential race, together with UTM president Dr Sailors Chilima as first petitioner dragged the Malawi Electoral […]
A renowned law professor says pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) faces an uphill task to save the presidential election after its chief executive officer admitted to a litany of irregularities. South Africa-based professor Danwood Chirwa says having admitted to the litany of irregularities, the entire defense of MEC that these irregularities had been investigated […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has taken time off from attending hectic presidential poll results challenge case to visit Jerusalem as he turned to God by embarking on prayer for “victory over wickedness and for good leaders and truth to reign in Malawi”. In a tweet accompanied by pictures of himself in the […]
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is reportedly plotting to unleash terror and violence in the country if the Constitutional Court’s determination on the May presidential electipn results petition case will not go in favour of a rerun. According to a leaked “strategy document” from party meetings which some sources confirm have been taking place by […]
If there is one thing that Malawi Congress Party (MCP) does as a strength, then it is postmortem and self-assessment surveys but its recent survey that the party carried out as they prepared for the bye-elections in Lilongwe and Kasungu has come shocking and surprising to the oldest political party in the land. They are […]
Daud Suleman, the key witness in the historic presidential elections petitions case, remains in the witness box for a friendly re-examination by second petitioner Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera’s lead lawyer Mordecai Msiska in the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe. This follows a gruelling cross-examination by lawyers representing first respondent President Peter Mutharika and […]
The Constitutional Court which is presiding over the historic presidential election petition case has rejected an application by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) which was seeking to stop the finals witnesses of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Daudi Suleiman from using gadgets belonging to the electoral body to demonstrate how the elections were allegedly rigged through […]
Obviously, I was delighted to see that our President, Arthur Peter Mutharika brought home some love from Russia. After all, wasn’t it I, “yours truly”, that declared two weeks ago that what Malawi really needs desperately is love? Mutharika seems to have brought home some love by the truckload, from Putin handshakes to sweet romantic […]
Fourth witness for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the elections petition case, Anthony Bendulo, on Friday highlighted alleged electoral irregularities during re-examination, saying Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) data entry personnel were involved in rigging May 21 elections. Bendulo, guided by one of the second petitioner’s lawyer Mordecai Msisha, told the court […]
Malawi Congress Party president Lazarus Chakwera fourth witness Anthony Bendulo in the petition case to nullify presidential elections results for the May 21 Tripartite Elections has maintained that figures announced by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) which declared President Peter Mutharika winner were falsified. Bendulo said during cross e-examination with lawyer Frank Mbeta representing President Mutharika, […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) fourth witness Anthony Bendulo in presidential elections case at the Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe on Thursday morning said Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) deliberately used anti-democratic elements by delaying announcing some results from the central region to give a lee way to rigging. Bendulo made the claims when he was being cross-examined […]
President Peter Mutharika’s lawyer Frank Mbeta on Thursday in the petition case to nullify presidential elections results for the May 21 Tripartite Elections as filed by UTM Party president Saulos Chilima (first petitioner) and Malawi Congress Party president Lazarus Chakwera (second petitioner), pressed Chakwera’s fourth witness Anthony Bendulo to state his qualifications as an ICT […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) fourth witness in the presidential election petition case, Anthony Bendulo and Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Wednesday tussled in court in a cross -examination punctuated by flashes of tempers as the court learnt that MCP presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera won May 21 elections by 2 072 826 votes against President […]
An Anglican bishop has told the three powerful politicians to bury the hatchets and meet for dialogue to stop the country from sliding into a civil war. Bishop Alinafe Kalemba says the spate of violence and protests is worrisome, saying if unchecked, the political impasse could lead into a civil war. He therefore urged president […]
Hearing of a petition seeking nullification of presidential elections results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections resumes this Monday as second petitioner Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera has further reduced his number of witnesses as he now remains with only four to testify from an initial list of 17. The four remaining […]
Presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera of the liberation movement-turned-political party – Malawi Congress Party (MCP) – that ruled the country for decades in one-party dictatorship, will be barred by his party constitution to contest for presidency for the third time luck in 2024 and will have to s pass on the baton to a candidate that […]
The ruling of the high profile petition case seeking nullification of presidential elections results in the May 21 Tripartite Elections will be delivered 45 days after the Constitutional Court finishes hearing the case on December 6, a senior court official has said. High Court registrar Agnes Patemba said this after the Constitutional Court told lawyers […]
The Constitutional Court in Lilongwe has allowed witness for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Richard Chapweteka, to file new document on electoral materials packing list from printer in Dubai. Friday morning, MCP lead counsel Mordecai Msisha applied before a panel of five-judges hearing the May 21 Tripartite Elections case presidential results that […]