Lawyer representing President Peter Mutharika in the Constitutional Court hearing a petition seeking nullification of presidential election results, Frank Mbeta on Thursday tussled Peter Lackson, witness for the second petitioner and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, on personal information which he accused him of using a ghost name. Mbeta wondered why the witness was using […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in an election petition case at the Constitutional Court in which two opposition parties are disputing the presidential election results, was on Wednesday blocked by lawyers for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera from using a document not filed with the […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday October 15 said he celebrated Mothers Day by reaching out with gifts to some mothers, saying the day has also a lot of meaning to his wife Monica on a personal level. “This is the day (October 15) my wife became a mother for the first […]
The second petitioner in the historic elections petition case at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera has withdrawn five more witnesses is remaining with five more witnesses. Lead lawyer for Chakwera in the case, Modecai Msisha SC, said the withdraw of the other witness is “a stratetgy” to […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is defiant, saying it can only appoint a permanent Leader of Opposition in parliament after a Constitutional Court ruling on the presidential election result challenge. Acting Leader of Opposition Lobin Lowe said he will continue holding the post until the court makes a verdict on the matter. “We will have to […]
Five Judges hearing the presidential election petition case in the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe have ordered third witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Lackson Chimangeni to amend his supplementary statement following the irregularities in some of the pages. As Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale continued cross examining Chimangeni, it was […]
As the cross-examination of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Lackson Chimangeni by Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the presidential election petition case heated up, there were disagreements over the total “miscounted” ballots and total parallel tally center votes which are exhibited before […]
One of the key witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, a data entry supervisor during the May 21 Tripartite Elections Peter Lackson Chimangeni on Thursday conceded that the party’s two parallel tally centers may have different presidential results which were not brought before the Constitutional Court. Chakwera, who came second in […]
The third witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Lackson Chimangeni a data entry supervisor during the May 21 Tripartite Elections on Wednesday began testifying in court under cross-examination from Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing MEC in the presidential election petition case. The witness admitted that he was […]
The Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe has on Monday made several rulings in favour of the second petitioner Lazarus Chakwera and also accepted t an application by first respondent President Peter Mutharika in the ongoing presidential elections petition case. President Mutharika lawyers applied to court to cross-examine one of Chakwera’s witnesses, Richard Chapweteka, on a document […]
The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected lawyer Frank Mbeta for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate in the disputed May 21 elections, Peter Mutharika from introducing documents in court by way of notice and directed him not to cross-examine Richard Chapweteka, a witness for the second petitioner Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP). Mbeta, […]
The Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe continue hearing testimony from one of the witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera who has been quizzed why he did not bring any an inventory of electoral records. Chakwera, who is second petitioner in the case, is alongside UTM Party president Saulos Chilima (first petitioner), […]
One of the lawyers representing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera in the historic elections petition case at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe, Mordecai Msisha has said he was pleased Chakwera has done a good job in his testimony. Msisha said in an interview after Chakwera finished his testimony that, the second petitioner […]
The historic elections petition case at the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera on Monday completed his testimony on disputed presidential elections which he argues were marked by serious irregularities. After being cross-examined by first respondents President Peter Mutharika and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) lawyers, Chakwera, who is a […]
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera defended himself why he did not know some things in his petition case for the May 21 presidential elections , saying it is only God who knows everything. Chakwera, giving testimony under cross-examination, was pinned by ttorney General (AG) Kelekeni Kaphale, who is representing the Malawi Electoral Commission […]
Hearing of the historic presidential elections nullification petition case in Lilongwe has been adjourned to September 30 2019 after Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale on Friday completed his cross-examination on Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner. Turning up for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in his capacity as government’s chief legal adviser, Kaphale in […]
Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale offered his apologies to a five-judge panel in the Constitutional Court hearing the historic presidential election petition case for making remarks that were deemed unprofessional. During Cross-examination of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Attorney General who is representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) in the matter, threatened to stop […]
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, the second petitioner in the on-going presidential elections case took to witness stand to be cross examined by lawyers for the respondents and started by acknowledging that the 2019 election was his last chance as a presidential candidate for the MCP, according to the party […]