The only explanation I have heard which has a teeny-weeny bit of proximity to being rational for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s retention of Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje as Commissioners at the Electoral Commission is “continuity”. In everyday conduct of business, maintaining a modicum of continuity does make sense. Exceptions however exist. This, for […]
Chief Elections Officer at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Sam Alfandika, has written President Peter Mutharika to consider hiring new commissioners as the tenure of the current cohort expires on June 5 2020 while the chairperson Jane Ansah expires in October 2020. Alfandika disclosed about writing Mutharika when he appeared before the Legal Affairs Committee […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has expressed concern that the two South African lawyers hired to represent the pollster in the presidential election appeal case might not be able to come because of the current lockdown in their country and ban on international flights due to the raging coronavirus. MEC chief executive officer Sam Alfandika said […]
After a grueling process by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM Party lawyers, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chief Elections Officer breathed relief with the end of his re-examination by his lawyer Tamando Chokotho which provided an opportunity for MEC to build its case. Alfandika told the court that he had come to know of the […]
In the ongoing landmark presidential elections case, malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chief Elections Officer, Sam Alfandika took time to solidify the position of the electoral body that use of correctional fluid, Tip-Ex, and reserve tally sheets did not affect the valid results for any candidate. This was despite the court refusing the MEC team to […]
Lawyers for the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) have finished cross examining the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chief elections officer Sam Alfandika regarding the conduct of the May 21 Tripartite Elections whose results the MCP and UTM Party are disputing to have been dogged with irregularities. On Monday December 2 2019, second petitioner’s lead counsel Modercai […]
The five-member panel of High Court judges sitting as the Constitutional Court in the presidential elections case on Monday allowed second petitioner’s lead counsel Modecai Msisha to use a video clip of a Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) interview with Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah to cross-examine chief elections officer Sam Alfandika. MEC lawyer […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chief elections officer Sam Alfandika on Friday failed to answer a number of questions during cross-examination in the ongoing elections case on how presidential results for the May 21 2019 elections were managed. The MEC boss appeared to lack answers on critical questions which lawyer Modecair Msisha, who is representing the second […]
A prominent law professor says the Constitutional Court needed the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chair Jane Ansah , a judge of the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal, to testify in the ongoing election case to make up for the missing puzzle. South Africa-based Danwood Chirwa says the MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika can only […]
Malawi Electoral Commission chief elections officer Sam Alfandika has taken the witness stand in the ongoing presidential elections nullification petition and will beging taking questions from petitioners’s legal team on Thursday morning. Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale assisted by prominent private practice lawyer Tamanda Chokhotho – both representing MEC – introduced Alfandika before the five judge […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced date for registration ahead of the forthcoming November 5 2019 by-elections for Lilongwe South Constituency and Matenje Ward By-elections. A statement released on Tuesday 8th October 2019 signed by Chief elections Officer Sam Alfandika indicates that the registration exercise will run concurrently between 10th and 11th October, 2019. It further […]
The K4 billion cheque from Treasury to a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) current account named Chief Elections Officer – is yet another propaganda that collapses in the face of truth. The desperation in Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM camp to find evidence to support their petition in the elections case is reaching a breaking […]
There has been revelations that Treasury deposited K4 billion into a bank account named the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) at Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on the eve of the May 21 Tripartite Elections, fuelling suspicion that the money could have been part of ‘buying’ staff to help in ‘mismanagement’ of the polls. But the chief […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has finally conceded that the pollster is missing a laptop computer used in the voter registration exercise. MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika said the laptop computer went missing in Mzuzu as voter registration clerks wanted to go for the final phase of the registration exercise. “In fact, it is only […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced the appointment of Sammy Njirammadzi Alfandika as Chief Elections Officer effective to replace Willie Kalonga who was fired over financial abuse the electoral body. In a statement signed by MEC Chairperson Dr. Jane Ansah SC, Alfandika’s appointment is effective 2nd January 2018. “The Malawi Electoral Commission is informing […]