UDF MPs, Billy Kaunda vote ‘yes’ as Kamlepo sticks with DPP in ‘no’
Malawi parliament allowed to waive the 28 days notice to accommodate Electoral Commission Act ammendment motion to be adopted as directed by the Constitutional Court on February 3 2020
The motion had to go into division before it was eventually adopted.
During the division—the process where Parliament takes a vote by physically counting the legislators by their vote—97 MPs in the 193-seat National Assembly voted in support of the motion while 82 objected it and two abstained including Tony Ngalande. (Balaka North). Eleven legislators were absent.
“Motion to wave 28 days notice has been carried,” Speaker of National Assembly Catherine Gotani Hara said after announcing the results of the votes.
While the ruling Democratic Porgressive Party members were voting ‘no’ against the waiver, the United Democratic Front (UDF) with its 10 MPs were voting with the opposition block in support as well as 4 MPs from UTM Party and majority opposition bences of Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
However, independent Mzimba West’s Billy Kaunda who on Wednesday voted against the motion for electoral reform bills on Thursday voted “yes” for the waiver.
But Mathews Ngwale of Chiradzulu West and Rumphi East member of Parliament (MP) Kamlepo Kalua of People’s Party (PP) continued to vote with DPP on ‘No’.
Others who votes ‘no’ included Eurita Ntiza Valeta (Nsanje South West), Kenneth Ndovi, an from Karonga Nyungwe, (Mangochi East) Francesca Masamba Theula, Mulanje South East MP Naomi Kilekwa, Gladys Ganda of Nsanje Lalanje, Welani Chilenga of Chitipa South and MP for Balaka West Bertha Ndebele.
The motion on the Electoral Commission Act (Amendment), among others, proposes that the power of the President to appoint members of the commission be exercised on the recommendation of the Public Appointments Committee of Parliament.
The Bill also makes ancillary provisions with respect to the office of MEC chief elections officer (CEO)for the better management of the fresh presidential election. It suggests that the Clerk of Parliament replaces the MEC CEO.
The Constitution Court gave Parliament 21 days from February 3 2020 to make appropriate provisions for the holding of the presidential run-off in the event that no single candidate secures the constitutional majority under Section 80(2) of the Constitution as interpreted by the court.
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KAMLEPO BEHAVES LIKE A PROSTITUTE,HE HAS NO POLITICAL REAL TREND,HE HAS SO FAR JOINED J.BANDA’S PARTY AFTER ABANDONING MULUZI’S UDF AND IAM NOT CERTAIN ABOUT MUTHALIKA’S DPP.SINCE HE HAS BEEN IN PARLIAMENT,HIS CONSTITUENCY REMAINS UNPROGRESSIVE IN THE NORTH.I THINK MALAWIANS STILL REMEMBER WHAT HE INVOLVED THE POLICE IN FAKE SCANDAL.WE WISH YOU GOOD LUCK.
Bravo Billy Kaunda . side with the poor don’t be taken with these Nepotism people . thanks for thinking fast . For this idiot ali ndi magalimoto a hot uyu wokonda ndalama yu uona umo uthere sewera ndi Rumphi east Aise .
who wants to go to his grave a poor man?
Buy you don’t carry anything to the grave except for a few things that might be of your choice either
A Kamlepo ananu, agudwa! Antha ngati nsalu u kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk – He should be named loudly and shamed l
The end of Kamlepo Kalua.
i now understand why kamlepo is supporting DPP kamlepo in the past years could talk with lungs out accusing the government when ever things go wrong but since that time he faked his kidnapping or call it mannaping since then he has always been in support of government . I suspect something fishy . This is not kamlepo i know for sure.
Kamlepo has been a Chameleon ever since. Remember the time of Bakili. He was silenced by a min bus given to him by Bakili. He is such a useless Politian like Mr Change Goal. Mbuzi izi.
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Well done our MPs. I am particularly impressed by the stand taken by UDF MPs to vote with their fellow opposition members. MEC chief elections officer must be moved to any department to complete his contract and thereafter should be shown the exit passage. After Sangwani Mwafulirwa and his fellow useless managers should follow Alufandika. Operation Cleaning MEC should start now.
We are waiting to hear 50+1 results from parliament discussion.
yakanikatu paja simunave?
The 50 +1 provision is already there in the Constitution. What the MPs have been tasked to do, and it did not go through, is to amend the constitution so that it has enabling legislature for the implementation of the 50+1 provision. What it means, as things stand, if parliament will not correct the anomaly they came up with during yesterday’s deliberations, is that if the Supreme Court maintains the ConCourt interpretation of ‘majority win’, we will have elections whose winner should get 50+1% valid vote count of the total vote cast. If no candidate gets 50+1%, then the nation will be at a stand still, for there is going to be a vacuum created by a lack of this enabling legislation. If one of the candidates gets 50+1% then there is not going to be any problem. I am sure our parliament will be properly advised to rework on this challenge during their sitting at 2pm today, 21st February 2020. People MUST know that the house was not debating on whether to have 50+1 system in our laws or not, for, according to the court’s interpretation, that provision has always existed, but its interpretation was somehow twisted somewhere along the line.
50+1 is already Law and in effect ! what they were voting was to say what if the winner is less than 50+1 % parliament should amend a bill to accommodate that scenario !! ndiye mbuzizi zakana kupanga zimenezo to them they thought akukana 50+1 and yet 50+1 is law already as interpreted by the constitutional court
That’s maturity and thinking National
Tagwani pabwalopa tikumveni. Chakwela kukamwa yasssa ndizigawenga zake. Kulibe kudzalumula MALAWI Chatsika
Akamulepo kaluwa , shame on you.Moti u don’t know what democracy is all about.Yet u claim to be one of democracy fighters in Malawi.Money is powerful Mr kamulepo kaluwa.So that is what people in your constituency ask you to do ok,shame on them too.These days you are so quite, money speak louder than your brain.kkkkkkkk.No chweeee mwana cheered.Akukonzani man ,no respect at all once you are bought.
Amayiziwa ndambuyako.
Another nyekhwe kodaida……nyimbo imeneyi ndikumva nayo kukoma kobasi…nyimbo anaimba okha akuona nayonso nyekhwe okha kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
Hope 50+1 ivomerezedwa otherwise tibwelera ku tipex…. Shame on you kamlepo kalua
DPP should be ashamed of itself. Anthu achabechabe.
Excellent work our MPs. Please keep it up. We are tired of this tipex leadership. Zimbava zinya ziona. Now I can see DPP people akunyerera kukamwa instead of kunyerera kuthako.
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Kikkkkkk hahahahahah! Man hahahahahaha! Asiyeniko azanu please! Agulunyinda amenewa atikwana koopsa, congratulations MCP, high 5, congratulations UTM, kuwala Kwa fika, congratulations UDF agenda for a change! Congratulations Mr Billy Kaunda, Mau angawa,mudzawaukumbuka,tsiku lina,kutsogoloko!,uthengawangau,udzakulizani! That song is what reminds me of you BK. Congratulations to you all who have Malawi at heart.