UTM’s Ndasauka testimony generates more smoke than substance in Malawi poll case
The testimony from one of the witnesses for UTM presidential candidate Saulos Chilima in the ongoing presidential elections results challenge case has proved the narrative that it is easy to allege, but difficult to prove, especially when the allegations are made thoughtlessly as regards the cross examination of Darlington Ben Ndasauka.
Ndasauka, who was UTM’s consulting team leader at the National Tally Centre in Blantyre during the vote tallying and tabulation process, in his sworn witness statement, made wild and outlandish allegations that implied that the vote was manipulated in favour of the incumbent President Peter Mutharika – the first respondent in the case – by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), the second respondent.
He exhibited material relating to about 21 polling stations.
Having walked majestically into the witness box on Monday, Ndasauka, who prided himself to have been part of an electoral monitoring team at the National Tally, crumbled very easily under the weight of seemingly cordial and friendly cross examination by both the Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale, who is representing MEC in his capacity as Chief Legal Adviser for government and President Mutharika’s lawyer Frank Mbeta.
Ndasauka readily admitted that he never witnesses any voting, vote counting or tallying.
He could not pick out any centre from the 21 he paraded, where any of the UTM monitors, who duly signed the tally sheets, had protested either their signatures on the tally sheets, or the candidate valid vote count.
Any corrections on the forms could not be questioned by him as he never participated in the counting or tallying.
In fact he conceded that all the corrections relating to statistical data for ballots and none related to candidate valid votes, which are used to determine poll results.
He also admitted that his assertions that the votes were manipulated or tampered with in favour of President Mutharika was an exaggeration and not borne out by any evidence.
In cases where he noted a tally sheet was fake, Ndasauka could not explain how or why UTM monitors signed the same and why, if the data in terms of candidate valid votes was not genuine, none has brought to court alternative figures knowing as he admitted, all monitors were given stream as well as polling station tally sheets right at the polling station.
Most importantly, despite the UTM party spending lots of time and effort training and deploying monitors at each and every polling station, Ndasauka admitted that for any result that he questioned, he never took time to speak to their monitors at any particular poliing station where the result was doubted.
In essence, Ndasauka’s testimony generated more light than heat; more smoke than substance and it confirmed what has always been the defence theory: the elections were not rigged at all.
Ndasauka’s testimony, like the previous witness, Miriam Gwalidi, dwelt on altered result sheets.
Chilima, who is first petitioner in the case, is alongside Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera (second petitioner), challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, alleging that the presidential results in May were marred by irregularities and fraud.
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Kudambwe anayamba kale kukonzekera maliro a CHAKWERA chifukwa akuti wakonzeka kudzipha chifukwa changongole zakampenini zomwe
Anakongola.A LOWE ZIKONZEKERANI u substantive leader of opposition.
MA CADET A DPP INVANI IZI: WE HAVE 3 MONTHS FOR PETER TO DIE ….
INUNSO MACADET YOUR TIME IS OVER …MALAWI SI WA ANTHU ACHILOMWE OSAPHUNZIRA NGATI INU
KUBA TOO MUCH AND YOU DO NOT HAVE BRAINS ….UBONGO WANU UNAONONGEKA KALE KALE NDI MAKHWALA. AGALU INU MUNYA GOD HAS EXPOSED YOU.
MUKONZEKE KULIRA MALIRO A PETER MATHANYULA AFA NDI BP
Shame on UTM president and his so called witnesses. They are failing to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the elections were rigged. They have no substance.
Just shut up your filthy mouth
It puzzles me that even the author of this article does not know what the case before the constitutional court is all about.
The case is not whether or not the election was rigged but rather about whether the law was broken in determining the winner/losers.
According to justice Kamanga the outcome still has to show that the broken law changed the results.
Those of us who know ndasauka, anali opanda mzeru and ofuna kukhala wochokera kolemera when he came from a poor family. So it’s not strange. This utm party was being associated with the so called progressive people some of whom wanted to make money so fast. In this party there were mahule, achina khwesi, stupid chilima and several stupid people. Hey.
That has got nothing to do with this case…Talk sense not senseless things wawa
Why worry the truth will come out Ndasauka is not a final let the judges do there job. It is up to the judges to throw Malawi in paradise or hell
Darlington Ben Ndasauka has been given a huge sum of money to clear the mess done by MEC. Our God is a God of justice, and justice will prevail soon
Shame on you Nabanda. If Ndasauka was given money to clear MEC’s name, it means Chilima was given man too because he failed to prove to the court beyond reasonable doubt that the elections were rigged. Amangoyankhula mbwelera zokhazokha. Chanzeru ndikuvomereza masankho munaluza. Umboninso mulibe wogwirika.
Inu musadandaule ndi Ndasauka umboni wa Gwalidi unadula kale mutu wa a pumbwa dikirani akamadzachita summary ma lawyer a UTM ndi MCP.
Kkk umboni wolemba pa kope osabweretsa copies of originals kkk
copies of originals pajatu munakanika kukapereka ku khoti apumbwa inu,,mukubisa chani pama originals po? imeneyi ndiye munagwa nayo kale musamayikambenso muzingodikira re- run basi
Inu mbuli za moto buuu wamapesi, musamunene ndasauka wosauka muubongo monga mwa dzina lake. Ngosauka muubongo ngati Arafat Hamdani. Namga iyeyo mfana Arafat anapereka boni wakanthu?… kkkkkkkkkk.
Bad Losers….
kodi amutengaso kuti uyu ,nawo maloya a chilima sanamukoche bhobho zokayankha ,shatap
He says he is a graduate of Polytechnic… A shame..Couldn’t even differentiate what he meant by manipulation. Alterations or tampering..Graduate ameneyo..StUPiT…Lutosokonezera mlandu basis..bolanso Gwalidi
The bottom line is that MEC did not conduct the May 21, 2019 election in accordance to the constitution and accompanying acts (PPA and ECA) and the election should therefore be declared invalid. Why so many irregularities as if it is the first time for MEC to conduct a tripartite election? This was surely deliberate and the election should be declared null and void.
But you have to over whelming without doubt have to prove it not mere allegations..
Koma eh!
The case is on, to be sure, to establish if what you are claiming is true: To go through the legal evidence, not hearsay, and establish the truth? Take your time, and think about that.
UTM where did you pick this useless guy from? Kufuna kutionetsa ife zitsiru. Please let them prepare before coming to Court.
ndasauka wadya banzi nde sangayankhule za nzeru watitayisa nthawi za ziiiiiiiiii
Ndasauka wasauka nawodi u witness. KKKKKKKKKKKKK
Mlandu aluza Dr chilima pano ayamba zionetsero zoti apm asiye kumanga ma stadium a maule ndi manoma. Kkkkkkk anti stadium demonstrations
DPP CADET WALEMBA IZI …UNYA MANYI
RE RUN IS COMING. ARE YOU AWARE THAT MEC LIED TO COURT THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DEPOSITED THE RESULTS SHEET TO PARLIAMENT YET WHEN THE COURT INVESTIGATED THERE WAS NOTHING AT PARLIAMENT.
ALUFANDIKA HAS WRITTEN THE COURT TO CONFIRM THAT NO RESULTS SHEET HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED BY MEC TO PARLIAMENT. WHAT WERE THEY HIDING AND WHAT WERE THEY DOING WITH THE RESULTS SHEET.
AGALU INU MUKAFUNA KULMBA NKHANI LEMBANI ZACHILUNGAMO OSATI ZOSANGALATSA DPP POTI AKUPATSANI NDALAMA
MULUNGU AKULANGENI NONSE CHAKA CHAKE NDI CHINO. NKHALAMBA YANUYO IKUFA POMPANO IN 3 MONTHS TIME. IKUMWA MANKHWALA A PARALYSIS CONDITION AND TIME IS TICKING.
THE NEXT 3 MONTHS MUKWILIRA PETER MATHANYULA
Iwenso uzafanso, popeza palibe wamuyaya pa dziko lapansi, Mulungu atafuna akhonza kuyamba kutenga iweyo ndipo yemwe unenawo kuzawatenga after 3 months iweyo thupi lako litaola. Kwaikidwa kwa munthu kufa kamodzi ndipo atafa, chiweluzo.
Iwensotu utha kufa mmawa before he dies after three months monga ukunenera iwemu. Kwaikidwa kwa munthu kufa kamodzi kenako chiweluziro. Wina aliyense azafa palibe wamuyaya padziko lapansi.
Don’t be too emotional here. We also listened to the cross examination. It was trash. inu ngati simunamvere khalani chete,
Mukanena zomwalira ndiye zisiyeni zimenezo. Woyamba kufa sakudziwika. Mutha kutsogola inu boss kumusiya Mutharika behind. Mind your tongue
Ndale ziku sautsani zikuphani. Bola kumangokonzekera kulima apa.
Do you have a brain?
The Apostle, You are fool. Let you die sooner than the one you are talking about. kawiri-kawiri nkhani ndiyakuti APM amwalira inuyo simuzafa?
and its smoke that will smoke DPP out!
I regret having listened to his cross examination..Very useless witness. He made wild allegations without any salt of evidence.. I wonder if he knew how courts work.
Ndiyeno mmene mwamvela re examination ya Ndasawuka mukuti bwanji inu Che mbwana ndi ma cadet anzanu. Mumafuna umboni ndiye wapeleka. Re run ilipo ngakhale mbwiyanuyo akudziwa ndichifukwa wayamba kampeni ya ma stadium.