Month: May 2020 Posts

Majority of electorate means 50+1 – Malawi Supreme Court

May 08, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that the term ‘Majority of Electorate’ in Section 80 (2) of the Constitution means the winner of elections must get 50 percent plus one of the votes. The… ...

Malawi fresh elections: Parliament sets date

Feb 24, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Parliament has passed the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections amendment bill which sets 19 May as the date for the 2020 fresh presidential elections and provides for the holding of a run-off election 30 days later… ...

UDF supports electoral reforms bills

Feb 22, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The United Democratic Front (UDF) says its Members of Parliament have been voting in favour of electoral reforms bills in line with the judgment of the Constitutional Court and in line with the aspirations of… ...

Two motions on electoral reforms adopted by Parliament

Feb 19, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Parliament on Wednesday passed two motions for the tabling of electoral reforms bills in the House. Member for Lilongwe City South West Nancy Tembo moved a motion for the amendment of the provisions of the… ...

MEC faults court’s ruling on 50+1 electoral system

Feb 08, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has faulted the Constitutional Court’s fresh interpretation of the meaning of the term ‘majority of the electorate’. According to MEC, the court’s interpretation of Section 80(2) of the Constitution of… ...

50+1 to be used in Malawi presidential elections

Feb 04, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Constitutional Court on Monday said the 50+1 electoral system should be used in the fresh elections to be held this year as well as in future presidential elections. The court said this in its… ...

50+1 does not guarantee peace and stability, says analyst

Nov 20, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi should stick to the First Past The Post system as one of the ways of ensuring continued peace and stability in the country, an analyst has said. The analyst, Imran Jaffali, was speaking in… ...

MP regrets voting against 50+1 bill

Dec 26, 2017 Russell Kondowe 96 &

A Member of Parliament (MP) from Mzimba has said sorry to her constituents  for rejecting the 50 percent + 1 bill in Parliament. Mzimba North East MP Olipa Muyaba told her constituents she regrets not… ...

Chakwera spits venom: Mutharika, DPP MPs should go to mental hospital…not Wandale

Dec 16, 2017 Malawi24 Reporter 297 &

Leader of Opposition, Lazarus Chakwera, has suggested that President Peter Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentarians should be confined to a mental hospital for voting against the 50+1 bills. Chakwera, who is also… ...