Parliament on Wednesday referred the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Bill to Legal Affairs Committee after concerns over the Executive’s role in appointment of MEC commissioners.
The bill is one of the six electoral reforms bills the House is expected to discuss during the current sitting.
The MEC Amendment Bill seeks to ensure independence of the commission by establishing the Elections Management Fund.
It is also expected to introduce changes in the appointment of MEC commissioners by creating a panel which will be tasked with selecting the commissioners.
However, the inclusion of the Chief Secretary in the selection panel worried opposition Members of Parliament who argued that such a a move would not ensure independence of the commission.
But Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu said the Chief Secretary as head of the civil service has a role to play in the administrative affairs of the Electoral Commission.
In the end, It was agreed that the bill should be sent to Legal Affairs Committee for scrutiny.
Voters are better judges in 2019
Sanangule anayamba chakwela kukana bili vote ndiyovuta abale azanga
Refering the Bill to Legal Affairs Commitee for further scrutiny,it means the bill has been rejected not so?.Thats the u have put it.
mmmmm shame on you #malawi_24
Azibusa kkkkkkk lalikirani zaufumu wa Mulungu osati za ma bill anuwo lero mwaona akukanirani mmaso mulimbe mW anti phwii ngati akukumetani 0/100
Boma kugula ma mp a opposition kuti akane bill oooooh?
Poor reporting
are you a qualified jonal?
are you a qualified jonal
I knew that the bill won’t pass!
Bodza! DPP MP’s REJECTED THE BILL not Opposition.
How many Opposition party MPs in the house now and how many Parliamentarians for both Ruling and Opposition Parties coz from my understanding DPP has only 52 MPs ngati sindikulakwitsa and yesterday i heard that those who voted for Bill to pass were 64 and those who did not were 97 do you mean ma MPs a DPP amavota kawili kawili to make sure that the bill must not pass?? In malawi we have PP, UDF, AFORD AND Independent Parliamentarians as well so why you guys put a blame on DPP??
My friend all DPP MP’s voted against the Bills together with their PP friends who visited State House 2 weeks ago and the usual idiotic UDF (except Lucius Banda).
All MCP MP’s voted for the Bills.
Listen to the deliberation nokha osati zopekazo
Love your people so that you can be elected the next term
Malawi 24 make a proper research before posting.. Its the government and NOT the opposition.. Mwatumidwa ?
A PAC anaumiriza bulu kupita Ku tsinje kuti akamwe madzi pamene buluyo samafuna, lero buluyo wapita Ku mtsinjeko koma wakanitsitsiratu kumwa madziwo kkkk a PAC phuma,mutu zweee! boma kukana ma bill obweretsa okha,otsutsa kukamwa yasaaaaah
Bravo ma bill ausilu kumawashuta chomwechi ndie tione makape aja a pac mwina adutsitsa ndi a mcp kupanga lamulo sikufuna phuma kumafunika kudekha ndi kuunika bwino bwino osamangopanga malamulo ngati mu kupanga a nyumba mwanu kudos kwa aphungu mwathandidzira kushuta bill yi mmakonda dziko lanu
Chimbuli kaya chinali kuti changomva chikuthamanga basi mkulemba
Opposition do whatever u want ife tili pambuyopanu boma ili tatopa nalo zikomo
Bravo. Stand firm and reject any nonsense. You represent constituents and not yourselves. Love your people instead of the money on offer. God is watching.
what is going on??
Zinatha bwanji zipolowe dzulo
ma hempe tivine mahempe!!!!
Tivine mahepe
Kodi Iwe Umavelera Kokhalira? Ndiwe Opusa Ndi Dpp Yako.
Its goverment not opposition pple who have rejected the bill
How many Opposition party MPs in the house now and how many Parliamentarians for both Ruling and Opposition Parties coz from my understanding DPP has only 52 MPs ngati sindikulakwitsa and yesterday i heard that those who voted for Bill to pass were 64 and those who did not were 97 do you mean ma MPs a DPP amavota kawili kawili to make sure that the bill must not pass?? In malawi we have PP, UDF, AFORD AND Independent Parliamentarians as well so why you guys put a blame on DPP??