Amid calls for Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners to resign, Bishop Mary Nkosi has left the electoral body.
Nkosi went on a three week leave on May 11, 2020 and her contract at the commission will expire on June 2, 2020.
She, however, said the decision to go on leave is not due to the demands by various quarters that the commissioners should resign.
“I have not resigned. It’s just that my annual leave coincides with the expiry of my contract. How can I proceed on leave if I have left the institution?” she told the local media.
The contracts of the other MEC commissioners also expire on June 2.
There have been calls for the commissioners to resign over the management of the 2019 elections.
On February 3, the Constituional Court nullified the 2019 presidential elections and on May 8 the Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision.
Both courts found that the conduct of the electoral commission demonstrated serious incompetence and neglect of duty.
The Supreme Court on Friday described irregularities in the 2019 elections as not only serious but also troubling saying they affected the outcome of the presidential elections.
Those two MBC reporters deserve to be fired in a new government by all means. I have been listening to those two fokes they are very ignorant of the fact that they need to report farely because MBC is for the nation not for DPP. One of them was usually MC fir DPP and his utterances have always been offending for sure . These two are blind Malawians who will wake up finished very soon. I am not a politician but I cant expect these two to continue at MBC under a new administration. Never for sure. They must start parking for new jobs. Especially that one who comes with a stick, I dont know what he regards himself to be. I would personally want to do a serious search as to how he got that job at MBC. Very seriously