Month: July 2019 Posts

Court gives MEC five days to record statements from presiding officers

Jul 25, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

... Tells Chakwera to condemn statement The Constitutional Court has given Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) five days to complete its exercise of recording statements from presiding officers. The court has also ordered Malawi Congress Party… ...

UTM not ruling out coalition with MCP

Jul 23, 2019 Thandeka Lizi 1 &

Saulos Chilima's UTM is not ruling out an alliance with Lazarus Chakwera and the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) should the High Court nullify the 2019 presidential elections. UTM Spokesperson Joseph Chidanti Malunga told Malawi24 that… ...

MCP investigates arson attack

Jul 22, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is investigating the arson attack at its regional headquarters in a bid to identify the perpetrators. The party’s president Lazarus Chakwera said this in a statement read at a press… ...

Chakwera bars MCP supporters from court

Jul 22, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has told the party’s supporters to stop camping outside the court in Lilongwe to follow the Malawi election case. In a statement read at a press briefing in Lilongwe, Chakwera said… ...

MCP rejects Nankhumwa’s offer for dialogue

Jul 17, 2019 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says presidents of opposition parties cannot meet Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Vice President for the South Kondwani Nankhumwa because he is not their positional counterpart. The party said this in… ...

People defending election rigging won’t prevail – Chakwera  

Jul 15, 2019 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Dr.  Lazarus Chakwera says people who tampered with the May 21 elections or benefited from the rigging and are now working night and day to defend the acts of electoral… ...

Chakwera visits jailed activists

Jul 10, 2019 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera this morning visited jailed rights activists, Gift Trapence and MacDonald Sembereka, in Lilongwe. Trapence and Sembereka were arrested on Tuesday and were being kept at Lilongwe Police Station.… ...