Month: July 2020 Posts

Jane Ansah stopped from fleeing Malawi

Jul 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 2 &

Immigration officials at the Malawi-Zambia border in Mchinji have stopped Former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah from leaving the country. Ansah wanted to leave the country through the border and thereafter travel… ...

New MEC Commissioners: Mutharika requests names of nominees

May 27, 2020 Russell Kondowe 1 &

President Peter Mutharika has asked political parties to submit names of persons for possible appointment as commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). Presidential Press Secretary Mgeme Kalilani said Mutharika wrote the parties on Tuesday… ...

Mutharika approves Ansah’s resignation

May 22, 2020 Russell Kondowe 0 &

President Peter Mutharika has accepted the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Dr Jane Ansah. Mutharika’s spokesperson Presidential Press Secretary Mgeme Kalilani has confirmed. According to Kalilani, Mutharika has described Ansah a distinguished… ...

MEC employees consider 2019 polls as best ever election in Malawi – Ansah

May 22, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 1 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah says employees at the commission regard the 2019 elections as the best ever polls the commission has ever conducted. Ansah made the remarks in an interview with… ...

Ansah resigns

May 21, 2020 Chikondi Magalasi 1 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson, Jane Ansah, has announced that she has stepped down from her position. Ansah who is also Supreme Court Judge, had been receiving calls from the opposition parties, Human Rights Defenders… ...

Parliamentary committee adopts 23 June election date

May 21, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

The Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament has agreed with the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) that the Fresh Presidential Election (FPE) should be held on June 23. MEC initially set 2 July as the date of… ...

HRDC to hold anti-Ansah demos on 28 May

May 18, 2020 Martha Chikoti 0 &

...says protesters will wear masks Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) says it will conduct demonstrations on 28 May to demand the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Jane Ansah. Chairperson of the grouping Gift… ...