Justice Jane Ansah Archives

UTM, MCP take Mutharika and MEC commissioners to court

Mar 26, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM have dragged President Peter Mutharika and commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commision (MEC) to court over the commissioners' continued stay in office. The two political parties have also… ...

Mutharika refuses to fire Ansah, MEC commissioners

Mar 17, 2020 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

President Peter Mutharika has refused to fire Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah and other MEC commissioners saying the position that the MEC commissioners lacked competency to manage the 2019 presidential elections is laughable.… ...

Chilima blasts MEC for hiring South African lawyers

Mar 16, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Vice President Saulos Chilima has faulted the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for hiring South African lawyers to represent the commission in the presidential elections appeal case. Speaking at a UTM rally at Njamba Park in… ...

Ansah led MEC to manage fresh elections

Mar 06, 2020 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah says the current commission will manage the fresh presidential elections and will soon launch a calendar for the polls. The MEC chairperson, who has been the subject of… ...

DPP candidate wins Liwawadzi ward by-election

Mar 06, 2020 Malawi24 Reporter 0 &

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Pharaoh Kambiri has won the Liwawadzi Ward by-election in Balaka. Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah said Kambiri amassed 2,615 votes out of the total 4,578 valid votes that… ...

Malawi to have credible polls in 2019 – Ansah

May 31, 2017 Bright Malenga 1 &

The Chairperson of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Justice Jane Ansah has said the electoral body is putting in place measures and systems that will ensure the holding of credible elections in 2019. Ansah made the… ...

MEC hits back at CSOs

Apr 25, 2017 Luke Bisani 20 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has faulted Civil Society Organization (CSOs) for misrepresenting facts during their press briefing that called for the firing of the electoral body's Chairperson Justice Jane Ansah. This has been replied… ...

ACB, MEC bosses should be fired – CSOs demand

Apr 23, 2017 Luke Bisani 81 &

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have called for the immediate firing of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director general Lucas Kondowe and Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Justice Jane Ansah arguing that they have failed to serve the… ...