Month: April 2021 Posts

Kunje, Mathanga still MEC commissioners

Apr 20, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje are still commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) following a court order suspending the Government's decision to fire them. According to the court order signed by Registrar of the… ...

DPP ikufuna chisankho china

Apr 15, 2021 Archangel Nzangaya 0 &

Potsatira kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa makomishonala awiri a bungwe loyendetsa chisankho la MEC, chipani chotsutsa boma cha DPP chati chipita kukhothi kukapempha kuti khothi lilamule kuti chisankho chachibwereza cha chaka chatha chinali chosayenera. Nkhaniyi ikubwera pomwe… ...

DPP demands nullification of 2020 elections

Apr 15, 2021 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has demanded the nullification of the 2020 presidential elections saying the polls were managed by an Electoral Commission that was not duly constituted according to the law. The party has… ...

MEC agrees with AG: We do not have Constitutional mandate

Apr 14, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Justice Chifundo Kachale, has said the commission does not have the legal mandate as stipulated under Section 75(1) as advised by the Attorney General, Dr Chikosa Silungwe. Kachale made… ...

There is no MEC – AG

Apr 14, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

...Is Malawi heading to the polls again? Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe says Malawi currently has no Electoral Commission and he has advised remaining commissioners to stop discharging their duties. Silungwe said this on April 13… ...

Chakwera fires two Malawi Electoral Commissioners

Apr 13, 2021 Lindiwe Sambalikagwa 0 &

President Lazarus Chakwera has fired Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje. Secretary to the President and Cabinet Zangazanga Chikhosi has informed the two of their firing. In a letter dated April… ...

MEC to conduct research on null and void votes

Apr 12, 2021 Mwayi Mkandawire 0 &

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Chifundo Kachale says the commission will conduct research to inform the corrective actions to be undertaken by the commission to reduce the percentage of null and void votes. He made… ...