Category: National

* To provide for polling staff, representatives of candidates and political parties and officers from security agencies to vote at polling stations where they are deployed Maravi Express In accordance with Section 67(4) of the Constitution of Malawi, President Lazarus Chakwera has called for Parliament to reconvene on August 5 to amend the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections Act (No. 10 of 2023) in order to provide for polling staff, representatives of candidates and political parties and officers…

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* Jane Ansah presided over the most chaotic elections in 2019 leading to a re-run that was costly * It is unthinkable for AFORD to support someone who nearly threw the country to the blink By Kondwani Magombo, MANA Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) vice-president has distanced himself from the electoral alliance that AFORD president Enock Chihana announced a few days ago with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), saying he, together with the members of his Citizens for Transformation (CFT)…

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* They join former State President Joyce Banda and her 2012-2014 administration’s Vice-President Khumbo Kachali as running mate * Former State President Peter Mutharika, who unveiled former Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah (retired) * Independent candidates Adil Chilungo & Melvis Mwalukuwo and Milward Tobias & Henry Mdebwe By Duncan Mlanjira United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate Atupele Muluzi has named Rex Kalolo as his running mate for the September 16 General Election. They now join the…

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* Ansah is infamous of the disputed 2029 presidential election that was riddled with Tippex controversy leading to opposition parties to seek court intervention * That led to the Constitutional Court to nullify the results which Mutharika was declared the winner * She is also contesting for a seat in Parliament in Ntcheu North West Constituency where Mutharika’s 2019 election running mate Chimulirenji is also running as MP By Duncan Mlanjira Former State President Arthur Peter Mutharika has unveiled…

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* The presidential nomination papers did not pass the verification process MEC has since advised him to address the issues By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Justice Annabel Mtalimanja, has asked September 16 presidential candidate, Nationalist Patriotic Party leader, Daniel Dube to re-submit his nomination papers after his running mate, Dunstan Mwaungulu submitted incomplete declaration form and absence of identification copies. Thus the presidential nomination papers did not pass the verification process MEC has since advised him…

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* With 20 individuals seeking the presidency, it is clear that many are driven by personal ambition rather than a genuine desire to serve the nation * In a country struggling with pressing economic challenges, this dissonance of candidacies is a luxury we can ill afford * Therefore, I have decided not to join this calamity of greed individuals who are eager to satisfy their personal interests and not that of a common man By Duncan Mlanjira Conspicuously missing…

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* MEC chairperson Justice Annabel Mtalimanja urged Joyce Banda to focus on an issue-based campaign and to promote peace across all political platforms * She also called on all stakeholders to work towards a unified Malawi and encouraged the candidate to mobilise voters to participate in the elections on September 16 Maravi Express Former State President Joyce Banda has this morning submitted her presidential nomination papers to Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) in Lilongwe…

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