Category: Politics

By Jordan Simeon-Phiri & Elijah Phompho, MEC Stringers National Registration Bureau (NRB) has finally heeded the call that the Legal Affairs Committee of Parliament made a week ago to have national ID registration centres closer to people to enable them to register. During a visit by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Justice Jane Ansah SC at Mitole Primary School in Chikwawa North Constituency where she inspected voter registration exercise, it transpired that the absence of NRB services was preventing people without…

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Maravi Express Frank Kuyokwa and 183 others have taken Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to the High Court demanding all Members of Parliament elected during the May 2019 tripartite elections be deemed not to have been duly elected. The application also demands that all seats of the Legislators in the Malawi Parliament be declared vacant and that the fresh presidential elections ordered to be conducted by the High Court of Malawi sitting as a Constitutional Court be conducted concurrently with…

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By Duncan Mlanjira  The High Court of Malawi has asked the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to apply, is it so wishes, to the Supreme Court of Appeal the application it made asking for the directions on further compliance, variation or suspension of operations of the February 3 Constitutional Court judgement that ordered that fresh presidential elections be conducted. MEC submitted that Section 11(b) of the Courts Act provides that “without prejudice to any jurisdiction conferred on it by any…

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Maravi Express The Malawi Law Society (MLS) has objected the Malawi Electoral Commission’s application to admit Dumisa Buhle Ntsebeza SC to be part of the legal team for the Constitutional Appeal Cause No. 1 of 2020. In the sworn statement done in front of the High Court of Malawi, MLS secretary, Martha Kaukonde said, among other consideration, that while the Ntsebeza may have satisfied the professional qualification criteria in section 25(1)(a)-(e) of the Legal Education and Legal Practitioners Act,…

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By Duncan Mlanjira The United Nations (UN) Malawi says dangerous myths and misinformation are fueling the alarming number of mob justice attacks against persons accused of being so-called “blood suckers” that are taking place across the country. A statement issued by UN Malawi Resident Coordinator, Maria Jose Torres quotes the media as reporting five deaths in the past three weeks — two persons murdered in Mzimba around March 23; two burnt to death in Chitipa around March 25 and…

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Analysis by Jimmy Kainja, reporting for Aljazeera The past 10 months have been momentous for Malawi. After a series of protests against what many have perceived as a flawed presidential election, on February 3 the constitutional court annulled the results of the May 2019 vote due to “serious irregularities” and ordered another election to be held within 150 days. Peter Mutharika, the incumbent president, rejected the ruling, calling it a “serious miscarriage of justice”. There will be a hearing…

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