Category: Politics

    By Duncan Mlanjira Ras Chikomeni Chirwa, who was barred from contesting for the May 21, 2019 tripartite elections because he failed to meet several of the conditions need, is one of the three presidential candidates who collected their nominations papers from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) for the fresh presidential elections scheduled for July 2. Once again, Ras Chikomeni is intending to run as an independent as well as Smart Swira while the third one is from New…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara has responded to the request from the Constitutional Court to report on President Peter Mutharika’s refusal to approve the electoral law amendments which the august House passed in February. The Parliamentary Appointment Committee was also mandated to investigate on the capacity and competence of Malawi Electoral Commissioners and it recommended that they be removed in order not to conduct the fresh elections, but Mutharika also refused to approve the…

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By Duncan Mlanjira All voters who registered during the 2019 Tripartite Elections and the three by-elections held thereafter, just need to go and confirm if their names appear in the register for their respective centres while those who did not will be expected to bring national identity (ID) cards for registration. This was announced by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Monday, March 23, 2020 at a press briefing at Crossroads Hotel in Blantyre when announcing the launch of the fresh elections…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Elections Commission (MEC) has set July 2, 2020 as the date for the fresh presidential elections which the Constitutional Court ordered to be conducted within 150 days. The fresh elections, that was launched on Monday, March 23, 2020 at a press briefing at Crossroads Hotel in Blantyre, will be done from 06:00hrs to 18:00hrs and the results shall be determined and announced by MEC between July 3-10 (7 day’s grace period). Announcing the news, MEC…

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  By Duncan Mlanjira Member of Parliament Jappie Mhango has been retained as Minister of Health and Population, a position which he had as head of the special cabinet committee on Coronavirus that President Arthur Peter Mutharika set before he dissolved the Cabinet last week. In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by Section 94 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi, President Mutharika has appointed a new Cabinet with effect from 16th March, 2020. This…

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By Duncan Mlanjira Malawi Law Society has clarified views expressed in the media that suggested that the Society defended the action of the Police after it effected the arrest warrant for three Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) — Rev. MacDonald Sembereka, Gift Trapence and Timothy Mtambo — at the direction of political leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). In a statement issued on Tuesday (March 10) was reacting to the views expressed in the Nation newspaper of 10th…

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