Polling Clerk Arrested for Making a Choice for a Voter: Media Houses Offline as MEC Says Un-Official Election Results can now Go on Air

A person who is one of the polling clerks at Nathendo polling center in Machinga Likwenu constituency has been arrested for allegedly making a choice for a voter on who to vote for.

Bowlander Monjeza, a Machinga NICE officer said the suspect had allegedly ticked where the voter did not want to tick.

Meanwhile, The Malawi Electoral Commission has given a go ahead to all the media houses to start announcing the unofficial results anytime from now as a way to deal with any possible false speculation.

The MEC Chairperson Justice Jane Ansah had in the afternoon restricted all media houses from announcing unofficial results until 10:30 tonight as a way to avoid tension that could have possibly occurred.

However, there has since been an outcry from people that all local TV stations are OFFLINE including some few radio stations.

More to follow…