DPP accuses Daudi Sulemani of hacking MEC, NRB system

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has accused an IT expert for the grand alliance of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and its bedfellow United Transformation Movement (UTM), Daudi Sulemani of hacking Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) and National Registration Bureau (NRB) system.

Last week MCP President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera accused MEC of creating fake voters roll by registering minors to vote in the forthcoming fresh Presidential polls.

Chakwera through his director of IT Daudi Sulemani showed journalists in the capital Lilongwe the list of minors in MEC and NRB system.

But in a letter addressed to the MEC seen by Faceofmalawi, DPP Secretary General Grezelder Jeffrey has accused Sulemani of hacking NRB and MEC system.

“First, it is the same MCP and UTM who always stand tall to claim that the elections cannot be stolen. We now wish to register our concern why and how the opposition so called IT experts led by Daudi Sulemani have logged into the MEC and NRB systems. Sulemani displayed data and information purportedly extracted from the NRB databases in his bid to prove the case of registration of minors or the alleged manipulation of National IDs.

“While we will leave the IT issues to experts within MEC and NRB to resolve, our serious concern is with the behaviour and action of the opposition to use unauthorised methods to hack into the MEC and NRB system. This is a criminal IT enterprise which deserves serious condemnation, and it must stop immediately. As the DPP, we call upon MEC and NRB to assure the nation how safe are the election databases from these opposition hackers and IT criminals,” said Jeffrey.

DPP has also accused MCP and UTM of creating an environment to make the fresh Presidential polls impossible.

“The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wishes to strongly condemn the recent behaviour of the opposition political parties, mainly the MCP and UTM who are deliberately creating an environment that could make the fresh election impossible,” she added.

Meanwhile experts have predicted that the fresh Presidential polls will be marred by serious irregularities.