Elections 2019

ECF-SADC Executive Committee Chairperson Says “We are not in Malawi to Comment on political Impasse”

Following criticisms from different stakeholders on the move made by the Electoral Commissions Forum for Southern AFrica Development Community (SADC) […]

MCP, UTM ACCUSE MEC OF HOSTING SADC SUMMIT

Political parties that are challenging the May 21 presidential poll results in court, have accused the Malawi Electoral Commission(MEC) of […]

Elections Case Update: Emotional Kaphale Tells Court Chakwera’s Lawyers are Overprotective, Asked to Withdraw His Feelings

Attorney General Kalekeni Kaphale representing the first respondent in the ongoing presidential case got emotional by telling the court that […]

Analyst advise MEC to postpone Lilongwe south by-election

A political analyst from the University of Livingstonia, George Phiri, has advised the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to wait for […]

Elections Case Update: Court Dismisses APM, MEC Lawyers Application to Adjourn the Case

The Constitutional Court hearing the Presidential Election Results Case has dismissed the application made by the first and second respondents […]

Elections Case Update: Court Declines to Cost UTM for Withdrawing Witnesses

The Constitutional Court has declined to smack slap costs on the first petitioner in the ongoing landmark presidential elections case […]

Chakwera’s turn in election case

President for the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dr. Lazarus Chakwera, is today start testifying in support of his […]

AG, HRDC to Tussle again in Court

The Attorney General (AG) and Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) are this week expected to report to court on the […]

Elections Case Update: Case Adjourned to Tuesday Next Week

The Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe has adjourned the ongoing elections case to Tuesday next week. Lawyers for Malawi Electoral […]

Elections Case Update: Court to host 11 Witnesses Today

The Constitutional Court sitting in Lilongwe is today expected to host eleven witnesses from the first petitioner in the ongoing […]

MEC Employees not Yet Paid

Some Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) employees who worked fro the past elections have complained that they have no yet paid, […]

HRDC to Announce Dates for Fresh Demos

The Organizers of Anti-Ansah demonstrations Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has said they will soon announce dates for fresh Anti-Ansah […]

Court Orders Investigation on MEC Warehouse Manager

The Constitutional Court has ordered an investigation on Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Warehouse Manager, Deverson Makwete, for allegedly lying under […]

Mutharika Challenges HRDC, Opposition ‘Demos do not elect president’

President Peter has challenged the organizers of Anti-Ansah demonstration Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) and the opposition Malawi Congress Party […]

Elections Case Update: Exit Gwalidi, Enters Ndasauka

The Constitutional Court in Lilongwe this morning is continuing hearing the landmark presidential elections case with third United Transformation Movement […]

Elections Case Update: Gwalidi Says She Saw DPP Monitor Altering Election Results Sheet

As re-examination of UTM witness, Miriam Gwalidi, is now drawing to an end as she explains what her role was […]

Elections Case Update: UTM Lawyers Start Re-Cross Examine Gwalidi

United Transformation Movement (UTM) witness, Miriam Gwalidi, has taken the witness stand in court for re-examination by UTM lawyer Bright […]

Elections Case Update: MEC, APM Lawyers Done Cross Examining Mirriam Gwalidi

Lawyers representing the Malawi Electoral Commission(MEC) and President Peter Mutharika have completed cross examining United Transformation Movement (UTM) roving monitor […]