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Malawi: Country Braces for Another Election Challenge Court Case
VOA, 25 August 2021
Malawi's Constitutional Court has agreed to hear a challenge to last year's presidential election rerun from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. President Lazarus Chakwera… Read more »
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Malawi: Five Judges to Hear DPP 2020 Election Nullification Constitutional Matter Unveiled
Nyasa Times, 24 August 2021
One day after the Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda certified as a constitutional matter the case where the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is seeking the nullification of June 23,… Read more »
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Malawi: DPP Fresh Election Challenge Not Certified, Chief Justice Says Wait for 7 Days
Nyasa Times, 18 August 2021
Mist surrounds the certification of a constitutional matter where the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is seeking the nullification of results of the 23 June 2020… Read more »
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Malawi: Mutharika Vows to Continue As Party Leader Till 2023
Nyasa Times, 20 July 2021
The octogenarian former President of the Republic Peter Mutharika has insisted he will continue to lead the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) until 2023 when he will… Read more »
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Malawi: MEC Declares By-Election Results As True Reflection of Voters' Will
Nyasa Times, 1 July 2021
Chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Dr. Chifundo Kachale has declared the results of the Tuesday by-election as a true reflection of the will of the voters. Read more »
Malawi Braces for Yet Another Election Challenge Case
Malawi's Constitutional Court has agreed to hear a challenge to 2020's presidential election rerun from the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). President Lazarus Chakwera defeated the DPP's Peter Mutharika in the rerun after the court nullified the 2019 election, which Mutharika had won. The DPP argues the rerun should also be nullified after the High Court quashed the appointment of four DPP commissioners to the Malawi Electoral Commission in June 2021, saying their appointment was invalid and unconstitutional. Mutharika has said he does not recognize the results of the rerun election he lost to Chakwera. Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court has set August 30 to decide whether to proceed with the case and if so, how.
InFocus
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Malawi's former president, Peter Mutharika, has accused the government of politically persecuting him. During a televised news conference, Mutharika cited the freezing of his bank ... Read more »
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President Lazarus Chakwera is ready to reduce his "unnecessary" presidential powers but he is waiting for the laws to change so that it can be implemented, presidential press ... Read more »
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Malawians are telling President Lazarus Chakwera to send back the United Kingdom's former prime minister Tony Blair who is in the country to be adviser to the new government. The ... Read more »
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Malawi's newly elected president, Lazarus Chakwera has named his Cabinet in consultation with his vice-president Saulos Chilima but critics have berated the team.The new cabinet ... Read more »
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Dr Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party has defeated incumbent Peter Mutharika with 60.3 percent of the vote in the re-run presidential election ordered by the country's ... Read more »
President Lazarus Chakwera (top right) and former president Peter Mutharika (file photo).
