First Independent Mena Newspaper
The parliament of Malawi has passed a law that sets 19 May 2020 as the date for fresh presidential elections. Earlier this month, the Constitutional Court overturned the results of last year’s election that saw President Peter Mutharika narrowly re-elected, citing widespread irregularities – especially the “massive” use of correction fluid on tally sheets. The […]
The Constitutional Court in Malawi has rejected an appeal, brought by President Peter Mutharika and Malawi’s electoral commission, to suspend the judgement it made last week annulling May’s presidential election in the southern African nation. Since last week, opposition supporters in Malawi have been celebrating after a panel of five top judges annulled the results […]
Malawi’s Incumbent President Peter Mutharika has won the presidential election with 38.57% of votes, the electoral commission said on Monday after an injunction ordered by the country’s high court was lifted. Challenger Lazarus Chakwera, who finished in second place, went to court over, he claimed, irregularities in results from 10 of the country’s 28 districts. […]