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The Court in Lilongwe has ordered the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to submit three names immediately within seven days to be considered for the positions
Malawi court cancels appointment of four electoral commissioners
By Molaole Montsho
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Former Malawian president Peter Mutharika did not properly appoint commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission, Judge Kenyatta Nyirenda ruled on Wednesday.
Nyirenda said the law compelled the president to appoint three commissioners each from the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but Mutharika appointed four from the DPP and only two from the opposition MCP.
He was delivering judgment in a case where the MCP complained about the composition of the electoral commission.
According to news website Malawi24, MCP cited Section 4 of the amended Electoral Commission Act of 2017, which gives parties with one-tenth of the parliamentary seats power to submit to the president a minimum of three nominees to be appointed as commissioners of the Malawi Electoral Commission.
As the June 29 Nkhata-Bay Central Constituency re-run poll heats up, voters that registered during the 2019 parliamentary election in the constituency have started verifying their names in the voters register.
As per the MEC calendar, the verification exercise which has started today Wednesday May 26th will run up to 8th June.
The re-run is taking place following a Supreme Court’s nullification of the constituency’s 2019 parliamentary results.
The election will take place alongside those in Nsanje Lalanje and Blantyre north Chikwembere wards.
MEC Commissioner Dr. Anthony Mukumbwa is visiting some of the 19 polling centers in Nkhatabay Central to check the process.
April 15, 2021 Owen Khamula - Nyasa Times 8 Comments
Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe on Wednesday afternoon met President Lazarus Chakwera hours after the Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) storm which threatens to tear apart the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and UTM in the Tonse alliance led government.
Attorney General Chikosa Silungwe: My advice is that the remaining members of MEC cohort should not discharge any duty or power of the Electoral Commission under the Constitution or an Act of Parliament until Section 75 (1) of the Constitution has been complied with
Officials at State House have given the news of the meeting a blackout but sources said the two met “on issues concerning MEC.”