By Zenak Matekenya Mzuzu, May 11, Mana: State House Press Secretary, Brian Banda, has reiterated President Lazarus Chakwera’s commitment never to interfere with Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)’s operations, let alone protect anyone found on the wrong side of the law. He made the remarks on Monday during State House Briefing in Mzuzu when he was asked […]
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded that President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) Zanga-Zanga Chikhosi should be held personally liable for the legal costs in the case in which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje were challenging rescission of […]
CDEDI wants President Chakwera, Chikhosi to Pay Legal Costs in MEC Commissioners’ Case
CHAKWERA: Told to pay the costs
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has demanded that President Dr. Lazarus Chakwera and Secretary to the President and Cabinet (SPC) should be held personally liable for the legal costs in the case in which the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje were challenging rescission their appointment.
The High Court of Malawi has ordered the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) to pay the costs, a development the CDEDI executive director Sylvester Namiwa feels is inappropriate and unfair on the tax-burdened Malawians who will now have to shoulder the bill.
May 7, 2021 Tiwonge Kumwenda Mhango 42 Comments
“…Pay their honorarium”
The High Court in Blantyre on Friday ordered President Lazarus Chakwera to immediately reinstate two embattled Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje.
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The court has further ordered government to pay honorarium to the two mentioned MEC commissioners starting from the month they stopped receiving these benefits.
Apart from that, High Court Judge, Jack Nriva has also ordered said the office of the president to pay all the legal costs.
Jean Mathanga -pic by Lisa Kadango
Chakwera fired the two saying they were appointed illegally and government at the time that they were already not receiving their monthly benefits against the Attorney General’s advice.
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has disclosed it may now recommence regular discharge of its Constitution and statutory operations.
The development follows a formal notification that Commissioners Jean Mathanga and Linda Kunje applied for and were granted stopping President Lazarus Chakweraâs government from rescinding their appointments as Commissioners of MEC, according to the statement the commission has released.
This month, the government fired Kunje and Mathanga on the grounds that they were adjudged incompetent by the Supreme Court of Appeal in the Presidential Elections case on February 3, last year.
The development however prompted Attorney General Chikosa to declare that there was no Electoral Commission and had since advised the remaining commissioners to stop discharging any duties in accordance with Section 75 (1) of the Constitution.