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.
The court has allowed Kunje to travel abroad on Electoral Commission and national women’s golf errands.
Kunje and her driver are being accused of obstructing presidential convoy.
The case failed to resume today after first accused asked the court for possible adjournment due to busy schedule.
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Chakwera Adamant On Kunje, Mathanga
MEC Chairperson Justice Chifundo Kachale flanked by Commissioners briefs members of the Press on Fresh Presidential Elections in Lilongwe-pic by Lisa Kadango
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has challenged recent direction by High Court Judge Jack Nriva that he should formally employ Linda Kunje and Jean Mathanga as Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioners.
Ministry of Justice Spokesperson, Pilirani Masanjala confirmed the development in an interview with MIJ Online on Saturday.
High Court Judge Nriva ordered President Chakwera to formally employ the two commissioners and pay them their salary arrears with interest for the months they spent without pay.
FOSTER. F. FUNDI
Let me applaud the decision by courageous and patriotic members of the Public Appointments Committee (PAC) to reject Ombudsman Martha Chizuma as the new Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director.
Martha is a compromised Political hack. Martha has no temperament, discipline and professional maturity for such sensitive position of trust and power.
She is more concerned with praises from social media party supporters and appointing powers than the truth. It’s all about her career advancement and strategic positioning within Tonse Administration.
This important position ought to be occupied by apolitical professional not by an overly ambitious and rotten political stooge like Martha. In Martha’s Malawi, only DPP and UDF supporters commit crimes. Here’s why Malawi is rotten with decaying morals.