Get prepared, by-elections will be held in Mchinji any day – MEC
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials have been telling political parties to scale up their campaigns in areas of parliamentary and local government elections as the polls will be held any day....
View Article2 Malawi polls Commissioners hold two public offices: Mutharika says ‘they...
Two Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners are holding two public offices in essence getting two public salaries a month from the same government account number one and an expert says the...
View ArticleAll set for by-elections: Malawi Electoral Commisison funding in
Government has finally released funding for Malawi Electora Commission (MEC) to conduct parliamentary by-elections in Mchinji West Constituency and local government in four wards. MEC has said after...
View ArticleLaw Commission proposes change of polling day in Malawi
The Malawi Law Commission is proposing change in the polling day from May to dry season. Deputy chief commissioner Mtamandeni Liabunya said the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) finds it difficult to...
View ArticleMalawi pollsters goes ahead with elections without chair, CEO
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials say they will go ahead with the Mchinji West byelections and four other local government by-elections on November 1 in the absence of chairman,...
View ArticleJudge Kenyatta dismisses Malawi campaign promises case
The High Court in Blantyre has dismissed a case by prominent lawyer Ambokire Salim who wanted the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to compel presidential candidates and their political parties live up...
View ArticleMEC launches Mchinji West by-elections set for November 1
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Monday launched activities in readiness for by-elections at Kamwendo in Mchinji West constituency slated for November 1, 2016. The by-elections in the...
View ArticleMalawi pollster vacates court injunction by-election
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has vacated a court injunction obtained by a former ward councillor in Bembeke stopping a local government by election from going ahead following the...
View ArticleMEC holding of byelections unconstitional, says civil society
A civil society group on elections, the National Elections Systems Trust (NEST) has warned the Malawi Electorol Commission against holding byelections on November 1, saying it would be illegal. NEST...
View ArticleAnsah appointed Malawi Electoral Commisison new chairperson
Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet (OPC) George Mkondiwa has confirmed the appointment of Justice of Appeal Jane Mayenu Ansah, SC as the new Chairperson for the Malawi Electoral...
View ArticleMEC failure to recruit people with sign language expertise exposes gap in...
Sideling people living with disabilities in the recruitment of staff to administer the process of electioneering in Malawi exposed gaps during the Bunda ward by-election in Kasungu over the weekend –...
View ArticleJustice Ansah sworn in as new Malawi Electoral Commission Chairperson
The Newly appointed Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Justice Jane Ansah was officially sworn in on Friday a week after her appointment at a ceremony held at the Suppreme Court of Appeal...
View ArticleCCJP says parties, candidates must not declare war on MEC to solve poor vote...
Political parties and candidates’ must not declare war on Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to solve their poor vote results incase they are defeated, says Catholic Commission for Peace and Justice...
View ArticleWe’ll make Malawi ungovernable: MCP demands electoral reforms or ‘Muthariks...
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party has threatend to the country “ungovernable” if the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government fails to bring an Electoral Reforms Bill in Parliament next month....
View ArticleMEC to probe Mchinji bye-elections ‘attempted rigging’ by DPP
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will investigate incidents in Mchinji West Constituency where opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) parliamentary candidate Jephther Mwale defeated ruling...
View ArticleCalls for arrest of VP’s assistant for impersonating Malawi Electoral...
Malawi Police has been urged to arrest Moses Kuchingale, a personal assistant to the Vice President, who is accused of impersonating a Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) official in the just-ended...
View ArticleMalawi opposition to use private member’s bill for electoral reforms bill
Malawi opposition will introduce a Bill to discuss all electoral reforms during private members motion day on Thursday after government is reluctant to bring to parliament all relevant electoral...
View ArticleMCP MP tables bill for electoral reform in Malawi
Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Member of Parliament for Lilongwe South, Peter Dimba on Thursday successfully tabled his motion seeking Parliament permission to bring a private member’s Bill to...
View ArticleMalawi Law Commission in electoral law reform consultations
The special Law Commission has launched regional consultative meeting aimed at soliciting views on the electoral law reforms. After the 2014 tripartite elections, there has been an outcry on the need...
View ArticleMCP engages donor agencies to table electoral reforms bill in Malawi...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is engaging some donor agencies to overtake the Law Commission and smuggle into Parliament a secretly prepared bill proposing electoral reforms in the country. Nyasa Times...
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