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Legal Expert Warns Case Withdrawal May Inspire Unlawfulness
A legal expert has cautioned that withdraw of a case against reappointment of two Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) commissioners by Malawi Congress Party leader Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has the potential to encourage illegality in future appointments of MEC commissioners.
Parliament Reconvenes on June 29, 2020
Parliament has again shifted dates for reconvening of the August house for the continuation of the 2020/2021 Budget meeting from Thursday 25th June to Monday 29th June.
Polling on Course, MEC Chair Warns "Security Paramount"
Malawi Electoral Commission chairman Dr. Chifundo Kachale has issued a stern warning against anyone who may wish to disrupt the flow of polling in the fresh presidential election.
Mzimba DPP Monitor Arrested Over Voter Certificates, National IDs
In Mzimba district, a Democratic Progressive Party-DPP monitor is in police custody for an an alleged electoral related offence.
Soldiers, Police, Prisoners Choose President
Even members of the Malawi Defense Force have had to, for a while, reserve time to go and choose who they want to be the president of Malawi.
Elderly Increasingly Turning Up to Vote
Presidential Candidates Vote in First Malawi Fresh Presidential Election
Malawi Vice President Dr. Saulos Chilima has cast his vote at St. Thomas Anglican Church Polling Centre in Lilongwe.
Stakeholders Preach Peace and Respect for Rights During FPE
With only hours to the 23rd June, 2020 court ordered Fresh Presidential Election stakeholders in the electoral process have implored Malawians to maintain calm and respect for other people’s rights for peace to prevail in this country during this electoral period.
CFT Implores Security Officers to Protect Monitors During FPE
Citizen for Transformation Movements’ CFT Timothy Mtambo says his team will be on top of things to ensure that no one threatens monitors as well as the electorate during the Fresh Presidential Elections on 23 June, saying it's time for change.
MLW Equips QECH with Oxygen Plant
Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital (QECH) has received oxygen plant from the Malawi Liverpool Wellcome (MLW) Trust that will be producing 1 million liters of oxygen a day to patients at the facility amid COVID-19 pandemic.
