While there have been no indicators from the Sadc and the African Union AU a week after Zodiak Online made an inquiry, the EU outright says shall not be sending observers to the process.

“For the upcoming elections, the European Union will not be sending an election observation mission, normally there should be a formal request; and up until this point there hasn’t been such an invitation,” said Ivo Hoefkens head of the EU delegation to Malawi.

But MEC spokesperson, Sangwani Mwafulirwa, assumes observers will use the 2019 invitations.

“The invitations that were sent to them for the 2019 tripartite elections are still effective for this election,” he said.

However, Executive Director for Center for Multiparty Democracy CMD Kizito Tenthani feels the commission should have sent out fresh invitations to the international community on the poll.

“MEC should have made a fresh call. International observers add value to the credibility of elections, give an alternative view and make comparisons to international standards by weighing whether the elections are credible, free and fair,” Tenthani observed.

However, Tenthani is optimistic the country has the capacity to hold credible elections with the presence of local monitors and observers.

Uncertainty is hovering over the exact date of the country’s fresh presidential election.

Parliament will be meeting beginning June 5. On the same day, the term of office for all MEC commissioners shall have expired. MEC chairperson Dr. Jane Ansah stepped down a week ago.