The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has defended the 30 percent overspending on the 2025 elections budget, saying the rise was driven by unavoidable operational adjustments.
The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has launched a fierce attack on the government’s 8.598 trillion-kwacha mid-year budget review, branding it “catastrophic” and “retrogressive,” and warning that it will immediately worsen the cost of living and cripple an already fragile economy.
In a rare display of political unity, government and opposition leaders in Parliament have commended President Peter Mutharika for approving former president Lazarus Chakwera’s diplomatic mission to Tanzania.
Former Malawi president Dr Lazarus Chakwera has been appointed by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon. Shirley Botchwey, as her Special Envoy to Tanzania, following post-election violence that has claimed multiple lives and raised political tensions.
Former president Lazarus Chakwera has vowed to continue leading the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and to steer it back into power in 2030.
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