News In Central Region (1295)
MEC, APM Apply For Stay On ConCourt Ruling, File Appeal Notices
The Malawi Electoral Commission-MEC-and President Peter Mutharika have filed applications asking the courts to order that effect of the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court on the Presidential election case be delayed to allow for a pending appeal case, for which they have also both filed notice.
Pastor Ted Wilson In Malawi For 3-Day Evangelical Visit
The global leader of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Pastor Ted Wilson, has arrived in Malawi this morning for a three-day pastoral visit.
Catholic Priest Demands Stiff Penalties For Perpetrators Of GBV
A Catholic Priest from Dedza Diocese has urged the judiciary to hand stiff punishments to perpetrators of Gender Based Violence GBV) as the country continues to register increased cases and women remain biggest victims.
MCP And UTM 'Dialogue' On Possible Fresh Election Alliance
The Malawi Congress party and UTM are set to revive talks that were halted on 13 December 2019 on a possible election alliance, according to our inside sources.
Parliament Says Will Proceed To Effect The Order of ConCourt
Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara, says in the house which begins to sit Monday, parliamentarians shall proceed to implement the orders of Constitutional Court in respect of the ruling on the presidential election case which annulled the 2019 election and called for a fresh one.
Law Prof. Questions Credibility of APM Lawyers On ConCourt Verdict Appeal
Renowned legal expert Professor Garton Kamchedzera has taken a swipe at the legal team for President Peter Mutharika accusing it of deliberately ignoring principles of good lawyering when they let Mutharika decide to appeal against recent the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the presidential election case.
Chilima Wants Whole MEC Top Brass To Step-Down
UTM president Dr. Saulos Chilima is pressing for immediate resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission chairperson, Dr. Jane Ansah, and all MEC commissioners following the nullification of the May 21, 2019 presidential election.
Speaker of Parliament To Address Press Thursday on ConCourt Orders
Speaker of Parliament, Catherine Gotani Hara, has called for a media briefing Thursday apparently to outline how the house is going to respond to Monday orders by the Constitutional Court which was hearing the presidential election dispute.
APM Against ConCourt Ruling: Instructs Lawyers To Appeal
President Peter Mutharika has instructed his lawyers to file an appeal, in the country’s highest court, against an order of the Constitutional Court nullifying his narrow victory in the May 21, 2019 election and the order for a fresh presidential election in 150 days.
Afro-Barometer Findings Agree With Constitutional Court Verdict
The Centre for Social research of Chancellor College says it is high time political leaders started upholding views of Malawians on how to run the country in this majoritarian dispensation.
