Malawi: Court To Rule On 2019 Presidential Election - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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February 3, 2020
The nation has never had apresidential vote overturned, but the two opposition candidates who teamed upfor a legal challenge are hoping the Constitutional Court will agree with theirallegations of irregularities and order for a new vote.
President Peter Mutharika wasdeclared the narrow winner of the May election, with 38% of votes, followed byLazarus Chakwera, with 35%, and former vice-president Saulos Chilima camethird, with 20%. The four other candidates collectively got nearly 6%.
The five-judge panel has heardarguments that the vote was rigged by the president and Electoral Commission;both have denied it.
Malawi’s electoral commissionacknowledged receiving one-hundred-and-forty-seven reports allegingirregularities, including the use of correction fluid to alter some results.
The two opposition candidatesalleged that the irregularities affected over 1.4 million of the total 5.1million votes cast.