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February 14, 2020
Malawi’s Electoral Commission Head, Jane Ansah has admittedusing tip-pex correction fluid on ballot tally sheets in the now annulled 2019election, but claimed there is no evidence to suggest that it favored anyparticular candidate.
The Elections Chief was speaking before a specialparliamentary committee after the court ordered for an investigation into theconduct of the electoral commission, after demanding a fresh election within150 days. She stressed there is no evidence to show that the corrections usingTip-pex were favoring any particular candidate.
Malawi’s Constitutional Court overturned President PeterMutharika’s victory citing irregularities in the election.
The Court ordered a fresh exercise to hold not later thanMay. Malawi’s Parliament is re-examining the competencies of the electoralcommissioners.