Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Chifundo Kachale says the commission will publish in the gazette, June 23, 2020, as the poll date for the 2020 Fresh Presidential Elections.

Kachale said in a statement on Wednesday that the date will be published in compliance with formal communication from the Clerk of Parliament informing the commission about a Parliamentary Resolution that was passed on Tuesday.

The danger with such an approach is that it will blindfold the President from seeing and accepting reality. This will further influence him to make wrong calls for the future of this country in the light of the Supreme Court ruling.

Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera will present his nomination papers for the 2020 Presidential Elections on Wednesday.

Chakwera whose party is in an alliance with the UTM will be the first candidate to present the nomination papers, according to a statement released today by the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC).

Opposition UTM has pointed at a number of irregularities associated with the ongoing voter registration exercise ahead of the July 2 2020 fresh presidential elections.

UTM’s National Executive Committee members led by the party’s Publicity Secretary Joseph Chidanti Malunga raised the concerns during a press briefing in Blantyre. “At Mudi, under-aged kids were coached to fill their NRB [National Registration Bureau] forms indicating that they were born between 2001 and May 2002, so that they are automatically eligible for enrolment in the Mec’s [Malawi Electoral Commission] voters register which was taking place at the same centre.

The Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) has officially launched the 2020 Fresh Presidential Election campaign slated for on July 2, 2020.
The campaign was launched by Mec Chairperson, Jane Ansah, who indicated that the campaign period which started on May 2 will run to July 2 2020 at 6 o’clock in the morning.