Lazarus Chakwere Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/lazarus-chakwere/ The low down on African affairs Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Lazarus Chakwere Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/lazarus-chakwere/ 32 32 Malawi’s Presidential election annulled by court finding “widespread irregularities” https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/malawis-presidential-election-annulled-by-court-finding-widespread-irregularities/ Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2020/02/malawis-presidential-election-annulled-by-court-finding-widespread-irregularities/ Malawi’s Constitutonal Court has annulled last May’s Presidential election and ruled that a new poll must take place within 150 days. President Peter Mutharika will stay in power until then. The Constitutional Court found there had been widespread irregularities in Malawi’s Presidential election last year. Peter Mutharika won a second term in that poll with […]

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]]> Malawi’s Constitutonal Court has annulled last May’s Presidential election and ruled that a new poll must take place within 150 days.

President Peter Mutharika will stay in power until then.

The Constitutional Court found there had been widespread irregularities in Malawi’s Presidential election last year.

Peter Mutharika won a second term in that poll with a margin of 160 000 votes.

Second placed Lazarus Chakwere maintains he won.

Third placed Saulos Chilima also cried foul.

The annulment is the second in African history.

Kenya’s Supreme Court, citing irregularities,  annulled the August 2017 election won by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

It ordered the appointment of a new electoral commission.

Kenyatta won the re-run in October after his main opponent Raila Odinga withdrew.

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