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Malawi: Govt Launches Campaign Period for May Elections
VOA, 21 March 2019
Malawi’s Electoral Commission has officially launched campaigning for May elections with calls against political violence. Political violence is on the rise in Malawi as the… Read more »
Campaigns Begin Ahead of Malawi's Presidential Elections
Seven candidates including Vice President Saulos Chilima and Minister of Health Atupele Muluzi are running against President Peter Mutharika in the presidential race in which another main rival Lazarous Chakwera of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party is in an electoral alliance with former president Joyce Banda and her People's Party.
President Peter Mutharika, Vice President Saulos Chilima and Lazarous Chakwera of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party.
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Malawi: Ruling Party to Boycott Presidential Running Mates Debate
Nyasa Times, 20 March 2019
People in the northern part of Malawi more than ready and also excited for their first ever presidential running mates debate in history scheduled to take place at Grand Palace… Read more »
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Malawi: Paramount Chief Lundu Endorses Chimulirenji As Best Running Mate
Nyasa Times, 20 March 2019
Paramount Chief Lundu of Chikwawa district has endorsed Everton Chimulirenji as the only right running mate for President and leader of the governing Democratic Progressive Party… Read more »
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Malawi: Fake Malawi Presidential Ballot Paper Sample in Circulation
Nyasa Times, 20 March 2019
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said there is a fake presidential ballot paper circulating on social media and has asked all electoral stakeholders to ignore it. Read more »
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Malawi: Chilima Rules Out 'Mafana' Rigging Malawi Watershed Elections
Nyasa Times, 20 March 2019
Vice-President Saulos Chilima has maintained that the electorate should go en masse to cast their ballots on May 21 in the watershed elections and dispelled fears that the… Read more »
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Malawi: Party Insists Atupele to Contest Presidency
Nyasa Times, 19 March 2019
United Democratic Front (UDF) has reaffirmed that its president Atupele Muluzi is the party's torchbearer in the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections with Frank Tumpale Mwenifumbo as… Read more »
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Malawi: Ruling Party, Opposition Trade Taunts As Election Campaign Begins
Nyasa Times, 19 March 2019
Official campaigning for Malawi's May 21 presidential, parliamentary and local elections has been launched on Tuesday in Lilongwe by Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) where ruling… Read more »
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Malawi: I Will Not Shield Joyce Banda On Jet Gate - Chakwera
Malawi News Agency, 19 March 2019
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Presidential candidate, Dr Lazarus Chakwera says if voted into power on May 21, 2019, he will not shield former President Joyce Banda if she has any… Read more »
InFocus
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Joyce Banda, who served as president between 2012 and 2014 had been set to run for office again - but has now endorsed opposition frontrunner Lazarus Chakwera. Earlier, Banda had ... Read more »
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Malawans have reacted with mixed feelings on reports that President Peter Mutharika's running mate Everton Chimulirenji can barely read and speak English fluently. Read more »
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Barely two days after she endorsed Vice President Saulos Chilima for May 21 presidential election, Joyce Banda has announced her withdrawal from the opposition coalition. Reports ... Read more »
