Malawi court annuls President Mutharika's 2019 election victory | Malay Mail

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LILONGWE, Feb 4 — Malawi's Constitutional Court yesterday annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika a winner and ordered a re-run after an application from opposition parties citing irregularities. Mutharika, Malawi president since 2014, won the election with a 38.57...

Malawi's President Peter Mutharika in London, Britain January 20, 2020. — Reuters pic

The electoral commission declared Mutharika the winner despite complaints of irregularities including results sheets with sections blotted out or altered with correction fluid. In a unanimous decision, a panel of five judges ordered that a new presidential vote be held within 150 days. The status in the presidency would revert to before the elections, Potani said, which meant Chilima would be reinstated as vice president.

 

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