A survey shows 80% of Malawians wanted a re-run of last year's rigged election. On June 23rd, they will vote again
is a man of reason. The professor of law at the University of Malawi teaches contracts, trusts and constitutions. But over the past year, as President Peter Mutharika has repeatedly been foiled in his efforts to distort the electoral process, Mr Kamchedzera has wondered whether there might be a higher power at work: God, perhaps, or “some kind ofIt must feel that way for many in the southern African country of 18m people.
It was only the second time in African history that judges have nullified a vote. A fresh election is scheduled for June 23rd. Yet Malawi is far from out of trouble. Much depends on what happens in the next few weeks. If Malawi, one of the world’s poorest countries, can have a fair election, it will not just be good for Malawians. It will also undermine the argument, used by autocrats everywhere, that covid-19 means democracy ought to wait.
But the president has been thwarted at every turn. Lawyers rallied around the chief justice. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal. Opposition parties got the election date onto the statute book, in part by defying covid-related restrictions so they could pack the chamber with theirThe opposition’s determination makes sense. Mr Mutharika, who took office in 2014, is the fourth president since Hastings Banda’s long authoritarian rule ended in 1994.
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