Malawi's opposition candidates hope Constitutional Court will rule in favour of their accusations of irregularities in 2019 presidential election and order a new vote
Malawi President Peter Mutharika of The Democratic Progressive Party is seen as he waves to supporters at his swearing-in ceremony at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre, Malawi on May 28, 2019. Mutharika has called for unity after being sworn in for a second five-year term after an election in which opposition parties alleged irregularities.
President Peter Mutharika was declared the narrow winner of the May election with 38 percent of votes, followed by Lazarus Chakwera with 35 percent and former vice president Saulos Chilima third with 20 percent. The four other candidates collectively got nearly 6 percent. Mutharika and the electoral commission acknowledges some irregularities but argued they were insufficient to affect the election’s outcome.
Mpinganjira was later released, however, after a magistrate in another court issued an order quashing the arrest warrant. The High Court then overturned that ruling, questioning the lower court’s conduct and ordering Mpinganjira’s arrest. “There is more that binds us than that which separates us,” he said. “Violence and civil strife are alien to this land. We must not lose this gem. It is what defines us a people.”
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