By Our
Correspondent, Lilongwe MALAWI
Malawi’s
president, Peter Mutharika, will appeal the Constitutional Court’s ruling which
nullified the 21 May 2019 presidential elections saying the court’s judgement
is a miscarriage of justice.
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| Peter Mutharika |
Mutharika’s
spokesperson Mgeme Kalirani has confirmed that the Malawi leader is planning to
appeal against the ruling which was delivered on Monday.
Kalirani has
told the state broadcaster MBC that the judgement “is a serious miscarriage of
justice and an attack on the foundations of democracy in Malawi.”
On Monday,
the five-member panel of the Constitutional Court nullified the 2019
presidential elections saying there were widespread irregularities that marred
the polls in which Mutharika was declared winner.
The court
mentioned the use of correction fluid – tippex – on tally sheets, the Malawi
Electoral Commission’s declaration of results using tally sheets that were not
verified by auditors and the commission’s failure to conduct the elections in
accordance to electoral laws.
According to
the court, these irregularities undermined the integrity of the elections and
the results cannot be trusted.
The court
then declared that Mutharika was not duly elected as President of Malawi in the
May 21 Elections and ordered the electoral commission to hold fresh elections
in five months.
The
Constitutional Court’s judgement came months after Malawi Congress Party
president Lazarus Chakwera and UTM leader Saulos Chilima challenged the outcome
of the 2019 presidential elections. - Africa
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