Ghanaian
former Republican President Jerry Rawlings has revealed that the Malawian
Constitutional Court judges refused a USS$20 Million bribe which he claimed was
awarded to the judges for them to quash the case in favour of incumbent
President Peter Mutarika.
In a 500 paged judgement delivered for more than 10
hours, the constitutional court judges came to the conclusion that the May 21,
2019 General Elections were null and void and further asked the Malawi
Electoral Commission to organise fresh elections within 150 days from the
declaration.
Rawlings congratulated the
independent manner in which the decision was arrived at by the Malawian Constitutional
Court.
The former Ghanaian head of state said this
landmark judgement has proven that Malawi is indeed governed by rule of law.
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| Jerry Rawlings |
You may argue with me that such similar
nullification has occured before in Kenya. But I challenge that the
Malawi case is unprecedented” he said.
“There were bribery allegations. The Judges stood
for the truth and could not accept any money from any politician. We are told
that a sum of about US$20 million was offered to the Judges but they refused
and decided to uphold the rule of law. If that same money was given to some
Ghanaian Judges, they would sold the whole country, including selling Ghanaians
abroad. But the Malawian Judges stood firm on the truth.
I admire the Malawi Judiciary which stands for the
truth. As Ghanaians, there is a lot we can learn from the Malawi
experience.
Congratulations to the people of Malawi”.
A prominent
Malawian banker was arrested last month in connection with a suspected attempt to
bribe a panel of five judges presiding over the country's presidential
election vote-rigging case.
The
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) said it arrested Thomson Mpinganjira after
receiving a complaint on December 8 last year alleging that some people were
attempting to bribe the judges of the Constitutional Court. - Africa
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