Chakwera’s ‘civil disobedience’ uncalled for as MCP’s Capital Hill raid...
The opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Lazarus Chakwera is facing strong condemnation after his supporters were organised and sponsored to disrupt government business at Capital Hill as...
View ArticleMCP distances itself from Capital Hill ‘take over’: Opposition warned...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has distanced itself from actions of party cadres who literally took over Capital Hill on Tuesday and forced civil servants out of their offices. The protesters’ march from...
View ArticleUS ambassador meets Chakwera, calls for Malawi post-elections peace: Flees...
Outgoing US ambassador to Malawi Virginia Palmer has called for post-election peace, saying those with complaints on the discredited May 21 Tripartite Elections, should seek justice from the courts....
View ArticleMia says Chakwera is people’s president: ‘Rigging agents were armed with...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) first vice president Sidik Mia has said the party’s president and presidential candidate in the May 21 Tripartite Elections, Lazarus Chakwera, is the people’s president...
View ArticleMutharika warns Chakwera for plotting to take over Malawi govt by force:...
President Peter Mutharika has accused Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera as a perpetrator of post-election violence using the party supporters and warned him that he has ordered the...
View ArticleMCP defiant over Mutharika call for ceasefire, calm: ‘Protests will go on’
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has defiantly said its supporters will not leave streets where they are protesting against the outcome of the May 21 tripartite elections. MCP spokesperson...
View ArticleChakwera calls for release of MCP cadres arrested over poll protests
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has called for an immediate release of its party cadres, including a member of parliament arrested while protesting in the streets alleging...
View ArticleChakwera rejects Mutharika accusations of wanting to ‘overthrow government by...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera on Saturday denied accusations by President Peter Mutharika of wanting to “overthrow the government by force”. Mutharika in a national television...
View ArticleChakwera warns political hooligans masquerading as MCP supporters
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has warned hooligans masquerading as party supporters that they face arrest if they participate in peaceful protest marches by his party to cause...
View ArticleChakwera says Malawi courts ‘fair and independent’ unlike the Tippex...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) President Lazarus Chakwera has expressed hope in that the judiciary can demonstrate its independence in the court case, in which he us praying for the nullification of the...
View ArticleChakwera fasts over election court case
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has started fasting for what he calls “victory over wickedness” and for good leaders and truth to reign in Malawi. In a social media statement,...
View ArticleChilima exposes Ansah’s dislike for Chakwera because of Muslim runningmate:...
UTM Party president Saulos Chilima has made stinging and blistering attacks Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson, Jane Ansah, alleging she told staff at the pollster that they should help...
View ArticleMpinganjira accuses Chakwera of behaving like a ‘warlord’
Malawi’s veteran politician Brown Mpinganjira has labelled Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera as a “warlord” who is fuelling post-election political violence, saying as a former...
View ArticleMCP’s Chakwera takes leader of opposition role in Parliament: Sworn-in as MP
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera, who is disputing results of the May 21 presidential race, has sworn in as a member of Parliament on Monday for his Lilongwe Northwest...
View Article‘March for justice’: MCP, UTM tell supporters to avoid provocation
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera is joining his supporters in march to the High Court tin Lilongwe when the Constitutional Court meets for rescheduling of the presidential poll...
View ArticleMutharika says Malawi opposition recruit Al Shabab to ‘overthrow government...
Malawi President Peter Mutharika on Friday said in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) – the first in his second term of office – that he has evidence that the opposition which has rejected the...
View ArticleJudges say electoral matters implicate human rights: Malawi court hailed on...
A local governance expert and opposition leaders have hailed Malawi’s constitutional court for quashing an application by President Peter Mutharika and the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to throw...
View ArticleChakwera gives Mutharika 24 hours to prove Al Shabaab allegations: ‘It is...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera has angrily reacted to President Peter Mutharika allegations in the State of the Nation Address (Sona) that two political leaders tried to recruit...
View ArticleChakwera refuses to tackle Mutharika’s Sona speech: Justifies MCP exodus in...
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) president Lazarus Chakwera – who sworn in to start his second term as a member of Parliament (MP) and possibly Leader of Opposition, depending on outcome of the election...
View ArticleCourt orders MEC to prove how it resolved ‘Madando 147’: Request on bank...
A five-judge panel of the High Court sitting as a Constitutional Court in Lilongwe have granted from two of the presidential candidates in the May 21 Tripartite Elections who are challenging results of...
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