“We have listened to the petitions by the two parties and we dismiss both the appeals in their entirety.”
Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika waves to supporters during the swearing-in ceremony in Blantyre in May last year after the contentious poll. AMOS Gumulira/AFP via Getty Images
Mutharika had garnered just 38.5 percent of the annulled May 21 vote to win a second term but the Constitutional Court nullified the results, citing “grave” and “widespread” irregularities, including the use of correction fluid on ballot papers. Mutharika’s re-election had spawned widespread protests for months and the military had to intervene as confrontations between police and protesters turned violent.
“The conduct of the electoral commission left a lot to be desired,” Kapanda said. “There was a lack of seriousness and incompetence.”
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