Malawi opposition supporters celebrated overnight after a landmark court ruling which declared that incumbent President Peter Mutharika was
The country’s constitutional court on Monday ordered a fresh vote within 150 days after it annulled the May election result over widespread irregularities, including the use of correction fluid on results sheets.
But there were scenes of jubilation overnight as opposition supporters chanted anti-Mutharika songs in the streets, sporadically setting off fireworks in the two largest cities Blantyre and Lilongwe.“It is a good time to be alive in Malawi. We have demonstrated that democracy does and can work in Africa. And this victory is not for us, it is for generations to come,” said Lameck Hango, who celebrated with his friends in the capital Lilongwe.
Mutharika, 79, however, will remain president until the new election because he was in power before the now-invalidated 2019 result. Runner-up Lazarus Chakwera, who lost by 159,000 votes, said he was robbed of victory and took the matter to court.
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