New electoral commission appointed

Peter Mutharika has constituted a new Malawi Electoral Commission with High Court judge Dr Chifundo Kachale appointed as chairperson. Mutharika has retained Jean Mathanga, Arthur Nanthuru and Angelina Kunje who were in the previous commission that was declared incompetent in court following the disputed 2019 elections. The country is required to hold fresh polls after the Constitutional Court overturned the results of last year's controversial election, which handed Mutharika a second term. The Nyasa Times reports that the other commission members are Steven Duwa, director of the Council of NGOs, and opposition Malawi Congress Party lawmakers Anthony Mukumbwa and Olivia Mchaju-Liwewe. The appointments are with immediate effect. As previously reported in Legalbrief Today, commission chief Jane Ansah last month stepped down ahead of the 25 June court-ordered presidential election rerun. Ansah became the target of nationwide protests calling for her to go over her handling of the disputed election.

Full Nyasa Times report