Anxious wait on Malawi court election ruling

There has actually been a high level of anxiety in Malawi as individuals wait on a panel of five top judges to make a judgment on last Might’s presidential election.

Numerous schools have been closed and some public transportation has been suspended ahead of Monday’s decision on whether the outcome should be annulled.

President Peter Mutharika won a second term with 38.6%of the vote.

However opposition prospect Lazarus Chakwera litigated to argue that he ought to have been stated the winner.

According to the official outcomes he won 35.4%of the vote as the flag bearer for the Malawi Congress Party.

A previous ally of the president, Saulos Chilima, who came third with 20.2%, is likewise challenging the election result. He was the candidate for the United Improvement Movement.

What were the accusations?

The losing prospects declared that the electoral process, specifically the way the results were managed, had plenty of irregularities.

In court, their attorneys stated that correction fluid – understood in your area by the brand Tipp-Ex – had been utilized on some of the tallying types sent out in by polling stations.

The modifications were made after they had actually been signed by party agents, they stated.

The attorneys also said that sometimes polling officials sent out in the wrong copy of the results sheet to the primary tallying centre.

They also discovered some mathematical errors in a little number of cases.

Though in each case there were not a big variety of errors, the law