A leading light in the MCP campaign is the firebrand civil society leader-turned-politician Timothy Mtambo who was highly effective in the mass protests against electoral commission chair Judge Jane Ansah in the run-up to the decision by Malawian judges to cancel the 2019 presidential election which was re-run on 23 June (AC Vol 61 No 3 Shock ruling resets poll)...
Compounding an already complex situation the controversial Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Jane Ansah resigned on 21 May just a month before the proposed polling date of 23 June she had just announced...
As a result the existing commission whose chair Jane Ansah was one of the main targets of the demonstrations remains in place...
NegligenceThe court ruled out rigging intimidation and influence of voters by polling staff saying the anomalies themselves supported by an audit report reflected gross negligence by the commission which is chaired by former Supreme Court Judge Jane Ansah...
They demand the resignation of the Malawi Electoral Commission chair Justice Jane Ansah and accuse her of mishandling the elections...
Other prominent Lhomwes include Principal Secretaries of major government departments (Joseph Mwanamvekha is the latest on the scene: Chairman of Mulhako wa Alhomwe and since October Chief Secretary to the Treasury) the Chief Justice (Lovemore Munlo) and the Attorney General (Jane Ansah)...