Malawi Constitutional Court on Monday annulled the May 2019 presidential vote that declared Peter Mutharika a winner. The electoral commission declared Mutharika winner despite complaints of irregularities including results sheets with sections blotted out or altered with correction fluid. Police also fired tear gas at protesters while the government accused the opposition of attempting to overthrow Mutharika by force. In a unanimous decision on Monday, a panel of five judges ordered that a new presidential vote be held within 150 days. “It is almost impossible to have an election free of irregularities,” said Justice Healey Potani, who headed the panel.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2020 13:41 UTC