Court orders Chakwera’s key witness to amend his supplementary statement
October 12, 2019
Chancy Namadzunda -Nyasa Times 14 Comments
Five Judges hearing the presidential election petition case in the Constitutional Court in Lilongwe have ordered third witnesses for Malawi Congress Party (MCP) presidential hopeful Lazarus Chakwera, Peter Lackson Chimangeni to amend his supplementary statement following the irregularities in some of the pages.
Chakwera, who is second petitioner in the case, at the court
As Attorney General (AG) Kalekeni Kaphale continued cross examining Chimangeni, it was discovered that the statement had problems as some pages were not corresponding to each other.
The Court’s direction followed an oral application by MCP lawyers to have Chimangeni sign for the changes which was opposed by Kaphale.
Judge president Heally Potani directed tChimangeni should make the changes before 4pm on Friday before adjourning the case to Monday.
In an interview with Nyasa Times, private practicing lawyer representing Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Tamando Chokotho said the case was going on smoothly until they observed the anormalies in the documents.
“We started well until we discovered that the documents of the second petitioner (MCP) were not in order which caused the delays,” he said.
Chakwera, who is second petitioner in the case, is alongside UTM Party president Saulos Chi lima (first petitioner), challenging the re-election of President Peter Mutharika, alleging that the presidential results in May were marred by irregularities and fraud.
This is embarrassing but points to one thing. MCP does not have a strong case. Actually we knew this before the case started. My advice to Yona is just drop the case, it will help to save his face and immediately go back to the pulpit. Remember what happened to Jonah when he refused to go to joppa ?
Basi ma verse amene mumadziwako ndi amenewa? Kikkkkkkkkkk! What the Court has asked the witness to do is normal! Those are just mixing of pages which can happen. I work in the same industry and I know what happens when handling big case like this. Idiot!
A Mia azangusiyidwa padzuwa game ikakhala ya rerun. Zikumveka kuti chilima akunyindirira kuti adzakhale runningmate. Ndiye a Mia ngati mumafuna udindo kuti mudzabweze ndarama zakapira yagona onane zochita
Agenda Setting Theory
5 years ago
They are worried wiyh annomalies in the court documents but not in the electoral documents which were altered by Tippex?
Ota benga
5 years ago
Chakwera legal counsel in disarray kachikena. I wonder whether mcp lawyers were made SC because of age alone. My advice to mcp is, if you cannot hire kaphale then just drop the case.
Nyima
5 years ago
Nyasi zokhazokha mu ma sworn statement ,when will you learn to organize your materials .errrrrsh
Rockhard
5 years ago
it shows MCP was well prepared comparing to UTM. keep good work MCP
Machendekhwepe
5 years ago
A bunch of disorganised legal team is delaying the case
Kkkkkkkkkk wasting time for nothing anzanu ukulamula.
Chakwela choti udziwe nachi , akhothi ndi anthu ozama pa maphunziro zomwe akufunatu apa sikuti rerun as your quest ichitike ayi but what they want is to cool you down your dreaming Pr
Eyetu
U WILL AGREE TO MY POINT NO MATTER HOW LONG THIS CASE ITS GOING TO RUN
Mulandu udatha kale kale pano tikungovetsera iwe chakwera ukuwona ngati a Court angamuponye mmadzi Jane Asah pomwe ndi stuff ya hi Court ku Lilongwe.chisoni chakwera
A plethora of legal irregularities in a case where you are complaining about irregularities 🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha I like this
This is embarrassing but points to one thing. MCP does not have a strong case. Actually we knew this before the case started. My advice to Yona is just drop the case, it will help to save his face and immediately go back to the pulpit. Remember what happened to Jonah when he refused to go to joppa ?
Basi ma verse amene mumadziwako ndi amenewa? Kikkkkkkkkkk! What the Court has asked the witness to do is normal! Those are just mixing of pages which can happen. I work in the same industry and I know what happens when handling big case like this. Idiot!
Sidik Mia….ulipo eti? Wati ziii mphwanga. Matafa akuwira?
A Mia azangusiyidwa padzuwa game ikakhala ya rerun. Zikumveka kuti chilima akunyindirira kuti adzakhale runningmate. Ndiye a Mia ngati mumafuna udindo kuti mudzabweze ndarama zakapira yagona onane zochita
They are worried wiyh annomalies in the court documents but not in the electoral documents which were altered by Tippex?
Chakwera legal counsel in disarray kachikena. I wonder whether mcp lawyers were made SC because of age alone. My advice to mcp is, if you cannot hire kaphale then just drop the case.
Nyasi zokhazokha mu ma sworn statement ,when will you learn to organize your materials .errrrrsh
it shows MCP was well prepared comparing to UTM. keep good work MCP
A bunch of disorganised legal team is delaying the case
Kkkkkkkkkk wasting time for nothing anzanu ukulamula.
Chakwela choti udziwe nachi , akhothi ndi anthu ozama pa maphunziro zomwe akufunatu apa sikuti rerun as your quest ichitike ayi but what they want is to cool you down your dreaming Pr
Eyetu
U WILL AGREE TO MY POINT NO MATTER HOW LONG THIS CASE ITS GOING TO RUN
Bwana Chakwera pepani kuti ndigwiritsa ntchito mau oti simukondwa nawo Agalatiya opusa chomvetsa chisoni painu nchakuti Mulungu anakupatsani ntchito yabwino yotumikira anthu kuti akapulumuke lero mukusongozera kukhetsa mwazi taganizani bwino nthawi idakalipo musachite manyazi ndi omwe akukutsatirani koma muope kumwamba
Mulandu udatha kale kale pano tikungovetsera iwe chakwera ukuwona ngati a Court angamuponye mmadzi Jane Asah pomwe ndi stuff ya hi Court ku Lilongwe.chisoni chakwera