the rerun of last year's presidential election early results of put him ahead of the incumbent peter metallica votes still being counted as more. human rights activists in malawi are not shit and fighting for electoral justice as votes carty continues are to cheat a presidential run they say now is the time to be extra vigilant but what is more important is to make sure that. what has been done and all the reporting sent us is being restricted at the national doris and want. to guard that process as our. in terms of what they want and. what they voted for the activists mobilized thousands of opposition supporters upset president peter metallica one last year's disputed election their anger led to the court's nullifying the result saying there was evidence of vote tampering allowance voted again in every. month of anti-government protest leading up to the rerun bitterly divided the country some people blame the human rights in this coalition known as h r d c for the sometimes violent demonstrations but it was obvious that something had gone wrong so out say. about one of them were changed but t

in malawi in a rerun of last year's presidential election the supreme court nala 5 president peter metallica's victory because of evidence of vote tampering this makes malawi the 2nd african country to avoid a presidential election result because of irregularities kenya did this in 2017. a d w's explains what's at stake. president which erica is seeking a 2nd 5 year term interest but political pundits say it's too close to call he faces the main well positioned challenger lossless jacquier who leads a grand alliance aren't little known whiny this is the fist time in the lobby where we now are pointing to rove must have at least 50 percent plus one orbital to register the votes the election in iran comes after the crucial court decided in february 2 are now the $2940.00 massive irregularities that decision or that the supreme court of appeal copperhill last month of the administration has been dogged by allegations of corruption disrespecting the rule of rule and poor governance. is according to recent savvy tipped when the president said. that's it for now be back of the top of the out with a

that with me trying to work with his political rivals supporters the former president peter metallica has criticized the presidential run saying malawi's if they took a mission going to see any c. made a mistake these are perhaps the worst elections of howard and with history of malawi and we believe in me seeing means to make sure that it will hold the principles of quality elections in milan otherwise researching a very very bad precedent for future elections in my. career is promising to tackle corruption poverty and create much needed jobs in one of the poorest countries in the world most of the lobbies budget comes from foreign and the greatest challenge now is how do we set things right how do we remove malawi. and this is a task that is huge great promises were made by the politicians and now it is up to them to achieve those promises or else pay the price at the next elections. i is the 1st time in africa a court ordered election has led to victory for an opposition candidate over the decades the continent has sometimes had a turbulent history with democracy some leaders a sta

what they voted for the activists mobilized thousands of opposition supporters upset president peter metallica one last year's disputed election their anger led to the court's nullifying the result saying there was evidence of a temporary allowance voted again in every. month of anti-government protests leading up to the rerun bitterly divided the country some people blame the human rights defenders coalition known as h r d c for the sometimes violent demonstrations but it was obvious that something had gone wrong so out. about what they were cheap but they should also learn a lesson was about what how they could have done things a little bit better malawi is the 2nd country in africa to have a presidential election result overturned it 1st happened in kenya 3 years ago the little commission is under pressure to avoid another round of protests its officials say this time though telling is being done manually to avoid allegations of tampering with computer service. this point is not speed. credibility we want to put in place. not when we. would finish everybody across the country confidence and

didn't peter metallica say they'd been voting irregularities including violence and intimidation against his party election monitors. at the moment of. the they were. the my true election. abducted and intimidated so if you're not by this great. russia in february my lousy dishy overturn metallica's victory saying there was evidence of a tempering that's why malawians voted again in a rerun of the polls last tuesday and let's say the result is unprecedented on the african continent it's not just rear it's it's unique in the african context we never had a election an old and then the result 'd to be different than what the 1st round which was an old that result was so this is really the court stepping in to say that the elections were not run properly and then the electoral commission returning a different result in the rerun. check where the president elect is promising to fight corruption and create jobs are to be sworn into office by louay a country of roughly 80000000 people will be watching him closely to see what kind of leader he's going to be how demitasse algis. now the justice m

the vote and that's where the that's where some of the problems could arise because president peter metallica so far hasn't signed a bill that says if no one gets more than 50 percent of the vote then there has to be a runoff within 30 days between the 2 leading candidates so the concern is if after this rerun no one gets more than 50 percent of the vote what's going to happen next if that bill hasn't been signed into law that means possibly parliament will have to sit again and have a meeting or the makah go to court the electoral commission is saying that this time they will not be rushed they want this election to be as credible as possible they say it could take them as long as a today to make sure things on order because they're under a lot of pressure to make sure this election is free and they know it's a national election observers because the coronavirus pandemics are right now a lot of churches micheline n.g.o.s on the ground trying to monitor these polls a lot of people seem to relieve the churches on the ground the church is respected is trusted and people hope that as many as pos

a few hours before she was declared the winner president peter metallica say they'd been voting irregularities including violence and intimidation against his party election monitors suddenly. there were. literally. but. surely you cannot buy this great. russia in february allows you dishy overturn his victory saying there was evidence of a tempering that's why malawians voted again in a rerun of the polls last tuesday analysts say the result is and president. it on the african continent it's not just rear it's it's unique in the african gandhi we never had a election and nolde and then the result to be different and then what the 1st round which was an old that result was so this is really the court stepping in to say that the elections were not run properly and then the electoral commission returning a different result in the rerun. we had the president elect is promising to fight corruption and create jobs after he's sworn into office by louay a country of roughly 80000000 people will be watching him closely to see what kind of leader he's going to be had in the tasa. the justice minister o