Africa: Malawi presidency to challenge court ruling overturning vote result By Reuters
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The Constitutional Court stunned Malawians on Monday when it annulled the May 2019 vote that returned Mutharika to power as president. The court cited “widespread, systematic and grave” irregularities, which included results sheets with sections blotted out or altered with correction fluid.Mutharika, Malawi president since 2014, won a close election with a 38.57% share of the vote. Opposition party leader Lazarus Chakwera got 35.
“For too long our continent has been plagued by the scourge of unfair elections,” he said in a statement.
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