Police have arrested scores of political activists involved in politically-motivated violence, and vowed to crack down on perpetrators.
Police are probing MCP leader and presidential candidate Lazarus Chakwera if his statement that he is “prepared to spill blood “ is directly interlinked with politically-motivated violence” which has occurred in several political hot beds of the country, especially Lilongwe, Blantyre and the Lower Shire.
MEC Chairperson Justice Jane Ansah on Sunday called upon Malawians to be patient and calm as the electoral body was waiting for the court verdict of the MCP injunction which stops them from announcing the presidential results.
Some 1,756,435 out of 6,827,383 registered Malawians shunned vote casting in the May 21 poll, but MEC Chairperson Justice Jane Ansah on Saturday did not give reasons why there was this voter apathy.