The Constitutional Court in Lilongwe will today Monday, 3rd February 2020 deliver the much awaited ruling on the high profile presidential elections case in which opposition UTM and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Petitioned the court to annul May Presidential Polls.
Independent body, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declared Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika as a winner with 1,940,709 votes representing 38.57 percent seconded by MCP Candidate Lazarus Chakwera who scored 1,781, 740 votes representing 35.41 percent.
According to earlier communiqué from the Judiciary, a panel of five judges who were hearing the case namely Justice Healey Potani, Ivy Kamanga, Dingiswayo Madise, Redson Kapindu and Mike Tembo will start delivering the verdict at 9 O’clock in the morning.
Meanwhile, Malawi Police Service (MPs) and Malawi Defence Force (MDF) are conducing joint patrols in Lilongwe and other major cities in the country as a major of beefing up security in the ahead of the ruling.
“There will be a security operation today on Monday in and around the Lilongwe High Court in order to felicitate smooth deliver of the Judgement,” said National Police Spokesperson James Kadadzera.
The National Police Spokesperson Kadadzera further urged members of the general public to follow the court proceedings in their respective homes and offices as they will not be allowed near the court premises.
