The historic rerun of Malawi’s Presidential election has been won by the opposition, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has led to the defeat of an incumbent leader. Lazarus Chakwera’s victory was a result of months of determined street protests and a unanimous constitutional court decision that the May 2019 vote had widespread irregularities and could not stand. Chakwera won with 2.6 million votes out of 4.4 million cast. President Peter Mutharika, who had sought a second five-year term, called this new election flawed but has urged the country to “move on peacefully”. The Malawi Human Right Commission, one of the observers, has said the election was peaceful and transparent.
To help us unpack all these we are joined by
• George Mhango is Channel Africa’s correspondent in Malawi
• Undule Mwakasungula is n governance and human rights activist/ consultant
• Izak Khomo is Channel Africa’s resident expert on Africa
