LILONGWE-(MaraviPost)-The newly launched Civil Society Elections Integrity Forum (CSEIF) expects credible 2025 elections outcomes in direction of promotion of excellent governance.
CSEIF interim chief Benedicto Kondowe says its a want of the grouping that this 12 months’s elections outcomes ought to fulfill voters.
Kondowe was talking on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 I the capital Lilongwe in the course of the launch of CSEIF forward of September 16, General polls.
“It’s an expectation of this noble grouping that this 12 months’s elections outcomes and onwards fulfill voters. Malawi deserves credible elections outcomes with leaders who’ve agenda for individuals’s welfare.
“This is the reason we have established this platform to advance accountability beyond elections results in all political positions including councillors, legislators and president,” says Kondowe.
In her remarks, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Annabel Mtalimanja referred to as on civil society organisations (CSOs) within the nation to work with MEC in consolidating public belief within the fee.
Mtalimanja has expressed concern that there have been incidents which have affected electoral processes due to the best way electoral stakeholders dealt with some points.
She pointed that calls by some stakeholders to boycott voter registration has had a unfavourable impact, emphasising that the problem needs to be a trigger for concern to the discussion board.
“One of the foremost challenges in delivering a reputable elections is guaranteeing that there’s belief within the elections administration physique by all electoral stakeholders.
“In an electoral environment where the elections management body cannot be trusted, it is actually impossible to conduct an election that can be considered credible and where the results can be accepted by the electorate,” stated Mtalimanja.
The MEC chair due to this fact referred to as on the discussion board to assist in preventing misinformation and disinformation on elections, saying the construct as much as the elections has not been spared of such points.
She nonetheless singled out false details about use of the election administration units, for example.
Civil Society Elections Integrity Forum (CSEIF) is compromised of Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRCC), National Advocacy Platform and different civil society organisations.
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