A Supreme Court has ordered Electoral Commission boss, Madam Jane
Ansah to step aside after conducting what it says is a sham election which had
the potential that lead to full blown Civil War.
This comes after the Electoral
Commission boss conducted an election in 2019 in which Malawi’s incumbent
President Peter Mutharika was retained.
The two losers, Chakwera and
Chilumba petitioned a Malawian High court over the results and won. The court
found the results highly fraudulent and ordered a new election be held in 150
days. President Mutharika appealed to the Supreme Court and lost. The Supreme
Court upheld the lower courts decision.
The Supreme Court ordered a
re-run and also ordered that Mrs Jane Ansah steps aside and be barred from
conducting any elections anywhere in the world as she is incompetent.
In the rerun ordered by the
court, opposition leader Chiluba won by a landslide
Before her sacking by court
order, the Malawi EC boss, madam Jane Ansah said the election she conducted was
“excellent” and dared the defeated candidates to anywhere they want to challenge
it.
The Panel of five top judges who
found the election a sham have been awarded by Chatham House for their courage
and valour in ruling against the incumbent in Malawi when they declared the
election a sham.
For many Ghanaians who have Jean Mensa as EC boss, it will
come as a surprise that the EC boss of Malawi whose election was disputed and
overturned is called Jane Ansah.
Jane Ansah, born 11 October 1955 was appointed to head the EC
of Malawi after she served the country as a Supreme Court Judge. She is also
the country’s first female Attorney General. She is married to a Ghanaian from
where she got her Ansah name.
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