{"id":31224,"date":"2022-09-12T18:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T18:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears"},"modified":"2022-09-12T19:22:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T19:22:42","slug":"opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears","title":{"rendered":"Opposition DPP wants Andrew Mpesi out of MEC over rigging fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to remove the name of Andrew Mpesi on the position of Chief elections officer.<\/p>\n

In a press statement dated September 2, 2022, signed by the party\u2019s director of legal affairs Charles Mhango, DPP feels Mpesi is compromised and has potential of helping rigging the next elections in favor of MCP and its leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis Excellency Dr. Lazarus Chakwera has a towering influence over Mr. Andrew Mpesi, thereby cannot,\u2026 and will never be seen to perform his duties independently of His Excellency Dr Chakwera and the MCP,\u201d reads part of the statement. MEC publicist Sangwani Mwafulirwa has promised to react on the statement soon. Mpesi replaces Sam Alufanindika who resigned last year.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to remove the name of Andrew Mpesi on the position of Chief elections officer. In a press statement dated September 2, 2022, signed by the party\u2019s director of legal affairs Charles Mhango, DPP feels Mpesi is compromised and has potential […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":31223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,8,12],"tags":[233,371,234],"class_list":["post-31224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-malawi","tag-malawi"],"yoast_head":"\nOpposition DPP wants Andrew Mpesi out of MEC over rigging fears - Malawi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to remove the name of Andr ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opposition DPP wants Andrew Mpesi out of MEC over rigging fears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has asked Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to remove the name of Andr ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Malawi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-12T18:48:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-12T19:22:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f86d25470c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Opposition DPP wants Andrew Mpesi out of MEC over rigging fears\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-12T18:48:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-12T19:22:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears\"},\"wordCount\":145,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/malawi\/sites\/36\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_3-631f86d25470c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Malawi\",\"Malawi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/opposition-dpp-wants-andrew-mpesi-out-of-mec-over-rigging-fears\",\"name\":\"Opposition DPP wants Andrew Mpesi out of MEC over rigging fears - 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