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Africa-Press<\/a> – Malawi<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Karonga central losing parliamentary candidate, Frank Mwenifumbo, has written the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), giving the pollster a 24 hour deadline for the body to produce evidence that Leonard Mwalwanda, newly elected member for Karonga Central Constituency is a registered voter.<\/p>\n

Mwenefumbo who lost to Mwalwanda in the November 10 by-elections is challenging the outcome of the polls on the basis that Mwalwanda was not a registered voter as such he was not supposed to contest.<\/p>\n

Wesley Mwafulirwa, lawyer for Mwenifumbo has confirmed that his client has given MEC up to close of business today to produce Mwalwanda\u2019s voter certificate.<\/p>\n

According to Mwafulirwa if MEC fails then his client will proceed to seek legal redress.<\/p>\n

MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa has confirmed receiving Mwenefumbo\u2019s request but could not give more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. Karonga central losing parliamentary candidate, Frank Mwenifumbo, has written the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), giving the pollster a 24 hour deadline for the body to produce evidence that Leonard Mwalwanda, newly elected member for Karonga Central Constituency is a registered voter. Mwenefumbo who lost to Mwalwanda in the November 10 by-elections is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[233,265,264,234,239,266],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-frank-mwenifumbo","tag-leonard-mwalwanda","tag-malawi","tag-malawi-electoral-commission","tag-utm"],"yoast_head":"\nMwenifumbo pens MEC over Mwalwanda eligibility for parliamentary race - Malawi<\/title>\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\/mwenifumbo-pens-mec-over-mwalwanda-eligibility-for-parliamentary-race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mwenifumbo pens MEC over Mwalwanda eligibility for parliamentary race\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press – Malawi. 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