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Malawi Police Closes Roads During Election Case Verdict

Lameck Masina

   BLANTYRE, MALAWI - Police in Malawi have announced the closure Monday
   of roads leading to the High Court in the capital, Lilongwe, where
   judges of the country's Constitutional Court are expected to deliver
   the verdict in a case challenging a vote last year that reelected
   incumbent President Peter Mutharika.

   Saulos Chilima, leader of the opposition United Transformation Movement
   party, and Lazarus Chakwera, leader of Malawi Congress Party, are
   seeking nullification of the May presidential vote. They say the
   elections were fraught with irregularities that saw Malawi Electoral
   Commission rig the vote in Mutharika's favor. Some residents feel the
   closing the roads infringes on their rights.

   Police say the roads will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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