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Malawi Electoral Commission Chairperson Resigns

Lameck Masina

   BLANTYRE, MALAWI - The chairperson of the Malawi Electoral Commission
   (MEC), Jane Ansah, has resigned just a month before the country
   conducts fresh elections. Her decision comes after months of protests
   organized by rights campaigners who accused her of mismanaging last
   year's elections.

   Announcing her resignation on state television Thursday night, Ansah
   said her decision is not because of the pressure from protesters but in
   respect of the rule of law. Political analysts say her decision was
   long overdue.
   Ansah's resignation comes a few weeks after Malawi's Supreme Court of
   Appeal upheld a Constitutional Court ruling that nullified last year's
   elections in which President Peter Mutharika won a second term.

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