{"id":14602,"date":"2014-05-24T12:11:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T12:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/malawi-president-cancels-general-election\/"},"modified":"2014-05-24T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T12:10:03","slug":"malawi-president-cancels-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/malawi-president-cancels-general-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi President Cancels General Election"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Malawi’s President Joyce Banda says she is annulling this week’s general election – in which she was a candidate – because of voting “irregularities”.}}<\/p>\n

Ms Banda had earlier said Tuesday’s vote had been marred by rigging, multiple voting and computer-hacking.<\/p>\n

She said a new vote should be held within 90 days but she would not stand again in any new poll.<\/p>\n

However, the head of the electoral commission said the president did not have the power to annul the vote.<\/p>\n

Media reported people voted two days on from election day because of delays in distributing polling material.<\/p>\n

Frustrated voters set one polling station alight and smashed election material at another.<\/p>\n

In some places, voting boxes or lids did not arrive so officials used buckets and plastic wrap.<\/p>\n

The president of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), Maxon Mbendera. said despite problems involving the electronic count, the poll remained valid and vote-counting would go on.<\/p>\n

Late on Friday, the MEC said Joyce Banda’s rival candidate Peter Mutharika had taken a lead of 42%, with 30% of votes counted. Ms Banda was in second place with 23%, the commission said.<\/p>\n

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