{{Opposition candidate Peter Mutharika has been declared the winner of Malawi’s disputed presidential election.}}<\/p>\n
The leader of the Democratic Progressive Party obtained 36.4% of the vote, the electoral commission announced.<\/p>\n
A protester died earlier after police dispersed an angry crowd demanding a recount of last week’s ballot.<\/p>\n
Outgoing president Joyce Banda has alleged the vote was rigged.<\/p>\n
{{‘Law is clear’}}<\/p>\n
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) had asked for a 30-day extension to declare the results so that a recount could be carried out.<\/p>\n
However, the High Court refused to delay the release of results and ordered the commission to make its announcement on Friday.<\/p>\n
“The law is clear, there is no extension,” judge Kenyatta Nyirenda said.<\/p>\n
Mr Mutharika is the brother of the late President Bingu wa Mutharika, and had served as his foreign minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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