By Wadza Botomani
A parliamentary candidate in the September 16 election for the Chipalanga constituency in Lilongwe, Esther Sagawa, has withdrawn initial complaints she filed with the Electoral Commission (MEC) concerning the conduct of the poll in the area she is contesting.
Sagawa stated that her complaints were about discrepancies in the recorded election results on tally sheets and the fact that some individuals who were not authorized to assist voters were performing that duty.
However, at the end of the day, she went to submit another complaint to the MEC. This new complaint concerns the discovery of additional vote tally sheets at a different school within the constituency.
According to Sagawa, these tally sheets should have been submitted to the main results consolidation centre in the past few days and should not have been found at another location, as has now happened.
