Two MPs to attend Malawi elections
Friday, April 25, 2014
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A statement from the National Assembly issued yesterday says another election observer mission to South Africa, that was scheduled to depart tomorrow has been cancelled due to inability by the Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADCPF) to raise sufficient funds. South African elections will be held on May 7th.
“Whereas National Parliaments pay for the participation of their MPs and Staff Members in the SADC PF Election Observer Missions all the other Secretarial costs relating to MPs and Forum Staff travel, hiring of vehicles, hiring of Conference Venue, and hiring of interpreters and translators are met by the Secretariat through its resource mobilization efforts,” says the statement.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...