Malawi’s President Chakwera concedes election to his predecessor Mutharika

The Electoral Commission is owed to denote authoritative results aboriginal connected Wednesday. .

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has conceded decision successful this month’s presidential election, up of the Electoral Commission’s announcement of the authoritative results successful the helium mostly mediocre confederate African nation, battered by soaring costs and terrible substance shortages,

“It is lone close that I concede decision retired of respect for your volition arsenic citizens and retired of respect for the constitution,” Chakwera, 70, said successful an address.

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While the Electoral Commission was owed to merchandise the results of the ballot astatine a briefing astatine 12 GMT connected Wednesday , authoritative results released truthful acold amusement ex-president Peter Mutharika has gained a beardown pb implicit Chakwera.

Last week, citizens took to the polls to ballot connected the country’s adjacent leader, successful a ballot that analysts predicted would beryllium 1 of the astir tightly contested votes successful the state successful caller past betwixt Mutharika and Chakwera, the candidates of the 2 biggest parties successful Malawi’s parliament.

Since Chakwera was elected successful 2020, the state has experienced economical stagnation, with ostentation levels supra 20 per cent for much than 3 years.