No constituency boundary re-demarcation for 2014 in Malawi

Malawi’s Electoral Commission (EC) has said it will not re-demarcate constituency boundaries for the purpose of the 2014 Parliamentary Elections.

In a press statement dated November 27 2012, chief elections officer Willie Kalonga says the commission is conscious of the constitutional obligation for re-demarcation of constituencies as set in the Constitution.

Reads the statement: “The commission is aware of the constitutional requirement for re-demarcation of constituencies as stipulated in Section 76 (2)9b) of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi.”

He said EC has observed that time and logistic demand for the exercise would limit factors for a timely comprehensive review of the constituency boundaries.

However, the commission has said it will, where necessary, open new registration centres in the constituencies prior to a general voter registration programme to be carried out mid 2013.

The commission, therefore, informs the public that the demarcation exercise has been prioritised in the yet-to-be launched 2012-2017 Strategic Plan.