Maseru, Oct.06—The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has extended its congratulatory message to Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika on his election as the 7th President of the Republic of Malawi, and assuming the role of Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation.The presidential election held in September resulted in a victory for former president Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who received 57% of the vote. The incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) finished second with 33% of the vote.
The election was the second conducted under the two-round constitutional threshold introduced after the annulment of the 2019 Malawian general election and the subsequent fresh presidential election the following year that brought Lazarus Chakwera to power. In July 2024, the United Transformation Movement (UTM) withdrew from the governing Tonse Alliance leaving the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) to contest the elections on its own.
Meanwhile during his swearing in on Saturday, President Mutharika said his administration was inheriting a country in economic crisis…
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