Malawi to hold fresh presidential poll in May

Malawi's President Peter Mutharika. Parliament has agreed that the country's fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19, 2002. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

Malawi's Parliament Monday agreed that the country's fresh presidential poll should be held on May 19 this year following the constitutional court's February 3 nullification of May 2019 presidential poll.

The constitutional court had ordered in its ruling that fresh presidential election should be held in 150 days and that Parliament should meet in 21 days to make electoral reforms to accommodate the order and adoption of the 50+1 electoral rule.