[civsoc-mw] Governance prize from Chatham House

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Heartwarming Governance Story of the Day: Malawi Judges Win Chatham House
Prize

 


The British foreign-affairs think tank Chatham House gives out an annual
award for contributions to the improvement of international relations, and
this year's prize has gone to the five judges of the Malawi Supreme Court,
which held the country's 2019 presidential election to be invalid and
ordered a rerun, after finding widespread irregularities, despite pressure.
(Of the vote,
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2019 Malawi presidential election was dubbed the 'Tipp-Ex election' on
social media, referring to a brand of correction fluid, after ballot tally
papers emerged with areas painted with the white liquid and written over,
supposedly altering results.")

 
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> Chatham House commends them, writing: "Malawi's constitutional court
judges set an example for their peers across the world by upholding the
centrality of the rule of law and separation of powers. ... Despite
high-level bribery attempts and threats, Justice Healey Potani, Justice Ivy
Kamanga, Justice Redson Kapindu, Justice Dingiswayo Madise and Justice
Michael Tembo-who arrived in court under armed escort and wearing
bullet-proof vests-delivered their 500-page ruling which upheld the
constitution and defended citizens' democratic rights in the most difficult
circumstances. . The Malawi ruling is unprecedented in a country where past
elections have been marred by irregularities, electoral fraud and violence.
The judges successfully asserted their independence in the face of
significant pressures and the power of incumbency."

 


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