The document discusses the institutional arrangements for managing elections in Malawi, focusing on the 2014 tripartite elections. It outlines the legal framework establishing the Malawi Electoral Commission, including the constitution and relevant acts. It then describes the 2014 electoral process, from voter registration to announcing results. Several challenges are noted, such as budget delays, equipment issues, and perceptions of bias. Recommendations include legal reforms, introducing a new registration system, adhering to strategic plans, and improving complaints mechanisms.
Sindh.Police by Capt. (R) Parvez Ahmed Chandio, PSPParvez Chandio
To apprise the reader about the history of policing, causes of its failure in service delivery and various attempts made to reform the police. To share an implementable operational plan for improving service delivery by addressing the loopholes through IT interventions at district SSP office level in Lasbellah, Hyderabad and Ghotki Districts in Sindh Province of Pakistan
EU 2013 Pakistan Election Observation Mission (report)fatanews
ISLAMABAD: The European Union’s Election Observer Mission, in its final report, has said the May 11 polls were much more free and fair than previous elections in the country. It cautioned, however, that not implementing certain legal provisions has left future elections vulnerable to malpractice.
Released at a news conference on Wednesday, the findings of the EU observer mission concluded that despite escalating militant attacks and procedural shortcomings, the May 11 electoral process progressed with a high level of competition, a marked increase in voter participation and overall acceptance of the outcome.
Speaking to reporters, Chief Observer Michael Gahler, however, noted that fundamental problems remain with the legal framework and the implementation of certain provisions.
“Now is the time for the new Parliament, the Election Commission and other stakeholders to demonstrate their commitment to a democratic Pakistan. Legislation can be further developed and every by-election as well as local election is an opportunity for implementing improved practices,” he added.
The 140-member EU observer mission formulated 50 recommendations to help ensure better transparency in future elections. Of these seven require constitutional changes and 17 require changes in the primary legislation, according to Gahler.
The EU observer mission suggested the formation of a special parliamentary committee on elections to review related legislation within a framework of international law commitments. Key issues to address in this regard include candidacy criteria, transparency requirements and mechanisms for effective remedy.
It also recommended that the Election Commission of Pakistan should take full responsibility for the administration of the elections. The commission must fully implement its five-year strategic plan as well, the EU mission noted in its report.
It proposed that ECP should establish a clear regulatory framework for all aspects of the election, including results management, observation and scrutiny, and complaints. The commission should also review and develop procedures to increase checks in the polling and results process, and develop practices to improve the quality of the completed results forms, the report maintained.
The EU observer mission also asked ECP to introduce strong transparency measures, including making all notifications, decisions and election related information immediately and easily available to the public.
“All polling and results information should swiftly be made available to the public on the ECP website.”
It also suggested that the legal framework for media be revised so that it fully supports editorial independence and eliminates opportunities for censorship.
Pakistan has been facing numerous key public sector challenges such as transformation of traditional public administration to new public management system leading towards public value management model in Pakistan electoral system. This is similar to what we have in other developed countries like UK, Canada and Australia.
Almost after 70 years of its independence, government yet failed to conduct a single fair election through unanimously accepted voting process by public and private organizations.
In fact, most of the times; final results of elections were challenged by losing parties based on the number of complaints of election rigging and bogus old fashioned voting system.
This situation was become more worsen during the last election held in 2013, when all parties blamed for ballot theft and voters were in streets for their protests against failure of this system.
Unlike Australia, Pakistani election is based on First-past-the-post voting method instead of Preferential Voting.
Further, separation of power is also similar to UK, Australia like separate legislatures, executive and judiciary. Under the constitutional frame of work, elections are to be held after each 5 years which in fact happened earlier before completing the tenure of government.
Some of the details are given here, important is to look into the comparison of %age voting between ruling party and the opposition parties.
On recent Pakistani election, observations of international organizations were important for the institutional improvement and revealing hindrances of public participation.
I AM TRYING FOR BETTER PAKISTAN, SO I WILL PRESENT POSITIVE SIDE OF EVERY ISSUE OF PAKISTAN AND ALSO TRY TO GIVE SOLUTION TO EVERY PAKISTANI CORE ISSUE.
TARIQ SARWAR AWAN
Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III)
August 22 – 26, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
"Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections"
General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia
and
General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
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La MINUSTAH fut créé en 2004 pour assister Haiti dans la construction de ses institutions démocratiques. En 13 ans cette mission a dépensé 8 milliards de dollars américains. A part quelques progrès enregistres au sein de la Police Nationale d'Haiti (PNH) la mission a failli a sa mission. La grande majorité des Haïtiens se demandent ou sont passes ces 8 milliards. Pire les soldats Népalais de la MINUSTAH ont introduit la batterie du choléra en Haiti qui a cause la mort de 10.000 Haïtiens et contamines plus de 900.000. Il faudra 2.2 milliards pour nettoyer le pays de cette bactérie mortelle de la MINUSTAH. Le Secrétaire General des Nations Unies pendant six ans a refuse de reconnaitre la responsabilité de ces soldats dans cette épidémie. Quand finalement ils ont reconnu leur responsabilité ça a été avec des jeux de mots pour éviter leur responsabilité légale et rembourser les parents des victimes du choléra. Malgré toutes les promesses faites aucun parent des victimes n'a été dédommagé et les Nations Unies roulent les Haïtiens. C'est dans ce contexte que les Nations Unies veulent remplacer la MINUSTAH qui a perdue toute sa crédibilité par une mission plus légère.
Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III)
August 22 – 26, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
"Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections"
General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia
and
General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
Suddora (previously the brand that sold only sweatbands on STbands) started in 2007. Our goal is to keep finding and carrying unique sports accessories for active people.
Sindh.Police by Capt. (R) Parvez Ahmed Chandio, PSPParvez Chandio
To apprise the reader about the history of policing, causes of its failure in service delivery and various attempts made to reform the police. To share an implementable operational plan for improving service delivery by addressing the loopholes through IT interventions at district SSP office level in Lasbellah, Hyderabad and Ghotki Districts in Sindh Province of Pakistan
EU 2013 Pakistan Election Observation Mission (report)fatanews
ISLAMABAD: The European Union’s Election Observer Mission, in its final report, has said the May 11 polls were much more free and fair than previous elections in the country. It cautioned, however, that not implementing certain legal provisions has left future elections vulnerable to malpractice.
Released at a news conference on Wednesday, the findings of the EU observer mission concluded that despite escalating militant attacks and procedural shortcomings, the May 11 electoral process progressed with a high level of competition, a marked increase in voter participation and overall acceptance of the outcome.
Speaking to reporters, Chief Observer Michael Gahler, however, noted that fundamental problems remain with the legal framework and the implementation of certain provisions.
“Now is the time for the new Parliament, the Election Commission and other stakeholders to demonstrate their commitment to a democratic Pakistan. Legislation can be further developed and every by-election as well as local election is an opportunity for implementing improved practices,” he added.
The 140-member EU observer mission formulated 50 recommendations to help ensure better transparency in future elections. Of these seven require constitutional changes and 17 require changes in the primary legislation, according to Gahler.
The EU observer mission suggested the formation of a special parliamentary committee on elections to review related legislation within a framework of international law commitments. Key issues to address in this regard include candidacy criteria, transparency requirements and mechanisms for effective remedy.
It also recommended that the Election Commission of Pakistan should take full responsibility for the administration of the elections. The commission must fully implement its five-year strategic plan as well, the EU mission noted in its report.
It proposed that ECP should establish a clear regulatory framework for all aspects of the election, including results management, observation and scrutiny, and complaints. The commission should also review and develop procedures to increase checks in the polling and results process, and develop practices to improve the quality of the completed results forms, the report maintained.
The EU observer mission also asked ECP to introduce strong transparency measures, including making all notifications, decisions and election related information immediately and easily available to the public.
“All polling and results information should swiftly be made available to the public on the ECP website.”
It also suggested that the legal framework for media be revised so that it fully supports editorial independence and eliminates opportunities for censorship.
Pakistan has been facing numerous key public sector challenges such as transformation of traditional public administration to new public management system leading towards public value management model in Pakistan electoral system. This is similar to what we have in other developed countries like UK, Canada and Australia.
Almost after 70 years of its independence, government yet failed to conduct a single fair election through unanimously accepted voting process by public and private organizations.
In fact, most of the times; final results of elections were challenged by losing parties based on the number of complaints of election rigging and bogus old fashioned voting system.
This situation was become more worsen during the last election held in 2013, when all parties blamed for ballot theft and voters were in streets for their protests against failure of this system.
Unlike Australia, Pakistani election is based on First-past-the-post voting method instead of Preferential Voting.
Further, separation of power is also similar to UK, Australia like separate legislatures, executive and judiciary. Under the constitutional frame of work, elections are to be held after each 5 years which in fact happened earlier before completing the tenure of government.
Some of the details are given here, important is to look into the comparison of %age voting between ruling party and the opposition parties.
On recent Pakistani election, observations of international organizations were important for the institutional improvement and revealing hindrances of public participation.
I AM TRYING FOR BETTER PAKISTAN, SO I WILL PRESENT POSITIVE SIDE OF EVERY ISSUE OF PAKISTAN AND ALSO TRY TO GIVE SOLUTION TO EVERY PAKISTANI CORE ISSUE.
TARIQ SARWAR AWAN
Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III)
August 22 – 26, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
"Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections"
General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia
and
General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
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La MINUSTAH fut créé en 2004 pour assister Haiti dans la construction de ses institutions démocratiques. En 13 ans cette mission a dépensé 8 milliards de dollars américains. A part quelques progrès enregistres au sein de la Police Nationale d'Haiti (PNH) la mission a failli a sa mission. La grande majorité des Haïtiens se demandent ou sont passes ces 8 milliards. Pire les soldats Népalais de la MINUSTAH ont introduit la batterie du choléra en Haiti qui a cause la mort de 10.000 Haïtiens et contamines plus de 900.000. Il faudra 2.2 milliards pour nettoyer le pays de cette bactérie mortelle de la MINUSTAH. Le Secrétaire General des Nations Unies pendant six ans a refuse de reconnaitre la responsabilité de ces soldats dans cette épidémie. Quand finalement ils ont reconnu leur responsabilité ça a été avec des jeux de mots pour éviter leur responsabilité légale et rembourser les parents des victimes du choléra. Malgré toutes les promesses faites aucun parent des victimes n'a été dédommagé et les Nations Unies roulent les Haïtiens. C'est dans ce contexte que les Nations Unies veulent remplacer la MINUSTAH qui a perdue toute sa crédibilité par une mission plus légère.
Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III)
August 22 – 26, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
"Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections"
General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia
and
General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
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Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III)
August 22 – 26, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
"Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections"
General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia
and
General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
Asian Election Stakeholder Forum III (AESF III)
August 22 – 26, 2016
Bali, Indonesia
"Transparency & integrity for Quality Elections"
General Election Commission Republic of Indonesia
and
General Election Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
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1. INSTITTUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT
FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF
ELECTIONS IN MALAWI
THE CASE OF 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTIONS
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2. OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION
• Overview of the Malawi Electoral Commission
– Legal framework
– Institutional arrangement
• 2014 Tripartite Electoral process
• Challenges
• Recommendations
• Conclusion
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3. OVERVIEW OF THE MEC
• The Constitution of the Republic of Malawi
especially Chapter VII
• Electoral Commission Act no. 11 of 1998 (ECA)
• Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Act no.
31 of 1993 (PPEA)
• Local Government Elections Act no. 24 of 1996
(LGEA)
• Others Local Government Act, Communications
Act, etc
• Codes of Conduct to be turned into regulations
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4. Legal framework
• Section 75 of the Constitution establishes the
Commission as a body to administer elections
• Composition – not less than 6 members
appointed in consultation with leaders of political
parties represented in the National Assembly
• The Chair is nominated by the Judicial Service
Commission and must be a Judge
• Both the Chair and members serve for four years
from the date of appointment
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5. Legal framework cont’d
• Cessation of membership:
– At the expiry of term of office i.e 4 years
– If any circumstance arise that if they were not a
Commissioner, he or she would be disqualified for
appointment
– Removal by the President on the recommendation
of the Public Appointments (and Declaration of
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6. Legal framework cont’d
• Section 76(2) of the Constitution provides Powers and
functions of the Commission
• To determine the number of constituencies for the purpose of
elections impartially on the basis of ensuring that
constituencies contain approximately equal number of voters
eligible to register subject only to considerations of –
population density; ease of communication; and
geographical features and existing administrative
boundaries;
• To undertake or supervise the demarcation of boundaries of
constituencies and review the existing boundaries at intervals
of not more than five years and alter them in accordance with
the principles laid down above
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7. Legal framework cont’d -functions
• To determine electoral petitions and complaints
in relation to the conduct of any elections;
• To organize and direct registration of voters;
• To devise and establish voters registers and
ballot papers;
• To ensure compliance with the provisions of the
Constitution and any other Act of Parliament;
• To perform such other functions as may be
prescribed by the Constitution or an Act of
Parliament.
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8. Legal framework cont’d -functions
• To take measures and to do such other things
as are necessary for conducting free and fair
elections.
• To establish and operate polling stations;
• To promote public awareness of electoral
matters through the media and any other
appropriate and effective means and to
conduct civic and voter education on such
matters;
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9. Legal framework cont’d –indep.
• Section 76(4) of the Constitution - Independence
• The appointment process and tenure ensures
independence
• “The Electoral Commission shall exercise its powers,
functions and duties under this section independent of any
direction or interference by other authority or any person”
• ECA: For purposes of discharging the functions and
exercising the powers conferred upon it by the
Constitution, or any other written law relating to elections,
the Commission shall freely communicate with the
Government and any political party or any candidate,
person or organisation
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10. Institutional arrangement
• Section 4 of the ECA provides for the appointment
of Commissioners
• Section 12 of the ECA provides for the
Appointment of the Chief Elections Officer
• Section 13 of the ECA provides for the
appointment of all staff of the Commission and
seconded staff
• Eight Directorates (Administration & Human
Resources, Audit, Civic & Voter Education, Electoral
Services, Finance, Information and Communication
Technology, Media & PR and Legal, )
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11. Institutional arrangement Cont’d
• Three Regional Elections Offices located in
Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu
• Elections Clerks located in Local Council
offices which will grow as aspired in the
strategic plan
• Most of the work is done by temporary staff
hired from time to time and numbers and
skills vary from activity to activity
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and polling
12. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL
PROCESS
• Re-introduced National Elections Consultative
Forum (NECOF) for consultations and updates
with electoral stakeholders on its activities
• Developed a 5 (2013-2017) year strategic plan
• Accredited 107 civic and voter education
providers to carry out the function
• In consultation with users developed codes of
conduct for political parties, CVE providers,
Media and for Traditional Leaders
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13. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Demarcation of wards was in 35 local councils
which came up with 462 wards and 4445
registration centres
• Commission opted for a biometric voter
registration system because of the
unreliability of the output of the OMR system
but due to stakeholder concerns, the wish was
shelved to the next elections
• OMR registration system was implemented
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14. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Registration was done in 10 phases of 14days
each from 22 July to 18 December 2013
• Preliminary count came showed 7,537,548 voters
were registered against a projection of 8,009,734
which is 94.1%
• 3,481,365 were men representing 46.19 percent
while 4,056,183 were women representing 53.81
percent.
• The scanning process commenced during the 2nd
phase and was through by mid March 2014 after
which an interim voters’ roll
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15. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Nomination was provided 5 days from 10th to
14th February 2014 for all the three elections
• Presidential candidates presented their papers
directly to the Commission whereas
Parliamentary and Local Government Elections
candidates presented their papers to
Constituency Returning Officers (CROs) in
councils
• Twelve presidential candidates presented
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16. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL
PROCESS cont’d
• For parliamentary elections 1293 presented
candidates of which 259 were females.
• Elections were held in 192 of the 193
constituencies due to death of a candidate in
Blantyre North
• For Local Government Elections there were 2378
candidates of whom 415 were females and 18
political parties contested initially in the 457
wards of the 462 wards in the councils due to
deaths, and logistical reasons
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17. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• The initial physical inspection of the voters’ roll
was suspended following irregularities
• Problem with software to read the marks on the
form and re-construct text and numeric data.
• The inspection was rescheduled later and done in
3 phases
• Official campaign commenced on 21 March 2014
and ends at 0600 hours on 18 May 2014
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18. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• The campaign was generally peaceful
• The Commission determined that the size of a
polling stream to be 800 voters and were spread
throughout the 4445 polling stations
• Ballot papers were printed in South Africa and
political parties through CMD observed the
process including the arrival and distribution in
the country
• Most of the materials and staff were transported
using road transport
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19. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Delivery of non sensitive materials to councils started
on 5 May 2014 and ballot papers were distributed to
councils on 16 May 2014 from Lilongwe International
Airport
• Polling took place on 20th May 2014 in most centres
except for 45 due to logistical reasons
• Counting starting with LGE was done per stream and
then aggregated for the polling station
• In most polling stations, signed results sheets were
given to monitors and another pasted
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20. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Presiding Officers took polling station results
sheets to the Constituency Returning Officer
(CRO)at the collation centre for ward and
constituency located at the district headquarters
• At the collation centre, signed copies of the collated
result were distributed to those present and another
pasted at the centre
• The CROs were to first transmit collated constituency
and ward results to the National Tally Centre (NTC)
electronically then deliver to the District Elections
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21. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• At the National Tally Centre once the result was
verified, it was be presented to contesting parties
to review it so that they can compare with what
their monitors have and raise any genuine
discrepancies if they existed
• Presidential results were announced on 30th May
2014
• Parliamentary and Local Government Elections
were announced on 2nd June 2014
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22. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• There was a triangulation of the media landscape
• Public broadcaster was called upon to open up to
the opposition and there were positive results
• The Commission relaxed all rules to enable more
eligible people observe the elections and an
electronic information pack which includes list of
centres and voter population, maps, codes of
conduct, electoral procedure manuals, etc is being
finalized.
• Observer groups included MESN, EU, AU, SADC,
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missions
23. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Accredited 107 civic and voter education
providers for the 2014 tripartite elections who
were spread throughout the country
• A number of strategies were employed: radio
and tv jingles, programs, public meetings with
chiefs, posters, leaflets, letters, drama, road
shows, door to door campaigns, loud hailers, etc
• Engendered all elections documents ( Strategic
Plan, CVE Strategy, Manuals, Media and Political
Parties Codes of Conduct
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24. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Established a complaints unit with funding from
the UNDP managed basket fund - 3 local lawyers
but headed by an international lawyer for
prompt legal advice and opinion to the
Commission on all matters that requires such a
service
• The Unit handled 360 complaints on various
categories like campaign related, counting,
arithmetical reconciliations, candidate bribing,
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in courts
25. 2014 TRIPARTITE ELECTORAL PROCESS
cont’d
• Oriented the Judiciary on the electoral laws
and as an avenue of ensuring speedy
disposition of electoral matters
• Provided security from Police or Malawi
Defence Force in all election facilities
Training of registration, verification and polling
staff followed a cascade approach – 3 tier
• Voters’ roll made available to political parties
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26. CHALLENGES
• Budget discussions took long and delayed the
release of the calendar
• Funding arrangements, procurement procedures
• Demarcation of constituencies not carried out
since 1999 creating unequal representations
• Decision on change of registration system did not
succeed
• Transparency initiatives by the Commission not
fully appreciated by some stakeholders
• Lack of financial independence
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27. Challenges cont’d
• Perceptions of bias and partisanship (rigging) by
all contesting political parties
• Poor quality registration data needed continuous
cleaning at the expense of other activities
• Frequent equipment breakdown during
registration
• Voter Registration Certificate – use, recording,
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28. Challenges cont’d
• Inspection held very close to polling day and not
enough time to print final voters’ roll
• Energies expended on trivial issues/ false alarms
• Nomination court battles – public servant status
• Lack of legal provisions on running mates in the
case of death or withdrawal
• Incumbency issues and development rallies
• Low numbers of women participating in positions
• Relationship with Zimbabwe Electoral
Commission
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29. Challenges cont’d
• CSOs got funding late thereby exerting
unnecessary pressure on the Commission to
reach out to the masses
• Chaotic distribution of polling materials in some
districts like Blantyre, Zomba and Thyolo districts
• Inadequate transport
• Voting for assisted voters
• Poor performance by Presiding Officers
• Attempts to vary Commission decision by the
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30. RECOMMENDATIONS
• Financiers should realize that elections are a
cycle
• Adequate resourcing of the Commission
• Legal reform to address gaps in registration,
nomination (death/resignation of running mate),
voting by voters requiring assistance, quotas,
incumbency, etc
• Introduce new registration system (BVR)
• Strategic plan to be adhered to and supported
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31. RECOMMENDATIONS Cont’d
• Liaise with Government to improve capacity in
key departments
• Need for financial independence
• Employment of temporary staff from the open
market with clear contracts
• Need to improve information use and flow
among (both vertical and horizontal)
• Continue regular provision of information and
open door policy
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32. RECOMMENDATIONS Cont’d
• Improve complaints handling mechanisms
• Multi-Party Liaison Committees should be
sustained
• Need to publicise agreed upon new initiatives
at least a month before rolling out
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33. CONCLUSION
• The 2014 tripartite electoral process was
conducted substantially as planned
• There was constant key stakeholder
consultation throughout the process
• There were challenges on the way and
solutions were being identified in the process
• There are areas that need improvement for a
much better future electoral process
• All in all the elections were credible
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