Malawi Elections : MESN gives up on parallel tally centre

Malawi Electoral Support Network (MESN) has given up on  plans to have its own parallel tally centre after government  opposed to the idea.
MESN chairperson Aloysius Nthenda told AEP on Tuesday that  despite pressure from several organizations to have a  parallel tally centre, MESN has reversed its plan to have  the centre and that he was surprised to hear President Bingu  wa Mutharika talk about with African Union Commission  chairperson Jean Ping during a dinner at Sanjika Palace on  Saturday.
"We shall not have parallel tally centre although the  matter keeps coming in several meetings to have it," said  Nthenda.
 Early this year, Nthenda said MESN would have its own  parallel centre despite government opposing to the idea. This means that there will be only one tally centre by the  Malawi Electoral Commission.

 Mutharika said the parallel tally centre notion would cause  problems, especially in a situation where there would be two  names as victors instead of one person. He said in such a  scenario "there would be war".
 
"This is a sovereign nation. Let's work with the  Electoral Commission. Give them a chance. Malawi won't  accept a parallel tally centre," he said.---AEP