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Malawi's President to Challenge Nullification of Vote

Lameck Masina

   BLANTYRE, MALAWI - Malawi's President Peter Mutharika has rejected
   Monday's ruling by the constitutional court which annulled the results
   of last year's election. Though the court cited massive irregularities
   in last May's voting, Mutharika says the call for fresh elections
   cannot be allowed to stand.

   However, Vice President Saulos Chilima is laying the groundwork for a
   new presidential campaign. Chilima, of the opposition United
   Transformation Movement party, came in third with 20 percent in the
   presidential election, second to Lazarus Chakwera of the opposition
   Malawi Congress Party, who took 35 percent.

   Mutharika of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party won with 38
   percent.

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