The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has announced that it will hire external independent auditors to verify election results on 21 May, Malawi24 reported.

MEC’s Commissioner Bishop Mary Nkosi said the external auditors would be placed in all 193 constituencies to ensure credible election results.

“More information will be given to the stakeholders but we are planning to engage external auditors, we will be putting in a tender to engage the external auditors to verify the results before they go to the constituency returning officers office so that all arithmetic is done properly before they are sent to the main tally centre in Blantyre,” she said.

Meanwhile, MEC’s Public Relations Officer, Sangwani Mwafulirwa, warned Malawians not to buy or sell their voter certificates as it is an offence.
“As long as you are a registered voter, if you lose or sell your voter identity card you will still vote,” he said.

“Remember voting is by secret ballot and once someone votes no-one knows whom they have voted for, and if some people were threatened that once they sell their vote they will not vote, they should not be afraid since they will vote come 21st May.”

– African Daily Voice