Malawi

Mec has also included presidential debates in its draft calendar with the first debate slated for Mzuzu in February 2019 followed by another one in Lilongwe the following month. The last one will be held in Blantyre in April 2019.

Four of the five councillors contesting for the position of mayor on Monday in Mzuzu, on Friday shunned a public debate.

Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS) will host a debate for Football Association of Malawi (FAM) presidential candidates.

Joy TV and Zodiak Broadcasting Station have reached out to incumbent Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Mac Millan Walter Nyamilandu and his growing list of challengers to propose a television debate ahead of December 18 elections.

He pointed out that by introducing the debates, Malawi embraced a global pehnomenon practised in over 60 countries, adding that the debates were more relevant beacuse they avoided personality or ethnic mud-slinging by limiting the participants to issue-based debating.

President Peter Mutharika held a working group luncheon with opposition political party leaders who participated in the May 20 Tripartite Elections to discuss various issues affecting the country.

Barely a few days after the final Presidential Debate took place in Blantyre some quarters of society have come forward to criticize the debates in general while others are of the view that such debates should continue after May 20. Different sectors of the society have expressed both satisfaction

Different positions emerged among political parties that took part in the last of the three presidential debates in Blantyre on how they would handle matters of taxation on foreign investors once voted into office on May 20 this year. The 11 candidates on Tuesday demonstrated a clear distinction on