Malawi embarks on 4th leg voter registration exercise

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Chairperson Anastazia Msosa announced on Monday that the country’s fourth phase of the voter registration exercise has started this week and will end on 2 November in selected areas nationwide.

She told journalists in Blantyre that the exercise follows several days of extension in some areas after early closures due to breakdowns of cameras and other equipment.

"This phase has been opened to provide opportunity to those that have failed to register because of the reasons mentioned," she said.

She added that MEC is well prepared in the fourth phase because they now have enough equipment to take them through the end and she was optimistic that there would not be complaints from the voters.

MEC wants to register seven million voters for the 2009 presidential and parliamentary polls.