Malawi’s print and electronic media have urged the local and Africa’s press to reflect hard on Tuesday’s well-run US elections and try to emulate such a good example of a violent-free exercise.
According to the Nation newspaper, which carried a story on its front page headlined "It’s Obama!", Malawians should learn from the US polls.
The privately-owned paper noted that the US elections’ stakes were very high and yet there were no allegations of vote rigging or violence unlike the current conduct of African elections.
The daily added that in the US, when the results were announced, the loser (John McCain) bravely and graciously accepted defeat and urged his supporters under such emotional circumstances to support the winner (US President-elect Barack Obama).
"We believe that McCain has offered a very big lesson that all politicians, including those in office, that democracy should go with values," the Nation said.
The Daily Times, the country’s oldest newspaper, carried an article titled "US envoy talks on Obama impact on Malawi" where ambassador Peter Bodde expressed hope that aid flows from the US aid to Malawi would remain unaffected despite the election of Barack Obama as his country’s next president.
Private and public radios also hailed Obama for his victory and commended McCain for conceding defeat and congratulating the winner.
Friday 7 November 2008
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