MEC engages village night criers in elections
Malawi Electoral Commission MEC has engaged village night criers to spread to voters the information about the 23rd local government by-elections
According to spokesperson of MEC Sangwani Mwafulirwa this is the first time the commission is using this approach
Mwafulirwa said they identified the village night cries through group village heads to disseminate the electoral messages to the voters in order to avoid voter apathy
“These are the people who are used in the villages to inform people about various issues such as funerals and developmental projects,” Mwafulirwa
He encouraged people to participate in the by elections as they are also important like other polls
Mwafulirwa appealed to candidates, political parties and other electoral stakeholders to abide by the code of conduct failure which they will be penalised
