/ 19 May 1999

MALAWI POLL DATE FRIDAY

MALAWIAN President Bakili Muluzi and the speaker of the National Assembly, Rodwell Munyenyembe, have agreed to convene an emergency meeting of parliament on Friday to decide on the new date for Malawi’s general elections, in keeping with a court order issued on Sunday. The deputy clerk of parliament, Fahad Assani, said in an interview that Muluzi and Munyenyembe held a meeting on Monday following the high court order restraining the Malawi Electoral Commission from going ahead with the polls on May 25, following a petition brought by four opposition presidential candidates.