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Former President of Malawi Peter Mutarika has been named the winner of last week’s election in a huge return for the 85-year-old.

Official results show that he won 57% of the vote, compared to 33% of President Lazar Chakver, 70.

All right, before he entered politics, the defeat gave way before the end result, which was announced by calling a mutarika to congratulate him on his “historical victory”.

Mutarika, a former law professor, has served as president from 2014 to 2020, when he lost to a chamber with a big margin.

It inherits an economy, which is in a deep crisis, with severe fuel deficiency and foreign currency in the poor South African country.

The official percentage of inflation is near 30%, with frozen chicken at a supermarket in the capital Lilongve, worth about $ 20 (15 pounds), in a nation where most people live at $ 2 a day or less.

The election committee said it took the full eight days, that it was allowed to announce the result, as he wanted to check everything carefully and first turn to the complaints.

The 2019 elections, also won by mutarika, were canceled by the highest court in the country, which found that there were widespread irregularities, including the use of correction fluid to change the results.

Chakwera won the repetition with a huge margin next year.

It was the couple’s fourth electoral match.

Mutharika’s bigger brother was also president and died in 2012.

In his speech from a concession, Chakver said that although there were concerns about “irregularities” and “anomalies”, he accepted the result of respect for the greater part of the “collective will of the Malawians to have a change in the government”.

“The anomalies do not necessarily mean that the result of the election designing Professor Mutarian as a winner is not reliable or reflected in the will of people,” he said.

His speech caused celebrations among the supporters of mutarika in Lilongve, hundreds singing and dancing on the streets.

The motorcyclists could be heard to sound horns and play loud music while pedestrians danced, sang and chanted “Adadi”, which means the father in the local language of Chicheva.

This result can be considered more as a rejection of the chakver than to win the mutarian.

With President Chakver, the list of Malawi’s problems has just grown too long.

Large -scale corruption, weak economy, high costs of living, frequent reductions in electricity and shortage of foreign currency pushed the Malawics to seek elsewhere for leadership.

Although these same problems existed during the mutational term, they worsened under the chakver.

Chakver allies have accused the crisis of factors beyond his control, including drought and other natural disasters, the pandemic of Covid and the war in Ukraine.

However, the mutarian campaign mantra – Return to Proven Leadership – resonates with Malawi voters.

But now the mutarika will have to show that it can handle inflation again as it did in its first term.

Mutarika was rarely seen in public during the campaign, unlike the chakver, which was conducting numerous rallies in Malawi.

As a result, speculation about the health of the mutarian is full and there are questions whether he has the endurance to re -lead Malawi at the age of 85.

The oath ceremony must be organized between seven and 30 days after the result is announced.