Malawi President Joyce Banda demands manual vote recount, alleges ‘massive rigging’
Blantyre, Malawi, May 22 (AGV) _ Malawi President Joyce Banda, facing possible defeat at the polls, Thursday demanded a manual recount of the Tuesday vote “in order to have a free and fair election”.
Speaking from her official Kamuzu Palace in the capital, Lilongwe, Banda alleged that the election was being rigged.
“It has come to my attention that there were some serious irregularities in the counting and announcement of results in some parts of the country,” she said.
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ATLANTA — According to news reports on VOANEWS, 
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