By Robert Nayeja

Nsanje, September 20, Mana: Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has described the just ended pilot voter registration exercise in as a huge success.

MEC Director of Media and Public Relations, Sangwani Mwafulirwa, made the remarks at the end of the pilot registration exercise in Nsanje on Friday.

He said the aim of the activity was to test the electoral process and equipment to have a credible and perfect voter registration exercise for the 2025 general elections.

“The turn up was good though we can't compare to the actual voter registration. Basically, the reason was not to gauge the turn out but rather to test the process and equipment so that during registration exercise we should not have challenges with the process,” he said.

Mwafulirwa said the equipment has proved to be resilient and can work under different weather conditions, certifying it for the task.

Nsanje District Commissioner, Dominic Mwandira, said the pilot voter registration exercise was very crucial as it has managed to establish existing gaps.

Mwandira said some monitors at registration sites were failing to mention their party when asked.

“Through Multi-Party Liaison Committee, we are going to encourage political parties to civic educate their monitors including their roles during registration,” said Mwandira.

The pilot phase was done on September 18 and 19 in Nsanje, Chitipa, Lilongwe and Neno.

MEC is expected to roll out fresh voter registration exercise in October ahead of September 16, 2025 general elections.