Jubilation After Chakwera Is Inaugurated As New Malawi President
By Elite News Reporter
Lazarus Chakwera has Sunday June 28,
2020, been sworn in as Malawi's new president Sunday after the announcement the
previous night that he had won the southern African country's rerun elections.
Chakwera is Malawi's sixth president
after winning the historic election held last week, the first time a
court-overturned a vote in Africa,
which resulted into the defeat of an incumbent leader.
Following a hard-fought campaign,
Chakwera urged national reconciliation in his inaugural speech in the capital,
Lilongwe, and spoke directly to supporters of defeated incumbent president
Peter Mutharika.
“Perhaps the prospect of my presidency
fills you with fear and grief. I want you to remember one thing, that this new
Malawi is a home to you, too," said C...