Malawi to hold vote re-run on July 2: electoral commission
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Malawi's President Peter Mutharika inspects guard of honor during his inauguration ceremony at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre, Malawi, May 31, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Malawians will return to the polls on July 2 for a presidential election re-run ordered by the country's top court, which annulled last year's vote results because of irregularities, the electoral commission announced Monday.

"Following the Constitutional Court ruling on February 3 that nullified the presidential elections and ordered that there should be fresh elections, the commission... therefore announces that the elections will be held on 2nd July," electoral commission chief Jane Ansah told a news conference.