Malawi's opposition chief ,Lazarus Chakwera now president

Lazarus Chakwera is the latest addition to the list of African opposition figures that have unseated incumbent presidents. He was on June 27 declared winner of Malawi’s presidential election re-run.

Reacting to his victory on Twitter, the president-elect of the southern African nation posted a portrait on his Twitter handle with the accompanying message, “Thank you, my Lord Jesus.”

He unseats an incumbent Peter Arthur Mutharika, who was seeking his final term in office. A term he appeared to have sealed in May 2019 polls till the Constitutional quashed the result on the back of an opposition petition.