Former Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) chairperson, Anastasia Msosa, who is credited for successfully presiding over the first election in democratic Malawi, has weighed in on the forthcoming court-ordered poll, saying it is possible for the exercise to be conducted on June 23.

Msosa said that the main challenge she sees is to do with the distribution of polling materials and that it is possible for the election to be held on June 23.

“I don’t want to speak on their behalf but it is possible because I want to believe that the commission has been preparing for this even before that commission was dissolved. The main challenge is to do with distribution of polling materials. If they can deal with that then it is possible,” she said.

The former Chief Justice and first female judge of the High Court said she is confident that the new Mec is working hard to have the election held as ordered by the courts.