return of the President of the Republic of Malawi in terms of Section 100 of the Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Act. B. 4. VOTER REGISTRATION THAT the 2nd Respondent opened registration of voters for the Tripartite Elections for President, Members of Parliament and Councillors under a new registration system at various centres in the three districts of Dedza, Kasungu and Salima in the Central Region on 29th June 2018 designedfor 14 days as determined by the 2nd Respondent. 5. THA T the 2nd Respondent planned that after Phase 1, the next phase of voter registration which woidd be Phase 2 would also take place in four Central Region districts of Nkhotakota, Ntchisi, Dowa and Mchinji, and that the third phase would also be in the Central Region, covering the remaining two districts of Lilongwe and Ntcheu. 6. THAT this way it meant that by the time voter registration starts in the other Regions of Malawi, the 2nd Respondent would know the number of people in the Central Region, which is a stronghold of the Malawi Congress Party’, registered to vote. 7. THA T the Phase 2 ofvoter registration opened at various centres in the Central Region districts of Nkhotakota, Ntchisi, Dowa and Mchinji on 13th July 2018 for 14 days. C, PROBLEMS WITH VOTER REGISTRA TION Technical Issues 8. THAT the registration process in both phases was marred bv different challenges at the various centres in all these districts including