30. (a) Duplicate Tally Sheets, in excess of 523 (b) Tippexed Tally Sheets in excess of 176 (c) Counterfeit or Fake Tally Sheets in excess of (d) Tally Sheets Altered in excess of 70 634 THAT from the time that the 2nd Petitioner was seen to be leading, votes that were cast for him were not being added to the tally of votes by officers of the 2nd Respondent. The effect of this was that his total result was not rising significantly whilst that of the 1st Respondent, who was lagging behind, was rising. 10 31. THAT the 1st Respondent could not have been declared as duly elected as President of the Republic of Malawi had the 2nd Respondent acted with due diligence in the control, management and administration of the said elections. 32. THA T the 2nd Respondent was in fact party' to the rigging or tampering with the results ofthe election in that it acquiesced in the acts of its employees, servants or agents of altering and tippexing results recorded on tally sheets by accepting them as official results. 33. THA T thus, the 2nd Respondent unduly and unlawfully declared the 1st Respondent as having been elected as President of the Republic of Malawi. 20 THE PURPOSE OF THE PETITION 34. THAT the purpose of this Petition is to seek the reliefs set out in the ’Reliefs” paragraph below and essentially the Petitioner challenges the purported exercise by the 2nd Respondent of its constitutional power to 23