Malawi's constitution was adopted in 1994 and came into force on 18 May 1994, replacing the one party arrangement that had governed the country under Hastings Banda since 1964, following a 1993 referendum that approved a return to multi party politics. It establishes a presidential system in which the president is both head of state and head of government, with a unicameral National Assembly as the legislature after provisions for a Senate were deleted in 2001, and an independent judiciary. More than forty registered political parties now operate under its multi party framework.
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The Constitution of Malawi serves as the fundamental legal framework for governing Malawi.
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Wikidata Q2995183, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source SADC (Wikipedia)
In Group: Constitutions of SADC Member States, SADC furthers cooperation among 16 countries in southern Africa including MalawiView the Source Central Intelligence Agency: Malawi, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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mixed system of English common law and customary law
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