A very interesting example of civil resistance promoting the ultimate success of democratic institutions occurred in Malawi in 2019-2020. Mass year-long protests, coordinated by civil society groups in the Human Rights Defenders Coalition, contested the flawed presidential election in June 2019, when President Mutharika won another term despite the notorious altering of ballot counts with Tippex and other irregularities. Popular pressure underpinned key decisions by the Malawi judiciary, in particular the decision by the Constitutional Court in February 2020, despite death threats, to annul the June 2019 election. The Court ordered a re-run under a new electoral system, which replaced 'first past the post'. Opposition political parties - divided in 2019 - also came together to form a united coalition in June 2020, and defeated Mutharika in June 2020. In addition the Malawi Electoral Commission, which had failed to challenge the 2019 result, in 2020 under a new chairman, resisted attempts by Mutharika to get the poll results overturned. Finally and crucially, the armed forces (despite changes in the top posts made earlier by Mutharika) maintained its political neutrality. Commentators also noted that the success in 2020 drew on earlier struggles for democratization and the strengthening of civil institutions. (See: E. I.2.1.a.i. - Malawi [1]) Malawi's successful defence of democracy received very little coverage in mainstream English language media, but some informative references are listed below.