Mr Dacre, also editor-in-chief of Associated Newspapers, publishers of the Mail and the Mail on Sunday, said he would withdraw the "smears" statement if Grant withdrew his claims the Daily Mail or Mail on Sunday were involved in phone hacking.
"(The) Malawi Congress Party ... will not accept the results if Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika and the Democratic Progressive Party are declared winners in these elections, " the opposition party said in a statement signed by Tembo late Thursday, according to Malawi's Daily Times.