On 3 February 2020, the Constitutional Court of Malawi's judges arrived in Lilongwe to read the disputed presidential election results judgement after travelling in a military vehicle with a heavy police escort. The judges took turns to read the 500-page decision over more than seven hours.[13] The ruling nullified the results of the elections, concluding they had been rigged and not free and fair. The judgement cited rampant cheating, tampering of results and numerous other malpractices.