Some want to obtain at all costs the cancellation of elections

Rosny Desroches, Executive Director of the Civil Society Initiative (ISC) and former Spokesman of the Independent Electoral Commission of Evaluation (of which he was a member), fears that certain sectors that demands a Verification Commission , have their own agenda, want to obtain at all costs the cancellation of elections to have a new chance to go in the second round. According to Mr. Desroches it is impossible to know who benefited of irregularities in this election to the extent that all the candidates seem to have benefited.

Jocelerme Privert at the Lycée Alexandre Pétion

Tuesday, President a.i. Jocelerme Privert, visited the Lycée Alexandre Pétion, as a prelude to commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of this institution. The Head of State, a former student of Lycée Alexandre Pétion, took the opportunity to address to students of the institution, reminding that "out of 57 Presidentsthat knew the Republic of Haiti, 46 were students of the Lycée Alexandre Pétion."

The US ready to finance the second round

US Ambassador accredited to Haiti, Peter F. Mulrean declared "It is unfortunate that there was some delay. In the agreement, there are steps to follow for governance, for the elections, which remain entirely valid. We support the agreement [...] it is the CEP that will tell us when the elections will be possible, "stating about the financing of election "Under the conditions set by the CEP we will continue to fund elections . We were already prepared to financially support the second round of presidential elections [...] "recalling that the delays are expensive," on-site staff of the United Nations and UNDP continue to be paid and we have no endless funds."

An action plan for the CEP, without any timetable...

The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has defined a plan in several major points for the first actions to be taken to revive the electoral process: assessing the electoral apparatus; dialogue with the various stakeholders involved in the elections; meetings with the Executive and the actors of the International Community for strengthening and independence of the institution and analysis of municipal elections. These actions are not supported by any timetable...

In addition, the Electoral Council announced that it would soon publish the final results for the municipalities that are not affected by litigation (81 complaints were filed).

OAS met Prime Minister

Tuesday at the Primature, the Prime Minister, Enex Jean-Charles, received in closed session, the representative of the Organization of American States (OAS).

HL/ HaitiLibre