Thursday, 28 Haitian-American diaspora organizations and 32 political, religious and community leaders wrote to Secretary of State John Kerry today calling on the U.S. to support an inquiry into electoral fraud during the 2015 elections in Haiti. American officials have staunchly opposed the establishment of a verification commission to examine fraud allegations https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17034-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html , a stance which has "undermined democracy while harming the United States’ credibility in Haiti," according to the letter.

"Haiti needs a vote verification commission," said Pierre Imbert, former Director of the Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants and an endorser of the letter. "It is the only way to help restore Haitian voters’ confidence in the electoral process." Haitian observer groups documented extensive fraud during previous rounds of voting, and a January 2016 public opinion survey showed that Haitians were extremely sceptical of the validity of the official results.

Among the 28 endorsing organizations are the Alliance of Haitian Professionals (AHP), the National Alliance for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals (NAAHP), the Haitian American Lawyers Association of New York (HALA-NY), and the Haitian American Lawyers Association of New Jersey (HALA-NJ).

Florida State Representative Daphne D. Campbell, Florida Commissioner Mack Bernard, former Consul General of the Republic of Haiti in New York Harry Fouche, former City of North Miami Vice-Mayor Philippe Derose (the first Haitian-American elected to public office in the United States), Archdeacon J. Fritz Bazin of the Episcopal Diocese of South East Florida, Boston religious leader Pastor Dieufort Jean Fleurissaint, and Jocelyn McCalla, former Executive Director of the National Coalition for Haitian Rights.

Download the letter from Diaspora :

https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/Letter-from-Haitian-American-Community-to-Kerry-on-Elections-in-Haiti-April-7-2016.pdf

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-17052-icihaiti-politic-kenneth-merten-in-paris-and-brussels-to-coordinate-multilateral-efforts.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16715-haiti-politic-kenneth-merten-in-canada-to-discuss-the-haitian-electoral-process.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16373-haiti-elections-the-diaspora-wrote-to-secretary-of-state-john-kerry.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16637-haiti-politic-statement-of-kenneth-merten-on-haiti-s-roadmap.html

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