Haiti - Elections : The risks of frauds concerns the ISC
The risk of electoral fraud are at the heart of the concerns of the Civil Society Initiative (Initiative de la Société Civile ISC). It stressed that the critical points of the electoral system is the tabulation center in charge of counting votes, a location sensitive where the risks of frauds are high. At this point Professor Rosny Desroches, head of the ISC, recall that it is in this center there have been attempts to manipulate results in the presidential election of February 2006 and it is still in the same center, that several minutes have been unjustly quarantined thus distorting the results of the 2009 elections.
The head of the ISC said that if the tabulation center is the object of attention, the risks of fraud are not limited to this single issue, "Fraud may also be made at registration voters and preparing voter lists [Departmental Electoral Offices (Bureaux Electoraux Départementaux BED) and Communal (BEC) and BED] delays in the distribution maps for the Accreditation of observers and agents may also be additional opportunities for fraud. "Fraud can also be made at the voter registration and during the preparation of the electoral registers [Departmental Electoral Offices (Bureaux Electoraux Départementaux BED) and Communal (BEC)] delays in the distribution of the accreditation cards for the observers and of the agents can also be additional occasions of frauds".
Professor Rosny Desroches reaffirmed the will of the ISC to be present at these various levels, deploring however that the access to the center of tabulation remains prohibited to all the local observers. He is astonished finally, that after 4 declarations of the ISC on the significant elections and these aspects, the government, the Provisional electoral counsel (CEP) and the Organization of the American States (OAS) always keep silence.
Professor Rosny Desroches has reaffirmed the willingness of the SAI to be present at these levels, but deploring the center tab is barred from all local observers. Finally It is astonished that after 4 declarations by the ISC on the elections and these sensitive issues, the government, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the Organization of American States (OAS) always keep silent.
