Election results this afternoon

The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) received Wednesday morning the preliminary results of the first round of the partial legislative by officials of the tabulation center, the CEP should shortly publish the results, yesterday afternoon a meeting was held at the CEP to this end. Recall that according to the electoral timetable the results should have been published on 19 August. According to the latest information provided by Mosler Georges, Executive Director of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), the preliminary results of the first round of legislative "should" be released this afternoon, this postponement would be due to a request of the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), which would have required the publication after the conduct of the extraordinary session of Bac that ends this Thursday.

Exclusion of candidates, Rosny Desroches rejoices

Rosny Desroches, of the Citizen Observatory for institutionalization of democracy (OCID) rejoices that 14 candidates were excluded (+ 2 yesterday) of elections, he also regrets that some names have been forgotten by the CEP "I encourage the electoral council to continue the process of exclusion of candidates troublemakers in a mpartial manner."

Evaluation of Elections

Pierre Esperance, executive director of the National Human rights Network (RNDDH) has recommended an evaluation of the election on 9 August, "I recommend to the CEP, the government and the CSPJ, to evaluate their action to correct the many errors found during the first round of legislative of August 9," however, the latter does not request the cancellation of the election but requires a careful examination of its results.

Pluri-femmes welcomed the decision of the CEP

The Pluri-femmes network, welcomed the decision of the CEP to delist 14 legislative candidates. According to Marie-Denise Claude, the national coordinator of the network, the decision "is timely [...] the troublemakers should draw lesson," adding that the list of delisted candidates should continue to grow.

The troublemakers are clearly identified

Edouard Paultre, of the Haitian Council of Non State actors demands that other candidates are also sanctioned by the CEP, according to him troublemakers are clearly identified, some are even customary of this kind of facts, calling the CEP to completely exclude some political parties repoted guilty of large-scale fraud.

Event

Political organizations Fanmi Lavalas, Fusion, Renmen Ayiti, Ayisyen pou Ayiti, Alah, Mouvman revolisyonè ayisyen, Defile pati politi, Canaan held from 10am to 12pm this Thursday a street demonstration to condemn "what happened on August 9 and reiterate their refusal to accept this true electoral coup." "This peaceful movement is a first warning to the CEP, to the ower and the international community who want to accept the unacceptable for the Haitian people. If they refuse to listen to reason and choose the path of dialogue and consultation, the mobilization will continue and will take other forms."

HL / HaitiLibre