Youri Latortue dissatisfied with 27% of votes

Youri Latortue, Senate candidate for the Artibonite under the banner "Ayiti Annaksyon" intends to challenge the formula used by the electoral authorities as part of the tabulation of votes, he protests against the determination of the percentage of votes from the number of votes valid. According to him, never there will be elected in the first round under this formula. He explains that each voter had the opportunity to vote two Senate candidates. For him, the Tabulation Center of the vote should have taken as reference parameter the number of electors to determine the percentage. Under this method, it would have obtained 62% of votes and would have been elected in the first round, however, with the current method he obtained 27% of votes...

More than 70 challenges

Sunday at the expiration of 72 hours granted by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) for the challengesand according to available information, 34 cases of challengesincluding 28 made by the candidates for deputies, were received at BED West 1 ; 14 at BED of Port-de-Paix ; 9 in the Nippes ; 17 in Hinche including 13 against deputies and 4 against senators. The challenge records will be heard in the Departmental Electoral Offices of Litigation (BCEDs) from Wednesday.

Me André Michel wants to be the sole candidate of a broad coalition

Me André Michel, presidential candidate of the radical opposition platform JISTIS, who had refused to respond to the appeal launched last July by the UNIR party to form a possible coalition, now calls to the gathering of political parties to make the unity behind a single candidate, whose he said to be the candidate for this unit... He claims to be in dialogue with various political groups on the issue, without mentioning names...

Provisional list of constituencies where the election will be resumed

The Provisional Electoral Council indicated that the vote will be resumed in at least 24 constituencies across the country whose the number of collected minutes is inferior to 70%.

Provisional list of constituencies where the election will be resumed

Department of West : First Constituency of Port-au-Prince, Cité Soleil, Gressier, Cornillon, Arcahaie and Cabaret.

Artibonite (Centre) : Saint-Marc, Ennery, La Chapelle, Dessalines, Verrettes, Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite, Grande-Saline and Desdunes ;

North West : Môle-Saint-Nicolas ;

Centre : Boucan-Carré et Savanette ;

South East : Marigot ;

North : Dondon, Port-Magot, Plaisance, Grande-Rivière-du-Nord et Saint-Raphaël

South : Port-à-Piment.

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