The candidate Chavannes Jean Baptiste abandons

After Simon Dieuseul Desras (PALMIS) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15491-haiti-elections-desras-officially-throws-in-the-towel.html Mathias Pierre (Konsyans Patriotik) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15516-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html and Me André Michel (JISTIS) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15253-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html , it is the turn of Chavannes Jean Baptiste, candidate for president under the banner of the party "Kontra Pèp la" to announce Tuesday his withdrawal from the presidential race. He claims not to want to condone "the repetition of the electoral mess of 9 August and become an accomplice of the electoral coup that the power in place prepares for Sunday, October 25th." Chavannes Jean Baptiste does not endorse the candidacy of any of its competitors.

The platform VERITE supports Jude Célestin

The Platform "VERITE" whose presidential candidate Jacky Lumarque was left out of the electoral race by the CEP, decided to endorse the candidacy of Jude Célestin of party "Alternative League for Progress and Emancipation of Haiti" (LAPEH). The Management Board of VERITE made the announcement Tuesday.

The MOPOD victim of persecution...

In a press release, "The People's Patriotic Movement Dessalinien" (MOPOD), denounced many cases of persecution, intimidation and physical attacks against militants as part of its electoral campaign. These acts reported by the MOPOD would have been recorded including in Carrefour, Pétion-Ville and Gros-Morne. The perpetrators, according to this note, would be supporters of the party PHTK and Fanmi Lavalas.

The Protestant Federation against a transitional government

The Haitian Protestant Federation (FPH) says to be unfavorable to a transitional government in Haiti. According to the Reverend Pastor Sylvain Exantus, President of the FPH, such a government could plunge the country into a much deeper crisis than the one now raging, recalling that Haiti needs a President and parliamentarians from good elections.

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