3rd market, victim of a fire

Thursday, December 8 in the evening a fire broke out in the market of Grand'Ravine in the zone of Martissant. This is the third market to have been the victim of a fire since the elections of November 20, after the municipal market Cocoyer (Frères/Pétion ville) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19299-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html and that of Bizoton at the beginning of the week https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19463-haiti-security-second-fire-of-a-public-market-in-15-days.html . According to residents, the disaster could be of criminal origin...

165 minutes arrive too late...

On Thursday, 8 December, Robinson Chérilus, Director General of the Vote Tabulation Center (CTV), confirmed that 165 minutes of the 20 November elections from the departements of North, Central Plateau, South, Artibonite and West arrived on Saturday 3 December 2016 at the CTV, 2 weeks after the poll and 5 days after the publication of the preliminary results [!] had not been counted, in accordance with the procedural manual, without explaining the reasons for these delays...

Me André Michel calls for mobilization

Me André Michel, lawyer for the LAPEH party, calls on the population to continue to mobilize in order to defeat the "electoral coup" despite the legal challenge of the preliminary results. He states that front the National Electoral Litigation Office (BCEN), verification of the minutes of the CTV is a major objective.

30 Challenges

For the elections of 20 November, 3 challenges were lodged for the presidential election, 20 for the elections of deputies and 7 for elections for the Senate https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19475-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19436-haiti-flash-failure-of-the-bced-what-are-the-demands-of-candidates.html

Fanmi Lavalas and Petit Dessalin same request

Me Axène Joseph lawyer of Fanmi Lavalas party and Me Evel Fanfan of Pitit Dessalines, said to be await the transfer of their cases to BCEN, which they say is the only authority to permit verification of the minutes to the CTV.

250 prisoners will be released

Government Commissioner Danton Léger announced that 250 prisoners will be released on Monday 12 December.

Words of sympathy of Martelly

Following the passing of Me Anel Alexis Joseph https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19480-haiti-justice-me-anel-alexis-joseph-passed-away.html ormer President Michel Martelly wrote "My sincere sympathies to the family and friends of the former president of the CSPJ, Me Anel Alexis Joseph, who died this Friday, December 9".

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