Election

Here is a picture of twelve out of Haiti's 18 presidential candidates making a public statement on the day of the election. They say the vote should be canceled because of massive fraud.

Numerous occasions of electoral fraud were recorded on the day of the election. Voter intimidation and gangs entering polling stations and stuffing ballot boxes with candidates of their choice. There were also many incidents where voters showed in the polling places and not being able to vote. Considering that people are not allowed to drive on election day in Haiti, It was reported that some voters had to go to four or five different voting stations before they could cast their ballot.

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Here is a picture of the candidate Michel Martelly changing his position following the election in 2010. Martelly along with 12 candidates originally wanted the Haiti election 2010 to be rejected due to fraud.

Within hours of the voting process, several instances of irregularity, chaos and confusion, were beginning to surface in many polling stations in the capital as well as various places throughout the country.

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Here is a picture of Wyclef Jean holding his Haitian Identity card and his Haitian passport. He wanted to show that he kept his Haitian nationality and is qualified to run in the 2010 Haiti election.

Wyclef was a candidate in the Haiti election 2010. His candidacy, however, was not accepted by the CEP because he did not meet residency requirement. It si required that candidates for the presidential post have to show proof of residency in the country for the previous 5 years before they can run for president

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Conseil Electoral Provisoire CEP announces Election Results
Coming first is Mirlande Manigat with 336,878 votes or 31.37 percent of the votes. Jude Celestin was second with 241,462 votes or 22.48 percent of the votes. Michel Martelly was third, with 234,617 votes or 21.84 percent of the votes. Jean Henri Ceant, with 87,834 votes or 8.18 percent of the votes. Jacques-Edouard Alexis came with 32,932 votes or 3.07 percent of the votes. Charles Henry Baker, 25,512 votes or 2.38 percent. Chavannes Jeunes had a total of 19,348 votes or 1.8 percent of the votes. All other candidates have less than one percent of the votes.

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As it was expected by many, the resultsof the 2010 Haiti election was one of the most difficults and costly. Protesters who were not totally with these results

The Provisional Electoral Council CEP announced the runoff election to be between Jude Celestin and Mirlande Manigat as no single candidate gained the majority 51 percent of the votes in the Haiti Presidential election.

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Haiti Election 2011

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Haiti Election 2011

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Haiti Election 2011

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In this interview, Michel Martelly who was elected as the new president of Haiti talked about the ongoing reconstruction of Haiti after the earthquake,

He wants transparency in the reconstruction of Haiti. He want to make sure the projects are good for Haiti before he giving his approval. Martelly also said that he has already identified some lands and financing sources to built permanent housing for the people under the tents.

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Here is a picture of Leopold Berlanger who is back at the CEP, representing Media sector.

On February 24, 2016, Leopold Berlanger (born 1955), the Director of Radio Vision 2000 and a former electoral adviser has been selected as a member of the 9-member Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), representing the media sector. Leopold, a brilliant student in his studies, completed his graduation in Earth Sciences (Netherland), Doctorate in Social Sciences, and Regional Planning and Development planning (both from Sorbonne, Paris). He has a varied and diverse experience in activities of civic and social characters. One of the several organizations that supported his nomination was Association of National Haitian Media (ANMH) headed by Mr. Herold Jean Francois. In April 2013, he was designated by the CEPJ (Superior Council of the Judiciary) to be a part of the CTCEP (Permanent Electoral Council). Leopold is an active member in many international election observation missions with the OAS.

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