Haiti election 2015

Here is a picture of Uder Antoine, the new Executive Director of the CEP.

On May 23, 2016, as per the announcement of the electoral institution, Uder Antoine, has been installed as the new Executive Director of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), Haiti. He has taken charge from his predecessor Mr. Mosler Georges, who resigned on Friday 20 May. Since December 2015, during the presidency of former President Michel Martelly, Uder Antoine had been serving as the general coordinator of the Office of Management and Human Resources (OMRH). On Monday, May 23, his investiture ceremony took place on the Stéphen Archer Street in Petionville. Léopold Berlanger, the President of the CEP installed him as the new Executive Director of CEP replacing the outgoing Director Mr. Mosler Georges.

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Here is a picture of Jovenel Moise's Supporters dressed in banana to support him.

On February 2, 2016, the supporters of Jovenel Moise from PHTK party during a demonstration against plans for a postponed presidential runoff, were dressed in banana costumes. Moise, the first round winning candidate from PHTK party is Martelly's chosen successor. Moïse, in his early life, created his first business with little investment JOMAR Auto Parts in Port-de-Paix, which is still in operation today. Thereafter, he began project to supply clean water in rural areas. Later, in partnership with Culligan he opened a water plant. In 2004, he became a member (later president) of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Northwest (CCINO), later promoted to Secretary General of the CCIH. In 2008, he founded Haitian Energy Company SA. In 2012, he founded AGRITRANS SA, with the agricultural project NOURRIBIO at Trou du Nord which was Haiti's first agricultural free trade zone. The project was further extended to include over a dozen of agricultural projects. In 2014, a large-scale banana export plantation, was designed and implemented as a public-private partnership with the Government of Haiti, covering 3,000 hectares of agricultural land. His project has created 3,000 direct and 10,000 indirect jobs. For Moses, it is important that Haiti finds its place on the world map of exporting countries. He is affectionately called as "Banana Man" by the countrymen.

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Louco Desir confirms his participation at October 9 Presidential Election

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Toward the creation of a Verification Commission in Haiti.

On Monday, April 11, 2016, the Interim President Jocelerme Privert sent letters to all political parties, whether represented in the Parliament or not, to discuss the establishment of an Electoral Verification Commission. The discussion would start from April 12, 2016, as per the terms of the Commission as mentioned before. The Head of the State has said, it is his obligation to define the role of the Commission based on the consensus of all involved stakeholders to avoid all future crises. We might remember that in last month, even the Haitian Human Rights Leaders, composing coalition of RNDDH, CNO, CONHANE and SOFA, had recommended the necessity of a verification process to uphold Haitians' right to vote and to avoid a major political and electoral crisis.

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Here is a picture of Me Carlos Hercules, a member of the new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP)

Carlos Hercules, representing the Episcopal Conference of Haiti, is a new member and the Vice President of the new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) formed on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the National Palace. Hercules always have remained fearless, never bowed to pressure whether as one simple lawyer or as the President of the Bar of Port-au-Prince, or as the President the Federation of Bar Associations of Haiti (FBH). He raised his voice when Judge Lamarre Bélizaire acquitted the alleged leaders of the gang Galil, Woodly Ethéart, aka "Sonson Lafamilia" and Renel Nelfort aka "Le Récif". He never remained silent on the issue of untimely payment of remuneration to the electoral operators. In 2002, with an experience of four years (since 1998), he refused to become the President of the Bar, because the decree that regulates the legal profession in Haiti, permits a lawyer to become a member of the Order, if he/she has completed five years since his/ her swearing.

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Here is a picture of the CEP members. This CEP was formed in March 2016 under the government of Jocelerme Privert.

On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at the National Palace, the Interim President Jocelerme Privert, accompanied by the Prime Minister, Enex Jean-Charles chaired the first Council of Ministers of the new government. During this first Council of Ministers, a decree appointing 9 members of the new Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) was adopted. The following list of these members was published in the official newspaper of the Republic. 1) Carlos Hercule : Episcopal Conference of Haiti ; 2) Frinel Joseph : Reformed worship ; 3) Kenson Polynice : Peasant / Voodoo sector ; 4) Marie-Herolle Michel : Patronal sector ; 5) Josette Jean Dorcély : Union sector ; 6) Léopold Berlanger : Press sector ; 7) Jean Lucien Bernard : University sector ; 8) Marie Frantz Joachim : Woman sector ; and 9) Jean Simon Saint-Hubert : Human Rights sector. On Wednesday, March 30th, they were sworn in before the President, Prime Minister and judges with the commitment "to respect the Constitution and the laws of the Republic, to fulfill my duties accurately and with loyalty and conduct myself in all with dignity."

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Registered Parties for Election need CEP Approval

By midnight on March 20, 2015 registration ended for parties wanting to participate in general elections. The Annex Electoral Council (CEP) recorded 187 well-known and anonymous political groups.

Radical group Pitit Desalin was registered by ex-Senator Jean-Charles. The Patriotic Movement for Democratic Opposition was registered by its founder Mirlande Manigat.

All registered parties must be verified by CEP on the basis of required documentation. Those approved will be officially sanctioned for participation in the elections.

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The question outthere is whether or not two very influential Haiian politicians are in fact related. The individuals in question are Jean Charles Moise and Jovenel Moise. They are both candidates for the presidency of Haiti in the general election in 2015 and 2016.

The suspicion became even greater when in May, 2016 the General manager of OPL, Sauveur Pierre Etienne who was also a candidate during the election declared that the two Jean Charles Moise was in fact have family links and that they were cousins. However, it did not take long for Moise Jean Charles to put out a statement to bring some clarification. He stated that he was not related to Jovenel Moise

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The Presidential election run-off scheduled for January 24, 2016 between Jovenel Moise and Jude Celestin

In the afternoon of Friday, January 22nd, the Haitian electoral officials made an abrupt cancellation of the Sunday's (January 24, 2016) scheduled presidential and partial legislative runoffs, because as per Pierre-Louis Opont, the president of the country's beleaguered election commission, it is no longer opportune for having elections considering the threats against electoral infrastructure and the voters. Minutes earlier to this announcement in a press conference called by Opont at the electoral council's headquarters in Petionville, officers were busy in distributing ballots and other voting materials. Following the announcement, they immediately began to recover them. Opont said, more than a dozen infrastructures, including some private residence of election officials had either been set on fire, or such attempts were made. Violent acts and verbal threats against elections officials became a regular affair. As the chief of CEP, he could no longer guarantee the security of poll workers or the country's 5.8 million registered voters. Less than 30 minutes earlier, following a campaign rally in the city of Ouanaminthe, the government-backed candidate Jovenel Moïse was looking victorious while appearing for an interview in the restaurant of a nearby hotel. Opont's decision has put Haiti on the road of a very complicated process about what is to come, who will take charge of the country after February 7th.

On November 29, 2015, Celestin and other seven presidential candidates, representing 49.81% of the vote, gave an ultimatum that no honest, transparent and credible election is possible by the Joseph Michel Martelly administration in conjunction with the present corrupt CEP along with the support of present Police Nationale d'Haïti (PNH). They demanded a transitional government, which would be empowered to make necessary revisions in the constitution to hold credible free and fair election within next 24 months. The result in no way reflects the support of the common people. Jovenel Moise, handpicked by Martelly as his successor, came to the top with 32.8% of the votes as per published result, while an exit poll on the Election Day (October 25) placed him on the fourth place with a meager 6% vote.

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Here is The G8 and Fanmi Lavalas

The G8, Fanmi Lavalas and other opposition parties are not satisfied with the announcement of 'Commission of Electoral Evaluation' by the Martelly administration. They, along with other independent observers and U.S media like 'The New York Times', are of opinion that the October election in Haiti, to choose a successor to President Michel Martelly, has been marred by so much ballot tampering, illegal voting and other abuses that it could be denounced as 'illegitimate'. Some of the observers are of opinion that if G8 could find a consensus and form an alliance with Fanmi Lavalas, and all the opposition can stand up as one man against Martelly's handpicked successor Jovenel Moses in the December 27th election, they would be able to prevent the forceful imposition of Jovenel Moses as Martelly's successor.

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