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Haiti - Security : Preliminary assessment of electoral violence
04/08/2015 10:24:38

Haiti - Security : Preliminary assessment of electoral violence
The electoral campaign for the legislative elections, began last July 8th and ending Friday, August 7, despite appeals for calm, takes place on a background of violence and intimidation. The provisional toll of this month of electoral campaign is already reported at least 5 dead and many wounded and violent incidents.

Sunday, July 5, Wikenson Bazile (31 years), which provided an accompaniment at logistical and technical level to Jaccéus Joseph, a member of the Provisional Electoral Council (Representative of the human right sector) was cowardly shot dead around 7:30 pm by individuals in motorcycle. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14438-haiti-flash-an-employee-of-the-cep-shot-dead-in-delmas-32.html

Wednesday, July 22 around 10:00 pm in the neighborhood of the Avenue Christophe Chanel (commune of Carrefour), 3 men Shiller Anthony (32 years), Roody Raphael (33 years) and Jackson Pierre (42 years) were shot dead by unidentified assailants traveling by motorbike. Witnesses said the three men putting up posters of Jacques Beauvil, parliamentary candidate for the constituency of Carrefour under the banner VERITE. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14615-haiti-security-3-billsticker-shot-dead-in-carrefour.html

Wednesday, July 22 in the morning, Pierre Lafond, the candidate for Mayor of Marigot under the banner of the FUSION party died to the Saint-Michel hospital in Jacmel, after being mortally wounded by a bullet by a named Bissainthe, security officer of Déus Deronette, parliamentary candidate under the banner of the party PONT. https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14604-icihaiti-flash-the-candidate-for-mayor-of-marigot-shot-dead.html

Wednesday, July 29, the candidate to the Deputation Denis Pierre Lima of the Constituency of Torbeck/ Chantal under the banner of Respé Party was aggressed in the afternoon, by former Deputy Guy Gérard Georges, candidate under the banner Fanmi Lavalas and an armed group. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14692-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html

Friday, July 31, acute tension reigned in Delmas 6, inside the high school Daniel Fignolé on the sidelines of the participation of the candidate to the Senate of the Republic for the West department, Marie Liliane Vedrigue-Hersche under the banner of "Force National Unity" (FUN), accompanied by his campaign team in order to give the kick of a football championship. According to witnesses sporadic shooting was heard in the area, the candidate was evacuated for its protection by his security guards.

Saturday, August 1st Germain Fils Alexandre, deputy candidate for teh party Verité of the town of Petit-Goâve, denounced the attack against him and his supporters from the members of the party Tét Kale https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14702-haiti-flash-new-electoral-violence-in-petit-goave.html

Sunday, August 2, 2 people were injured by gunfire and many vehicle windshields were broken during a campaign rally of the candidate to the deputation Abel Descollines, under the banner of PHTK. The candidate accused unnamed supporters of some of his opponents.

Last week, in the locality of Rivière Froide, one of the supporters of the candidate to teh deputation Nadine Anilus nder the banner of the party Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats for the constituency of Carrefour, was stabbing wounded in the ear.

Sunday, face this worrying situation of violence, at a concert for Peace, organized by the Minustah in one of the most dangerous neighborhoods of Port-au-Prince, Fort National, https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14695-icihaiti-flash-great-summer-show-at-fort-national.html Sandra Honoré, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, urged Haiti to promote and choose peace, at a time when outbreaks of violence develop in the electoral process in progress.

HL/ HaitiLibre


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