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Haiti - Politic : Rosny Desroches welcomes the announcement of a Permanent Electoral Council...
05/03/2012 09:04:08

Haiti - Politic : Rosny Desroches welcomes the announcement of a Permanent Electoral Council...
Although the Professor Rosny Desroches, Executive Director of the Civil Society Initiative, welcomes the announcement of the creation of a Permanent Electoral Council and the publication of constitutional amendments, a report submitted to the presidency Friday by an independent panel chaired by Gérard Gourgue would be totally opposed to this publication.

Rosny Desroches declared "...at the level of Civil Society Initiative, since August we never cease to demand the establishment of a Permanent Electoral Council on the model, the formula recommended by the constitutional amendment. I heard that Mr. Lamothe had assured to the diplomats that he met recently, that the President will publish the constitutional amendments. We welcome that, we think this is a good thing, we think it will ease the tension a bit, and if he makes a Permanent Electoral Council quickly it will help to further institutionalize the Electoral Council, instead of passing of provisional to provisional indefinitely. Moreover, this can reassure everyone that we will not have a gap in the Senate in the coming months, in any case if there is one, it will not last too long because that represents a very great concern for all conscious citizens in the country..."

However, the report of an independent working group, composed of ten high-level jurists, on the amendment of the Constitution, presided by Gérard Gourgue, would criticize seriousness of the work of the ISC and parliamentarians responsible of the reconstitution [correction] of the text of the Constitution... the conclusions of jurists would be negative and unfavorable to the publication of constitutional amendments. A member of this group saying that what they found is overwhelming and that the text submitted for publication, would be far from what has been voted...

Although, that this is not a Presidential Commission and that the recommendations of this report is not indicative of government decisions, the credibility of this group and of Me Gérard Gourgue, can be swept with a wave of the hand. A report which might embarrass the Government which attempts an opening with the Parliament for the ratification of the next Prime Minister-designate, Laurent Lamothe.

Friday, the Adviser of President Martelly, Me Gregory Mayard-Paul, was not able to confirm the reception of this report, given the particularly heavy agenda of the day...

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5069-haiti-elections-the-government-will-establish-a-permanent-electoral-council.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-5075-haiti-politic-publication-of-the-constitution-amended-after-the-ratification-of-laurent-lamothe.html

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