Mobilization of MOPOD and FORPAK against discharge certificates

The "People's Patriotic Movement Dessalinien" (MOPOP) and the "Patriotic Force for the respect of the constitution" (Fòs Patriyotik pou Respè Konstitisyon FOPARK) warn against a supposed executive's plan to issue a discharge certificates to former senior government official, including Laurent Lamothe, to enable them to participate in future elections. To protest against this possibility the two political organizations of the radical opposition announced two sit-in outside the prosecutor of Port-au-Prince and the Superior Court of Auditors (CSC) on Wednesday 15 and Friday, April 17.

Registration of candidates advance slowly

The registration process opened since Monday, April 6 advance slowly. In terms of pre-registration, 147 candidates for deputies and 27 Senate candidates have completed the online process for the entire territory. Only one Senate candidate filed his record in the Office (BED) of South in 8 days...

According to our sources, political parties criticize the process of pre-registration and the impossibility once confirmed pre-registration to make changes [anti-fraud system]. Also they seem that many candidates might encounter difficulties in collecting all documents required for registration. For Philippe Augustin, the Director of Voter Registration, the process advance according to the schedule that provide the end of registration on 19 April. He recalled that the calendar is provisional and may be extended if problems are found. Noting that he was waiting for an Executive follow-up correspondence, following a request made at the Forum of State last Friday https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13592-haiti-elections-state-forum-on-the-organization-of-the-electoral-process.html

Nearly 6 million voters

Since the last elections, the number of citizens of voting age increased by about 1.3 million. The electoral list could in 2015, potentially reaching almost 6 million voters, against 4.7 million in the previous election. The Director General of the National Identification Office (ONI) notes that since the presidential decree convoking the people in their comitia, the number of request for National Identity Card (CIN) has increased from approximately 800 applications per day to nearly 2,000 per day.

Several years of elections to come

While Haiti prepares in 2015 to general elections in three ballots, that promises already difficult, the country will not end with the election. Indeed, in 2016, it will be

necessary to organize elections for the renewal of one third of the Senate. In 2018, once again election for another third of the Senate. In 2019 it will be the renewal of Deputies and in 2020 the presidential election...

Change of address notify the ONI

Jean-Baptiste St-Cyr, Director General of the National Identification Office (ONI) recalls that "Even if a person has changed residence within the same city or in the same constituency, it must inform the ONI office through which it had made made its CNI, in order to change its address and to be assigned to a polling station."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13599-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13584-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13578-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13571-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13563-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html

HL/ HaitiLibre