The FUSION candidate defeated in Petit Goâve

After the defeat announced Sunday of Me Jean Frederic Beneche, the candidate of the party Renmen Ayiti it was the turn of Me Josselin Joseph Renald candidate for deputy of Petit-Goâve under the banner of the FUSION Social Democrats to admit his defeat "I thank all those who supported me and voted for me. Now is the time to preach peace in Petit-Goâve. It is true that the elections were marred by violence and irregularities [...] I am happy to have such an experience and this will allow me to have more weight and maturity in my life and understand more the people [...] According to the information we have, if the figures are confirmed, there will be no second round in Petit-Goâve. The candidate for deputy Germain Alexandre-Fils under the banner VERITE is in a better position. He is the eventual winner. We know what happened, we acknowledge our defeat and we wish him well. He is the Deputy of all Petit-Goâviens," declared Me Renald at the micro of Radio Preference FM.

HL/ HaitiLibre / Guyto Mathieu (Correspondant Petit-Goâve)

Arrest of the Interim agent of Ouanaminthe

Sunday evening, Samuel Fidèle the interim executive officer of the town of Ouanaminthe, was arrested for ballot stuffing at the count of votes at the voting center of Collège Georges Muller. He was released Monday morning. Note that the electoral advisor Néhémy Joseph and Jonas Victor the President of the Departmental Electoral Office North East, were present during his arrest.

High tension in Mirebalais, St. Marc and Mariani

On Monday, a tense situation prevailed in Mirebalais, Saint Marc and Mariani where candidates of different parties took the streets to denounce the conduct of the parliamentary elections on Sunday. The population has joined the candidates to challenge the counting of ballots. To Mariani, some supporters have been violent, believing that the first round of legislative elections was poorly organized and must be resumed in teh commune.

False Assertion of Famni Lavalas

At a press conference at the headquarters of the Foundation Dr. Aristide, the presidential candidate of Fanmi Lavalas, affirmed that only representatives of three parties had the control of voting centers and that, in all departments of the country (implicitly excluding her party). A demagogic statement contradicted by the report of 1,700 observers of the OCID who noted in particular that among the most present representatives in the polling stations (BV) were : PHTK (68.6%), VERITE (65.5%), FANMI LAVALAS (58.9%), OPL (52.9%), Fusion des sociaux démocrates (46.8%) and KID (46.5%).

A group of political parties denounces

On Monday, a group of political parties, including Fanmi Lavalas, Fusion, Renmen Ayiti, Ayisyen pou Ayiti and the consortium of political parties denounced in a joint statement, the numerous irregularities, physical assaults and ballot stuffing recorded in the organization of Sunday's parliamentary elections. Maryse Narcisse (Famni Lavalas) wondered how the President of the CEP, the Prime Minister and a sector of the international community, can be satisfied front so many irregularities and incidents.

HL/ HaitiLibre