Supporters of Fanmi Lavalas already in the streets

Friday in a press conference, the Fanmi Lavalas Party announced that it intended to file challenges against the preliminary results of the presidential election of October 25, 2015, alongside the Party intends to pursue the mobilization in the streets to demand respect for the votes of the electorate in favor of the candidate to the Presidency, Maryse Narcisse which got 7.05% and ranked 4th.

"Fanmi Lavalas won. Fanmi Lavalas won victory," declared Maryse Narcisse strongly, while Me Gervais Charles said, "I feel humiliated. They tried to humiliate us. We understood. The results of these elections are fabricated."

The same day, Fanmi Lavalas supporters demonstrated in the streets of Port-au-Prince, erecting barricades of branches and tires to protest against the results, that excluded their candidate of seconf tour, on 27 December.

Sauveur Pierre Étienne admits his defeat

Sauveur Pierre Étienne, a member of the G8 and presidential candidate under the banner of OPL which obtained a score of 1.94% (30.227 votes), conceded defeat "I recognize that the Haitian people did not vote for me," however, he said he did not rule out the possibility of supporting Jude Célestin in the second round.

Some pro Jude Some pro Jude Celestin parade on the streets

On Friday, hundreds of activists and supporters of Jude Célestin admitted to the second round (25.27% with 394.390 votes), marched through the streets of Port-au-Prince to contest the preliminary results of the presidential election of October 25, 2015, denouncing according to them of results fabricated.

"Of results fabricated dixit Céant

Me Jean Henry Céant, G8 member and candidate for president under the banner of the party "Renmen Haiti" [2.50%, 39.005 votes] said rejected the "results fabricated" that were announced by the Provisional Electoral Council and launched a call for the mobilization of the people to defeat the government's plan.

The OCID invites candidates use legal voice

Rosny Desroches, a member of the steering committee of the Citizen Observatory for Institutionalizing Democracy (OCID) invited all candidates who consider themselves wronged, using all means permitted by the electoral law to enforce their rights and defend their interests "candidates must defend their rights by means of challenging not by violence and demonstrations disturbing the public peace and order."

Let's recall that the electoral law provides for a period of 72 hours after publication of the results, so that candidates can challenge the preliminary results, which were provided by the CEP late Thursday afternoon https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15684-haiti-flash-jovenel-moise-vs-jude-celestin-at-second-round.html

The RNDDH requires of the CEP the publication of turnout

Yolène Mary Gilles of the National Network for the Defence of Human Rights (RNDDH) said to note the publication of preliminary results of the presidential election, but requires that the CEP gives the voter turnout in the elections of October 25.

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