Election of Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies

Monday as the National Assembly session to open the 50th Legislature did not take place, the validation of powers of Senators have taken place late Monday evening,

the deputies of the Lower House have nevertheless proceeded to the election of their first political bureau :

Composition of the Bureau :

President : Cholzer Chancy (Ayiti An Aksyon - AAA) ;

Vice-president to the session : Michel Jacques St Louis, (PHTK) ;

Vice-president for Administrative Affairs : Romial Smith (PALMIS)

Questeur : Gary Bodeau (Réseau Bouclier National)

Vice-questeur : Gracia Delva (PHTK)

First secretary : Abel Descollines (PHTK)

Second secretary : Exinor Hermano (Inite Patriyotik)

The CEP will comply with all recommendations of the Commission

Monday, Pierre Louis Opont, President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced "we are able to say that we will honor all the Commission's recommendations, because these are recommendations that can effectively allow us either to correct things that happened during the 2nd round or to improve the process with innovations the 3rd round of the same way as we did on October 25 [...] the recommendation range from point 3 to point 9 regarding the CEP https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16231-haiti-elections-the-recommendations-of-the-commission-of-electoral-evaluation.html " He also gave assurances that elections will take place Sunday, January 24 and the results will be known no later than February 1.

Validation of Parliament, a gratuitous act, according the G8

According to the Group of Eight presidential candidates (G8), the swearing in of part of the 50th Legislature (Deputies) is "a gratuitous act, likely to further complicate any search for solution to the crisis, born of the organization of the 2015 elections."

In addition, the G8 says to be outraged by "the validation of powers and the swearing, to the wooden bell (Sunday https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16288-haiti-flash-92-deputies-were-sworn-in.html ) of part of the members of the 50th Legislature (92) "in violation of the Constitution, of law and the Electoral Decree."

This act for the G8 is only another "additional complication" that a "provisional government, called to take in charge the destiny of the nation, after February 7, 2016, will have to bypass."

Jovenel Moïse doubt about the absence of campaign of Jude Célestin

On Friday, in an interview with AFP, Jovenel Moïse entrusted having doubts about the lack of electoral campaign for the second round of the presidential election of Jude Célestin, noting "A campaign is like an iceberg, with a submerged part. He [Jude] has his strategy, I have mine."

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