Privert and political blocks, out of phase

On Wednesday, the presidents of the various political blocs at the Chamber of Deputies have been invited to meet the President a.i. Jocelerme Privert "[...] this encounter participating in the Head of State's concern to collect the opinions of different parliamentary blocs within the framework of open consultations for the finalization of the terms of reference of the electoral Verification Commission [...]" says the invitation.

In response to this invitation Cholzer Chancy indicated in a letter that the "Presidents of the various blocks believe that this meeting should rather concern the agreement of 5 February and especially the deadline of May 14, 2016 [...] it is imperative that the Presidents of the different blocks together are able to discuss the various arrangements to urgently take to ensure institutional continuity and the continuation of the electoral process begun in 2015."

The choice of international according Moïse J-C

According Moïse Jean-Charles of the Platform "Pitit Desalin" the international community is faced with two choices: either it accepts the Verification Commission or it will face a popular uprising. In anticipation of the second choice, Moïse Jean-Charles announced the upcoming return to the streets of its activists to demand to Privert the electoral necessary corrections.

The PHTK calls for mobilization

In a note, Ann Valérie Timothée Milfort, President of PHTK notes that "the Political Agreement of 5 February 2016, designed to overcome the post-election crisis, artificially created after the 2015 elections, is systematically and unilaterally challenged by the Acting President [...] which uses all sorts of tricks to stay in power and transform the provisional in final [...]

The PHTK reaffirms its determination to continue the fight for the continuation of the electoral process between the two leading candidates in the first round [...] and launches a patriotic appeal to all democrats who believe in Republican values, beyond political divisions to mobilize to counter this threat to our democracy through the maintenance of the temporary power at the head of the country. "

The G48 rejects the invitation of the Chief of State

The Deputy Rony Célestin, President of G48 (The Parliamentary Alliance for Haiti) the majority bloc in the lower house, announced that his block will not attend the meeting on Wednesday with President Privert. According to him, the Head of State has not complied with the agreement of 5 February and has no other choice that pack up and leave the Prime Minister the opportunity to finalize the election. The Deputy Célestin is also against the idea of organizing the elections in October 2016.

Extension or not of the mandate of Privert, the Assembly will decide

For Senator Francisco De La Cruz, it is up to the National Assembly to decide on the extension or not of the mandate of interim President Privert beyond June 14. Regarding the last proposal of the President of the Republic to hold elections in late October, he believes that various sectors are expected to discuss the merits of this proposal.

HL/ HaitiLibre