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Haiti - Elections : Fraud and irregularities - Department of Artibonite
04/12/2010 16:15:06

Haiti - Elections : Fraud and irregularities - Department of Artibonite
In the commune of Estère, voters frustrated to not having found their names on the partial voters list stormed the voting center École Nationale Mapou Lagon and tored the ballots and the partial electoral list. The vice president of the polling station #4 was molested.

At the voting center École Nationale de l’Estère, supporters of the party "Ayiti an Aksyon (AAA)" and the platform INITE came to blows, following a struggle to influence the vote.

At the voting center École Nationale de Pont Benoit, located in the town of Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, the counting started at 3:15 in the afternoon. Supporters of INITE, seeing that their candidates were poised to lose the center, caused a mess and torn ballots.

Also in the commune of Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, partisans of "Respé" having learned that several voting centers were vandalized, threw stones and broken bottles on the voting center École Nationale de Séguy. They stopped the counting to grab and tear ballots.

At the voting center École Nationale de Maingrette, in Ennery, Julio Jean Baptiste, representative of the party "Ayiti an Aksyon (AAA)" and Preslet Adjocy, representative of group "Alternative", voted several times with the complicity of the staff of this center. Moreover, supporters and sympathizers of the party "Ayiti an Aksyon (AAA)" were allowed to vote multiple times, even without national identification card.

At voting center Bon Berger de Saint Michel de l’Attalaye, everything went peacefully when a group of supporters and sympathizers of the parties "Ayiti an Aksyon (AAA)" and " Ansanm Nou Fò" intervened to halt vote operations. Following this intervention, minutes of counting are missing.

In the commune of Dessalines, supporters of the platform INITE have fired in the air, and threw stones and broken bottles on the voting center École Nationale de Nièl, bringing voters to disperse. This incident was recorded after supporters of presidential platform have unsuccessfully tried to buy voters. In the same voting station, Mackenson Jean, a supporter of the platform INITE voted five (5) times.

In Saint-Marc, voting center École Nationale de Séguin, Polyxe Larose, aka Ti Popo, Smith Saint Gilles, aka Dife Limen, Jacky and the named Viola have invaded the polling station #13, seized materials of vote and fled. On their way, they tore the ballots and ballot boxes were broken.

Always in Saint Marc at the voting center ycée Sténio Vincent, the candidate for the Senate under the banner "Alternative", Anick Joseph, was on the scene and tried to convince voters to vote for it. There followed a heated argument between representatives of political parties, following which a crowd has invested the center and took away the voting materials. The ballots were torn and thrown around the city.

In the commune of Verrettes, in the morning, several people broke into the polling station #2 of the voting center École Nationale Charles Belair and put pressure on the president's office to sign several ballots before handing them over to the above individuals. The president objected. In response, these individuals have torn all the ballots that were received by the polling station. The same scenario occurred at polling stations #1, #3, #11, #12 and #14. Supervisors and members of the offices had to decamp. Several parties were involved in this widespread disorder, "Ayiti an Aksyon (AAA), INITE, RDNP," Alternative","Veye Yo, MODELH-PRDPH. In this center, the recount couldn't take place, since all the voting materials were torn and the minutes away.

Also in this commune supporters of the platform party INITE and AAA, RDNP, and RENMEN AYITI were invested around 8:30 am, the voting center École Nationale de Drouet, with the fixed intention to vote several times. They signed the ballots and voted for their candidates. After they closed the voting and began with the counting. The situation has degenerated with throwing stones and firing automatic weapons throughout the commune.

At the voting center École Nationale Jacques Premier, located in the town of Dessalines, two (2) representatives of AAA party were hit by bullets. They are: Augustin Michaud, in Cannal, 4th section and Robens, in Priyen, 4th section of Dessalines. They both (2) were taken to hospital Deschapelles.

In the town of Terre Neuve, at the voting center Eglise Evangélique Mondiale de Zaboka, the assistant supervisor was taken in obvious-offense encouraging the voters to vote in favor of the candidates of his party. In parallel, the president of polling station #3, allowed the voters to vote without their card of identification.

The National Network for the Defence of Human Rights (RNDDH) that had deployed national and international observers throughout the country, sharing its observations with public opinion on the conduct of elections, irregularities, frauds and violence reported. The observation of the electoral process by RNDDH was made possible through funding from the European Union. The results of these observations may in no circumstances be considered as reflecting the position of the European Union.


See also:
Department of North-East https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1826-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-department-of-north-east.html
Department of North https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1827-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-department-of-north.html
Northwest, Grand Anse, Nippes https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1828-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-northwest-grand-anse-nippes.html
Central Department https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1829-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-central-department.html
Southern Department https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1830-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-southern-department.html
Department of South-East https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1831-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-department-of-south-east.html
West Department https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1833-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-west-department.html

HL/ HaïtiLibre / RNDDH

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