Guy Philippe, registration in the Senate

The General Secretariat of the Senate has produced a certificate dated 31 January 2017 which "hereby certify and attests to have received from the lawyers of the elected Senator Guy Philippe the documents required by Article 7 of the Interior regulation as part of the fulfillment of registration formalities in the Senate of the Republic."

Senator Wilfrid Gélin takes the oath

This week Senator Wilfrid Gélin, who was the subject of an administrative investigation by the Provisional Electoral Council, following accusations rejected, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19918-haiti-flash-cep-s-decision-on-senator-wilfrid-gelin-phtk.html was sworn in the Senate, swearing to fulfill its task, to maintain and safeguard the rights of the Haitian people and to be faithful to the Constitution before receiving the two-color scarf.

Paris agreement ratified

Wednesday the parliament met in national assembly for a session of ratification of important international instruments "The Paris Agreement [signed in April 2016] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17231-haiti-environment-dieuseul-desras-to-the-signing-ceremony-of-the-paris-agreement-cop21.html has just been ratified by the Haitian National Assembly [90 votes for, 0 against and 4 abstentions]," announced Simon Dieuseul Desras, Minister of the Environment

Senate, D-1 preliminary results

Wednesday, Robenson Cherilus, the Director of the Voting Tabulation Center (CTV), announced that 87.28% of the minutes for the 1/3 of the Senate are already proceeded. However, he reported that some 30 minutes had not yet been forwarded to the CTV, but that the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) was keeping the expected date of publication of the partial results, Friday 3 February.

Danilo Medina at the investiture

The National Palace in Santo Domingo confirmed that Dominican President Danilo Medina will attend the inauguration of the elected President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse on 7 February.

Participation between 19 and 20% ?

The national electoral observation consortium, composed of organizations such as RNDDH, SOFA, CONHANE and CNO, estimates between 19% and 20% the turnout in the elections of 29 January 2017 See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19984-haiti-elections-preliminary-review-in-figures-of-the-ocid.html

Bill on the identification of children

The Senator of Northwest, Onondieu Louis filed this week a draft law on identification of children at birth.

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