BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com Haitian President René Préval is being urged to move faster to schedule presidential and parliamentary elections in an earthquake-battered Haiti or risk losing the confidence of the U.S. Congress. The warning comes from a high-ranking influential member of Congress, who in an eight-page report obtained by The Miami Herald, calls...
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While the international community and President Preval are moving ahead with Haiti’s Interim Reconstruction Commission (HIRC), the Emergency and Reconstruction Law that created that structure has been challenged in Haitian courts for potential violation of the constitution. According to the law, the HIRC replaced the constitutional government of Haiti for 18 months, eliminates parliament...
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June 8, 2010-Claudy Gassant was fired for his handling of drug prosecutions…or his complete and total refusal to pursue Preval associates, involved in the cocaine traffic. This traffic has increased over 300% in the past couple of months. Much of the money is going into Preval’s election war chest for the November elections. He...
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