A ministerial certificat de décharge, a document which was made cause for the elimination of several heavily-favored candidates from the upcoming elections, has never been issued in the history of Haiti. Ever.

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Haiti: Towards undemocratic elections, endless crisis. 3 things to know

by Samuel Maxime

The most important thing you should know.

A ministerial certificat de décharge, a document which was made cause for the elimination of several heavily-favored candidates from the upcoming elections, has never been issued in the history of Haiti. Ever.

This ministerial-level décharge is required to be passed by a bicameral commission of the Haitian Parliament and the reason it has never, ever been issued is for one of two reasons: either the Parliament was non-existent, “non-functioning” or it was not issued for purely political reasons. For these upcoming 2015 elections, it is a little bit of the former but much more of the latter.

Even as the Haitian Constitution reads in Article 233 that décharges should be issued at the beginning of each regular session of Parliament (twice per year), one has still never been issued. Ever.

These are the candidates eliminated from presidential elections, purely, for this reason:

  • Brutus, Duly

  • Gauthier, Josefa

  • Joazile, Jean-Rodolphe

  • Lamothe, Laurent

  • Mayard-Paul, Thierry

  • Saint Lot, Danielle

The next thing you should know.

A number of candidates approved for elections were required to have a ‘certificat de décharge’ but did not have one.

What is most striking about these citizens approved to continue towards these presidential elections is that they did not need a ministerial-level décharge from Parliament, they only needed one from the Superior Court of Auditiors and Administrative Disputes, which is well-existent and proved to be well-functioning.

These candidates are, perhaps coincidentally, running on the parties of the three former presidents:

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Lumarque Jacky, Moïse Jovenel, Narcisse Maryse  (From let to right) –

  • Lumarque, Jacky – Verite of Rene Preval

  • Moïse, Jovenel – PHTK of Michel Martelly

  • Narcisse, Maryse – Fanmi Lavalas of Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  • The third thing you should know.

  • Two of the councilors sitting on the nine-member electoral council, one of which is the council’s president, are required to have certificate de décharge to be members of the council but do not have one.

For CEP member Marie Paul Austin, she needed a ministerial-level décharge for her service as Minister of Education from 2004-06. As stated in the “most important thing you should know”, a ministerial level décharge has never been issued.

For the CEP President, Pierre Louis Opont, he needed a regular décharge for his service as Director General of the last electoral council in 2010-11. The CSCCA is well and functioning, he has no excuse for having not obtained this document.

In the interest of full disclosure.

Former Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is among those disqualified from elections and I should disclose that he is someone who has been a friend since before the inauguration of President Michel Martelly in May of 2011. None the less, his case is not my motivation. In fact, I have not decided on who I will cast my vote for this fall. I have several I consider friends, already approved for elections. One approved candidate for the presidency helped me build this news agency.

My motivation is that Haiti ends the endless crisis which has at its root, undemocratic, unfair, exclusive and corrupt elections. It rises illegitimate governments that do not have the true will of the Haitian people. These illegitimate governments are susceptible to blackmail from international institutions, diplomats et al who hold that illegitimacy over their heads.

The office of the president, unlike any other seat in the state, embodies the will of the people. It must. I am advocating for an election in which all candidates are fairly admitted and political, institutional voids (which are political), do not disenfranchise the Haitian people from voting on who they want to be their leader.

Article 233: For the purpose of maintaining constant and careful supervision over Government expenditures, a fifteen-ember Parliamentary Committee with nine (9) Deputies and six (6) Senators shall be elected by secret ballot at the beginning of each regular session, to report on the management Ministers, in order to enable the two (2) Assemblies to give them discharge.This Committee may engage the services of specialists to assist it with its monitoring functions.

  • Source : Haiti Sentinel

Posted by Herve Gilbert at 9:56 AM

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7 thoughts on “A ministerial certificat de décharge, a document which was made cause for the elimination of several heavily-favored candidates from the upcoming elections, has never been issued in the history of Haiti. Ever.

  1. Opont’s only excuse is he stole a lot of money last time and couldn’t really get a discharge, unless he paid someone.

  2. PETION-VILLE , PORT-AU-PRINCE DOWN TOWN , HAITIANS OF THE DIASPORA CALL YOUR RELATVES AND FRIENDS IN HAITI, CAYES , JACMEL, CAP, GONAIVES, ARTIBONITE, PARTOUT EN HAITI COMME A L’EXTERIEUR ! STAND UP AGAINST INJUSTICE , ABUSE OF POWER BY A “CEP”. WE ARE NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY ELECTION ” FAUX MAMITES “. WE MUST SAY NO TO ELECTION MASCARADE , NON TO DEMAGUOGUERY. WE MUST HAVE FREE ANF FAIR ELECTIONS JUST LIKE EVEYBODY ELSE: US , FRANCE, CANADA, BRAZIL, ETC. WHY SHOULD WE BE DIFFERENT COMPARED TO THEM ? WE ARE NOT SUBHUMANS. WE MUST BE TREATED WITH RESPECT. OTHERWISE WE HAITIANS DO NOT NEED THEIR HELP. FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS NOW ! HAITIANS LEVE KAMPE ! NOU PAP PRAN GOL AK MIN. NOUS N’ALLONS PAS AUX ELECTIONS SANS LAMOTHE , MAYARD PAUL, DULY BRUTUS ET LES AUTRES CAR ILS SONT TOUS DES HAITIENS DES AYANTS DROITS. OUR FATHERS DIED FOR THEM TOO. NO FREE ELECTIONS NO PEACE !

  3. Very exact……
    These élections are very corrupts.
    The most popular candidate Laurent Salvador Lamothe Has been eliminated by this CEP for purely political reason.

  4. Very exact……
    These élections are very corrupts.
    The most popular candidate Laurent Salvador Lamothe Has been eliminated by this CEP for purely political reason.

    The director of the CEP Opont has received a lot of money from drug dealers.
    Enough is enough.

  5. Election is for people who can vote. Marc, you should ask yourself that question. Why the Diaspora has nothing to say in the Election happening in Haiti? Why the Diaspora cannot participate in those elections? Is it fair to treat the people from the Diaspora like that when the Haitian Gov. past or present has admitted how important is the help that Haiti received from the Haitian Diaspora? Let the Haitian people decide if they want to vote or not. That’s their right and no one can take that away from them. Most of the Haitian people are not educated and fall for anything because they are in need; remember that. The question to ask is when are we going to allow Haitians to have a say in the situation happening in their country like it is being done in Dominican Republic, for example.

  6. THE “CORE GROUP” DOES’NT DECIDE FOR THE HAITIAN PEOPLE , WE DO . THE POWER BELONGS TO THE HAITIAN PEOPLE NOT TO THE “CORE GROUP” . THE HAITIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT TAKING PART IN “SELECTION” BUT RATHER IN ELECTION. WE WANT FREE & FAIR ELECTION. THE HAITIAN PEOPLE ARE NOT STUPID AND THAT’S MY MESSAGE TO THE SO CALLED “CORE GROUP”.

  7. Preuves que le CEP planifie un COUP D’ETAT ELECTORAL en faveur de René Préval : La candidature de Mr LUMARQUE Jacky, candidat à la présidence et Poulain de l’ancien président René Gracia Préval a été agrée par le CEP, alors que l’enquête diligentée par la CSC/CA, concernant sa gestion et les documents, tant administratives et financiers pour les exercices de 2008/2010 le concernant aient été communiqués à ladite commission d’enquête, en date du 2 Juin de l’année en cours. Je ne sais pas pour vous, mais moi je renifle une odeur de putréfaction à l’image de ces politiciens véreux made in Haïti.
    Les candidats associés au mouvement TET KALE tels que Sophia Martelly, Laurent Lamothe, Edo Zenny, etc sont rejetés. Les candidats associés à Préval-Aristide ayant les mêmes problèmes de décharge sont agréés exemples: Moïse Jean-Charles, Dieuseul Simon Desras, Steven Benoit, Jacky Lumarque…

    sent from my AMGOO

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