Will Haitians ever see their votes count in a real Election?
Chers Collègues du Congrès et du Sénat Américain, La Constitution Haïtienne en vigueur, en ayant consacré le principe de la séparation des pouvoirs systématisé par Montesquieu dès l’année 1748, impose à l’Etat, à ses agents et aux gouvernants le respect de règles de droit. Monsieur René Préval, devenu Président de la République, a juré...
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BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — After he lost everything in the Haiti earthquake, a lawyers’ group gave attorney Clauvy Robas a tent to sleep in. But, rather than pitch it in one of the camps that have sprouted up around Port-au-Prince, he prefers to sleep in a friend’s car. “I am not supposed...
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Le chef de l’Etat confirme la tenue des élections présidentielles et législatives le 28 novembre et prend la défense de l’institution électorale qui serait “injustement diabolisée” ; faisant très peu de cas des revendications de l’opposition et de la montée de la contestation contre son régime Préval s’en prend à un rapport américain et...
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9:38pm EDT By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – President Rene Preval on Wednesday rejected U.S. Senate proposals for upcoming elections in Haiti and said one of them could even sow “anarchy” in the earthquake-shattered Caribbean country. Preval, who earlier this week set November 28 as the date for presidential and legislative elections, was...
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René Garcia Préval, President of Haiti 30 June 2010 – Haitian President René Préval has set 28 November as the date for the people of the earthquake-devastated nation to vote for his successor, a move welcomed today by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Presidential decrees issued last Thursday and yesterday have also mandated that the Provisional...
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As foreign do-gooders try to send humanitarian supplies, they are encountering problems — for a variety of different reasons. BY FRANCES ROBLES, TRENTON DANIEL AND JACQUELINE CHARLES frobles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — The “Wishmobile” is a 36-foot mobile medical unit with full examination and triage rooms, and it’s stuck at a Haitian port, captive to bureaucratic...
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Haitian presidential election set for Nov. 28 By JONATHAN M. KATZ (AP) – 1 hour ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Rene Preval set Nov. 28 as the date voters will choose his successor as leader of the earthquake-shattered Caribbean nation. The much-anticipated decree setting the election date was signed Tuesday beside Port-au-Prince’s collapsed...
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Edmund Mulet, Special representative of the UN Secretary General in Haiti appears to be cooperating with the concept of Haitian elections this coming November 28. In reality, the game seems to be something else. Two days ago Mulet spoke to a friend. In a tape recording of that conversation Mulet comments… “I have to...
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BY TRENTON DANIEL tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com PETIONVILLE, Haiti — On a soggy Friday night, the graffiti artist known as “Jerry” scooped up a half-dozen aerosol cans from the back of his Toyota RAV4, placed them at the base of a cinder block wall in this Port-au-Prince suburb and proceeded to spray. Four minutes later, the work...
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BY FRED GRIMM fgrimm@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — It was Rio for a day, this shattered city. Brazilian flags hung from the windows of broken buildings. Sidewalk vendors along the ruins sold yellow scarves trimmed in green, and jerseys and pennants that professed allegiance to the beautiful game. Yellow and green soda bottles hung from lines...
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