Haiti’s Presidential elections postponed again
Chris Bennett
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As published in today's edition of Caribbean Insight
Haiti will not meet its April 24 deadline to complete its second round run-off presidential election according to the President of its Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), Leopold Berlanger. Although no new date has yet been announced, Mr Berlanger has suggested that a new electoral timetable will be ready by the end of May.
The election was postponed in January after escalating protests and allegations of fraud in the first round. The fresh delay means that the interim President, Jocelerme Privert, will not now hand over to an elected successor on May 14, as had been previously agreed (Caribbean Insight January 6, 2016 and February 17, 2016).
The results of the first round of election last in October 2015 placed Jovenel Moise in first place and Jude Celestin in second for a runoff, but Mr Celestin and other losing candidates had rejected the outcome alleging fraud.
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