Bloody demonstration

Yesterday Friday, during an opposition demonstration in the metropolitan area a protester was killed while another was seriously injured with a machete. Assad Volcy, spokesman of the party "Pitit Dessalines" declared "We were attacked by minions of power. Two men traveling in a police uniform on motorcycles, opened fire at close range and murdered one of our activists. You can kill one of our brothers, ten of our brothers, maybe a hundred, but never one will manage to kill the Haitian people [...]"

A maneuver of intimidation

Jean-Henry Céant (Renmen Ayiti) (6th position 39,005 votes - 2.50%), denounced the shooting against his notary office, on the night of 18 to 19 November 2015, the latter assimilate it to maneuver of intimidation.

The Senate condemns the attack on Steven Benoît

In a note signed by senators of the Senate of the Republic, the latter say they follow "with the greatest attention the developments of the political situation consequent to the publication of the results [...] of 25 October 2015. We are extremely concerned by this turn of events and the behavior of some actors and state institutions that put restrictions on the free expression of the sovereign, violate fundamental rights to public gatherings and exert disproportional violence against peaceful demonstrators," adding that they "condemns in the strongest terms the attack characterized by some agents of the security forces in the person of Senator [Steven Benoît https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15822-haiti-news-electoral-zapping.html ] in function which, alongside other presidential candidates and unnecessarily assaulted and humiliated, participated 18 November 2015 in a peaceful demonstration to demand the worship of democratic transparency and respect for the sincerity of the popular vote."

A beneficial commission for the Haitian people

Sauveur Pierre Etienne (OPL) (7th position 30,227 votes - 1.94%) affirmed that the determination of his 7 others colleagues, the G8, to force the CEP to establish an independent commission of verification of election results, which will just be benefit for the Haitian people.

Umpteenth demonstration

Friday, thousands of people participated in the demonstration organized by the opposition, demanding respect for their vote, the establishment of verification commission of election results of October 25 and the exclusion of the candidate of PHTK, Jovenel Moïse, the departure of the current government and the establishment of a transitional government. The final point of the demonstration was Petion-ville, front the offices of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) where no incidents were recorded there. Reportedly at least vehicle were burned at Delmas 95, bottles were thrown...

Jude Célestin awaits...

Jude Célestin (LAPEH) (2nd position 394,390 votes - 25.27%) said await the decision of the CEP (after processing of the challenge by the BCEN) to take a final decision together with his colleagues candidates, decision that should be in favor of democracy and the Haitian people.

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