The remaining six women candidates must be elected !

Marie Denise Claude, the new Minister for Women and Women's Rights, is committed to supporting the 6 qualified women for the second round of parliamentary elections and declared "I wish that these 6 women are elected, I proposes to encourage the Government to discriminate positively in favor of those women still competing to legislative [...] the policy has been too long considered the domain of men."

The Conference of Pastors for the Verification Commission

In a statement, the Conference of Haitian Pastors (COPAH) reacts on the establishment of the Verification Commission, said that so far "[...] signals launched by the transition team are not sufficiently clear, on its real desire to move forward. Rather, it is the biggest confusion about the formation of this Commission claimed by many sectors," adding "[...] any refusal to implement the electoral Verification Commission may face the determination of Haitians who no longer tolerate being violated and that their human rights are violated," asserting that " the establishment of this Commission is the 'sine qua non' condition for holding elections in the country."

The PHTK in the street

On Thursday, hundreds of PHTK supporters took the street in Pétion-ville, before descending to the Delmas highway, asking the authorities to organize the second round of elections. The protesters demanded to the CEP the publication of the electoral timetable and the results of the municipal elections.

Elected mayors are impatient

Thursday morning, a meeting was held in the Senate between the members of the "Commission interior and local authorities" and a delegation of elected mayors. After the exchange, the members of the Commission promised to submit to the Assembly of Senators a draft resolution recommending to the Executive and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to take the necessary steps to install all elected mayors which have not been challenged.

Tribute of Martelly to Toussaint Louverture

Thursday, as part of the commemoration of the 213th anniversary of the death of Toussaint Louverture, the former President Martelly recalled the scale of this Statesman "[...] which was only guided in his fights by his love for Haiti. I salute the precursor of the Independence of Haiti."

HL/ HaitiLibre