In a letter addressed to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), 7 organizations of the civil society SOFA, CNO, CONHANE, JILAP, CARDH, POHDH and RNDDH, all involved in electoral observation, take note that at the expiry of the deadline, 27 candidates have confirmed their candidature for the resumption of the presidential election on 9 October.

"These organizations remind you that the presidential candidate must be a respectful personality of laws and principles, and placed above all suspicion.

This is also based on these criteria that voters will vote for the one who will be invested with power to decide the fate of the country for the five (5) years to come. [...] To do this, we recommend you, on the basis of Article 128 of the Electoral Decree of 2015, to take into account, in your analysis of files, the delivery or not of narrative and financial reports on the election funding that was allocated during the elections of 2015, to he parties and groups of political parties. Indeed, Article 128 provides as follows : 'Thirty (30) days after the publication of official results, party, political group that received a state subsidy is required to send to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) the detailed financial statement, signed by a chartered accountant, with supporting documents of expenses relating to the subsidy in the context of elections.

Fault by political party or group to submit to this obligation, it is prohibited from any political activity for five (5) years at least and ten (10) years at most, to pronounce by the BCEN convened by the President of the CEP. After the delay of thirty (30) days provided in paragraph above, the Provisional Electoral Council and the Haitian government denounces the fact, for the purposes of legal proceedings in the Correctional Court for embezzlement [...]'"

Identification of organizations of civil society :

"Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn" (SOFA); National Council Electoral Observation (CNO); Haitian Council of Non State Actors (CONHANE); National Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace (JILAP); National Defense Network for Human Rights (RNDDH); Centre for Analysis and Research in Human Rights (CARDH) and Platform of Haitian Human Rights Organizations (POHDH).

HL/ HaitiLibre