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Haiti - Elections : Fraud and irregularities - West Department
04/12/2010 16:31:52

Haiti - Elections : Fraud and irregularities - West Department

In the town of Port-au-Prince, several gunshots were heard around the voting centers, causing an atmosphere of panic.

In the town of Ganthier, the voting center Nationale de Fonds-Parisiens, representatives of various political parties were pressuring voters to carry them to vote for their own candidates. In addition, an representative of platform INITE exhibited the picture of Jude Célestin. Around 1pm, a police zeal, decided to block the election process and to sack all voters, with sticks. In response, the people threw stones at police who were forced to fire into the air to disperse the crowd.

At the voting center École Nationale de la Mardette, first communal section, Galette Chambon, connume of Ganthier, an altercation broke out between the representatives of the platform INITE and parties "Ayiti an Aksyon (AAA)" and "Ansanm Nou Fò",each, in turn, trying to influence voters.

At the voting center École Nationale de Corail, an altercation broke out between representatives of different parties at the scene. The minutes were taken.

At voting center Berceau des Coupons Kindergarten, located in the town of Carrefour it was 1:40 when gunmen broke into the polling stations and physically assaulted members of these offices. Several election officials have been slapped.

Supporters of presidential candidate, Wilson Jeudy under the banner of "Force 2010" took away the ballot from voting center Don Bosco in Cité Soleil and put them in an empty bag of rice Tchako.

At the polling station #19 of voting center Sainte Anne, in Cité Soleil, a group of individuals with in their possession 9mm weapons, identifying with the platform INITE have take out a ballot box and ballots. The ballot box was returned a few minutes after being stuffed.

At Drouillard, in the town of Cite Soleil, the president of the pooling station #34, Sherline Peserville was savagely beaten by supporters of the platform and INITE and "Repon payzan" for refusing to sign a batch of fifty (50) ballots.

Jeantilhomme Marcel, president of the pooling station #15 located at the voting center Lycée de Cité Soleil has been slapped and her clothes were torn because he refused to sign ballots and return them to his attackers.

At Delmas 2, individuals, mostly supporters and sympathizers of the party "Repon payzan," stormed the voting center Building 2004 have wreaked havoc. They looted the ballot boxes, tore ballots and threw them down.

In Petit-Goave, at the voting center Lycée Faustin Soulouque, the voting was interrupted with the introduction of armed groups working for the platform INITE. They threw stones and fired shots into the air. The election officers at the center was forced to take cover. The same thing happened at the voting centers École Sacré-Cœur, École Communautaire de Fort-Liberté and École Nationale of Tapion.

The National Network for the Defence of Human Rights (RNDDH) that had deployed national and international observers throughout the country, sharing its observations with public opinion on the conduct of elections, irregularities, frauds and violence reported. The observation of the electoral process by RNDDH was made possible through funding from the European Union. The results of these observations may in no circumstances be considered as reflecting the position of the European Union.

See also:

Department of North-East https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1826-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-department-of-north-east.html

Department of North https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1827-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-department-of-north.html

Northwest, Grand Anse, Nippes https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1828-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-northwest-grand-anse-nippes.html

Central Department https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1829-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-central-department.html

Southern Department https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1830-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-southern-department.html

Department of South-East https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1831-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-department-of-south-east.html

Department of Artibonite https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-1832-haiti-elections-fraud-and-irregularities-department-of-artibonite.html

HL/ HaitiLibre / RNDDH



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