«A successful election day» dixit Berlanger

Sunday, at the press conference of the CEP at the end of the day, Léopold Berlanger, the President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) declared that "[...] we can say that it is a successful election day, apart from some incidents that we can consider as serious in envions a dozen voting centers out of 1,534. What has happened in the country today we can consider that this is progress that the country has made in the march towards democracy, political stability and the institutionalization of democracy [...]"

Serious electoral incident

Inspector Gary Desrosiers, deputy spokesman for the Haitian National Police (PNH) said yesterday Haiti's election day, the Deputy of Grande Rivière du Nord, accompanied by heavily armed men, broke into the Voting Centre Notre-Dame of Lourdes before leaving with the ballots of this Centre.

Participation rate of voter very low

The 600 observers of the National Network for Human Rights (RNDDH) deployed in the field, reported a very low voter turnout in the Sunday elections...

Jovenel Moïse congratulated the people of Haiti

"I congratulate the Haitian people who once again went to the polls on January 29 to consolidate the democratic gains. Long live Haiti !" declard President-elect Jovenel Moïse.

A voting center occupied by bandits

Yesterday Sunday, among the incidents reported, the voting center located at the Episcopal Saint-Sylvestre school (communal section of Carrefour) was taken hostage by gunmen, forcing the Centre staff to leave...

Towards a low participation record

The branch in Haiti of the organization "New england human rights" welcomes the good organization of the election day of 29 January. However, Antonal Mortimé, representative of this organization said "We are likely to witness a record of low participation in the elections of January 29, 2017."

HL/ HaitiLibre