27676: Vedrine (comments): Manipulation of the elections results (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: E Vedrine <evedrine@hotmail.com>


Manipulation of the elections results will only continue to lead Haiti to total 
chaos and keep on diving the country. It is time that the CEP publishes the 
official results. People across the country know about these manipulations 
going on and what’s worse, even some presidential candidates recognize that 
Preval is the winner. Any RUN-OFF SHOULD BE BOYCOTTED by the Haitian people in 
order to respect their will. These people who have massively voted in favor of 
their favorite leader are not stupid when they have been waiting for these 
results since Friday. Isn’t it a shame for an institution like CEP when even 
presidential candidates who are members of the recent coalition and who are 
Preval’s rival make these statements? Please, give Haiti a chance to move 
forward!

"The people elected Preval. I respect their will," Dany Toussaint, a 
presidential candidate who won about 7,000 of more than 2 million votes cast, 
said on local radio. "I recognize they did not vote for me." (Joseph Guyler 
Delva and Jim Loney, Feb 14 (Reuters)

"Other presidential candidates also conceded Preval had won, including 
Chavannes Jeune, who is running fourth, former Port-au-Prince Mayor Evans Paul, 
who won just over 2 percent of the vote, and ex-Prime Minister Marc Bazin, who 
took under 1 percent.
    "A runoff ... would not solve anything," Paul said. "Let us look for 
balance in parliament and forget about the second round. That will be proof of 
political intelligence." (Joseph Guyler Delva and Jim Loney, Feb 14 (Reuters)


e.w.vedrine