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#2883: OAS Secretary General's Statement on Haiti (fwd)
From: Mary Durran <durranmary@hotmail.com>
Here is for information a statement made by the OAS Secretary General on
Haiti and elections:
Organization of American States
Press Release
(E-054/00)
March 17, 2000
OAS SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON HAITI
The Organization of American States views with grave concern the impasse
between the Government of Haiti and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP)
to establish a definitive date for the Legislative, Municipal and Local
Elections in Haiti. The OAS believes that the realization of these
elections as soon as technically feasible is crucial for the democratic
development of Haiti. It is the opinion of the OAS Observation Mission
that, with a maximum effort by the CEP to complete the registration of
voters, finalize the voter lists, train pollworkers and fulfill other
necessary preparations, the date of April 9 can be maintained.
The OAS calls on the Government of Haiti to decree as soon as possible an
election date that will allow for the completion of the necessary
preparations and will permit the installation of a democratically-elected
parliament on the constitutionally mandated June date. To not respect the
constitutional requirements for seating parliament would represent a further
disturbing weakening of the process of democratic consolidation in Haiti.
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