6430: Ruckle replies to Poincy on parallel government (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: "James R. Ruckle" <jruckle@citynet.net>

The reason that the Haitian opposition is using a tactic of nonparticipation, is
that it worked in Perú. The expected candidate won the vote, but wound up
resigning three months later because of a total lack of legitimacy. A phone call
to Uncle Sam was involved. Whether the united opposition in Haiti has any more
legitimacy than Lavalas remains to be seen. When I was there in 1987, there were
so many political parties the country resembled Italy. There may be a sizable
portion of registered voters who are not represented by either group. The
opposition in Perú, on the other hand, was composed of several fairly strong
political parties. Comments?

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