22073: (Arthur) Immensely popular, representative Protestants get second CEP seat (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Tttnhm@aol.com

[Unidentified announcer] There is no more hope for the Lavalas Family [FL].
The doors of the Provisional Electoral Council [CEP] are definitely closed to
the party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

After several hesitations, the Haitian government, referring to the clauses
of the initial agreement, has decided to set the electoral machine in motion
without the FL representative.

On that issue, Prime Minister Gerard Latortue has written a letter to the
Protestant Federation of Haiti [FPH] to ask it to fill the vacuum that has been
created by the FL within the electoral institution. The president of the FPH
says he has received this letter. However, he did not want to disclose the name
of the second representative of the Protestant sector to the electoral
organization.

Source: Signal FM Radio, Port-au-Prince, in French 1500 gmt 25 May 04