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From: Max Blanchet <MaxBlanchet@worldnet.att.net>

The names in red are in my opinion the major candidates with a chance

of going to the second round.


      HAITI: LIST OF QUALIFIED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
      September 24, 2005

      Prepared by Max Blanchet

      NAME  PARTY
     NOTES
     #





      ARCELIN, Paul Independent, *)
     Former ambassador to the DR








      ARNAUD, Pierre Independent






      ARNOLD, Principal Independent







      BAKER, Charles Henry
     Independent
     Rich industrialist, formerly affiliated with but not currently endorsed
by the Groupe des 184




        1






      BASILE, Francoeur
     Elan Démocratique








      BAZIN, Marc Louis Union pour Haïti;Key backers : Mouvement pour
l'Instauration de la Démocratie en Haïti (MIDH) and the Feuillé/Hériveaux
faction of Fanmi Lavalas
     Former finance minister under JC Duvalier, PM under military regime,
former planning minister under JB Aristide






        2






      BELIZAIRE, Déjean
     Mouvement National Patriotique du 28 Novembre (MNP-28)
     Former senator


        3






      BELOT, Jacques Ronald
     Independent








      BOISROND, Jean-Michel
     Independent
     Director of the National Council of Communications









      BORGELLA, Joel
     Organisation pour l'Avancement d'Haïti et des Haïtiens (OLAHH)



       4






      BUTEAU, Jean Hénold
     Mouvement pour la Reconstruction Nationale (MRN)










      CALIXTE, Guerrier
     Independent








      CHERESTAL, Jean Marie
     Pou Nou Tout (PONT)
     Former high official under JC Duvalier, former PM under JB Aristide









      CLAUDE, Bonivert
     Parti Social Rénové (PSR)
     Former head of Haiti's Central Bank


      5






      CLOTERE, Senatus
     Independent








      DELPE, Dr. Turneb
     Parti National Démocratique Progressiste d'Haïti (PNDPH)
     Former senator









      DENIS, Arios Martin
     Independent








      DENIS, Paul
     Organisation du Peuple en Lutte  (OPL), formerly Organisation Politique
Lavalas
     Former Lavalas senator and key player in OPL


        6






      De RONCERAY, Hubert
     Grand Front Centre Droit (GFCD)
     Former social affairs minister under JC Duvalier


      7






      DESTIN, Marc-Antoine
     Mouvement pour l'Avancement, le Développement et l'Innovation de la
Démocratie en Haïti (MADIDH)
     Former union leader


      8






      DUPLAN, Joseph Rigaud
     Plateforme Justice et Paix pour le Développement National (PJPDN)
     Well-known attorney and former head of the bar association in P-au-P,
former minister of finance




      9






      ELIE, Dupuy
     Independent








      FLEURINORD, Luc
     Independent ( ?)
     Former senator







      FRANCISQUE, Edouard
     Union des Nationalistes Progressistes Haïtiens (UNITE)
     Former minister of the economy under JC Duvalier


       10






      GEORGES, Reynold
     Alliance pour la Libération et l'Avancement d'Haïti (ALLAH)
     Lawyer, perennial neo-duvalierist presidential candidate


      11






      GILLES, Louis Gérald
     The "authentic branch" of Fanmi Lavalas
     Former senator representing Fanmi lavalas









      GILLES, Serge
     Fusion des Sociaux-démocrates (FUSION); Key Allies: Victor Benoît, Micha
Gaillard and PDCH (Faction Marie-Denise Claude)
     Well-known socialist leader, former senator




       12






      GOURGUE, Gérard
     Mouvement de l'Unité Démocratique (MUP) ; key allies : General Avril,
Mrs. Claire Lydie Parent and Jean-Auguste Mésyeux
     Well-known human rights lawyer, candidate for president in 1987, former
minister of justice


       13






      GUILLAUME,

      Jean Gilbert
     Independent








      JEUNE, Chavannes
     Union Nationale pour la

      Reconstruction d'Haïti (UNCHR)
     Protestant minister


       14






      JOSEPH, Dominique
     OCODE








      JOSEPH, Volvick Rémy
     MOUVMAN KONBIT NASYONAL (MKN)
     Neo-duvalierist presidential candidate, former member of the CEP in JBA's
second administration, former minister of health under JC Duvalier













      JULIEN, René
     Action Démocratique pour Bâtir Haïti (ADEBAH)
     Lawyer


       15






      JUSTIMA, Emmanuel
     Action Démocratique

     16






      LAFORTUNE, Joseph
     Independent








      MANIGAT, Leslie François
     Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes (RDNP); Key ally:
Cantave's KONAKOM du Renouveau
     Well-known political scientist and party leader, served briefly as
president under Namphy in 1988




       17






      MESADIEU, Luc
     Mouvement Chrétien pour une Nouvelle Haïti (MOCHRENA)
     Protestant minister well-connected to Protestant networks


       18






      MOURRA, Samir Georges
     Mobilisation pour le Progrès d'Haïti (MPH)
     Scion of a well-known family of Syrian origin, businessman


       19






      NICOLAS, Evans
     Front de l'Union pour la Réconciliation Nationale (FURN)
     Leader of URN, a duvalierist party









      NICOLAS, José Jacques
     Independent
     Protestant minister







      PAUL, Alexandre Independent







      PAUL, Evans (Ka Plim)
     Alliance Démocratique

      key ally : Claude Roumain of

      Generation 2004
     Well-known political activist, former mayor of P-au-P, leader of KID


       20






      PERPIGNAN, Frantz
     Parti Démocrate Chrétien Haïtien (PDCH - branche Marie France Claude)



       21






      PHILIPPE, Guy
     Front pour la Libération Nationale

      (FLN)
     Former army officer and high-ranking officer of Haitian National Police
under Préval/Aristide, led rebellion against Aristide






       22






      PREVAL, René
     Platform ESPOIR backed by ESKANP, Pati Louvri Baryè (PLB), KONPA, KOREGA
and KOZEPEP
     Former PM and President under Lavalas, formerly JBAristide's marasa or
twin brother




       23






      REBU, Himmler Grand Rassemblement pour l'Evolution d'Haïti (GREH)
     Former colonel of the Haitian Army (Head of the Leopards), involved in
coup attempt against General Avril in 1989




       24






      ROMAIN,

      Dr. Charles Poisset
     Front Civico-Politique Haïtien

      (FRONCIPH)
     Former government minister and member of the 87 CEP, university professor


       25






      ROMAIN, Franck François
     Camp Patriotique et l'Alliance Haïtienne (PACAPALAH)
     Infamous officer of the Haitian army, former mayor of P-au-P under JC
Duvalier, industrialist




       26






      ROY, Judie C.
     Regroupement Patriotique pour le Renouveau Haïtien (REPAREN)
     Political activist who spent time in jail under Aristide; the only female
candidate




       27






      SAINT-LOUIS,

      Yves Maret
     Party Vert Haïtien


     Haitian green party


       28






      STERLIN, Henri Robert Alliance Démocratique pour la Réconciliation
Nationale (ADRENA)










      SYLVAIN, Jean Jacques
     Parti des Industriels, Travailleurs, Commerçants, et Agents de
Développement d'Haïti (PITACH)





       29






      SIMEUS,

      Dumarsais Mécène
     TET ANSANM

      Key Ally: Dr. Blot and Union pour le Développement d'Haïti (UDN)
     Rich Haitian-American industrialist











      TOUSSAINT, Dany
     Mouvement Démocratique et Réformateur Haïtien, (MODEREH) ;

      Key ally: Former Fanmi Lavalas Senator Prince Sonson Pierre
     Former major of the Haitian army, former Fanmi Lavalas senator, broke
with Aristide in 2003




       30






      *) Independent candidates need 100,000 signatures to qualify; as for
candidates affiliated with parties, their parties need 5000 signatures to
qualify. To date 67 parties have filed their papers with the electoral board
(CEP).  To date only 45 have been certified. The electoral board rejected the
candidates whose names are stricken through.







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