28122: Craig (news) HAITI: LEGISLATIVE RUNOFF ELECTION SET FOR APRIL 21 (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From:  Dan Craig


HAITI: LEGISLATIVE RUNOFF ELECTION SET FOR APRIL 21 A legislative runoff needed 
to restore popularly elected government to Haiti will take place April 21, the 
interim administration announced. Scores of candidates seeking 129 legislative 
seats will take part in the runoff, considered the final step in often-delayed 
elections called to replace former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Officials 
had scheduled the runoff for March 19 but postponed it, citing street protests 
after the Feb. 7 presidential election, won by René Préval. The delay also 
forced postponement of his inauguration; he cannot take power without a sitting 
Parliament. A new inauguration date was not set. (AP)

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/international/16briefs.html