Election

The CEP has announced the various dates on Thursday for the long overdue legislative and municipal elections. A date is set as well for the presidential vote. They also revealed the Electoral Timetable as well at the Hotel Karibe Convention Center.

Here are the important dates to remember:

June 19, 2015, Start of the electoral campaign

March 16, 2015, Reopening of the Political Parties Registration :

Monday, April 6, Partial Legislative Elections : (20 Senators and 118 deputies)

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Breaking news. Former Haiti Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive just announced that he's candidate for the next Presidential election in Haiti.

Jean-Max Bellerive was Prime Minister under President Rene Preval, nominated on October 30, 2009, to replace former Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis.

There were some allegations made on Mr. Bellerive and gold in Haiti

What do you think

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Haitian government and local election authorities have expressed their concerns over security on U.N decision to withdraw U. N Troops from six of the 10 departments in the country, including the Northeast, Northwest, Central, Grand'Anse, Nippes and Southeast. They are fearing this could undermine the process of presidential, legislative and municipal elections. The MINUSTAH has undertaken a staged withdrawal of soldiers over the next two years and has plans to deploy troops only in the North, Antibonite, South and West departments. Recently, on Monday, March 16, President Martelly has announced August 9 and October 25 as the scheduled dates for country's long overdue legislative and municipal elections, as well as the next presidential election. Elections for two-thirds of the Senate will be held on August 9 as well as the entire lower chamber of deputies. The presidential election will be held on October 25, with a presidential runoff, if necessary, on December 27. Fritz Jean-Louis, the Haitian minister responsible for election-related matters, has said that it is not only a matter of worries for the Haitian government alone, but it is equally a matter of concern for several countries and other partners helping the country's election process. However, this withdrawal could have happened in a manner that would allow to overcome our shortcomings.

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Dènyèman, nan yon jès senbolik, Premye Minis Evans Paul Delivre nouvo Dekrè Lwa nan manm CEP pou demontre ke tout faktè sa yo te nan plas yo ppou eleksyon kap fet

Sepandan, anpil moun pa kontan.

Nan Thomassique, moun yo pa kontan paske yo gin tandans pèdi yon chèz nan Palman paske Thomassique aak Cerca-la-Source ap reprezante pa sèlman yon sèl depite

Ansyen kandida pwezidansyèl Charles Henri Baker "Charlito" pa kontan non plis ak nouvo Dekrè Lwa sa. Kantite moun ki ke yo pral pèmèt nan kat la pou vote jou eleksyon an. Li vle pati politik yo gen aksè a tab yo Depouyman epi verifye rezilta yo anvan yo te fè li piblik. Dekrè a Elektoral pa gen yon dispozisyon pou elimine vòt yo nan kote fwod te detekte.

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The organization of national and municipal elections in Haiti was planned long ago. However, disagreements about how to establish the electoral council and the contribution of the three important government sections, such as, the Supreme Court, the Executive Branch and the National Assembly, has caused a great rift that ultimately postpones the long due election on October 26.

As the three-year-long political crisis continues, a few thousands of Haitian protesters allied with Haiti's opposition parties, broke out with voter cards demanding a chance to vote and marched in the streets Port-au-Prince on Sunday, October 26--the day when the overdue election was scheduled. They were angry over the government's postponement of the election, citing a "constant concern to guarantee political stability." The continued delay was the result of a failure to resolve an impasse in the National Assembly over the national electoral law as the oppositions were of opinion that the proposed electoral commission would not operate independently. In June, President Michel Martelly decreed that the elections will be held on 26 October. The midterm senate elections in Haiti had been due in May 2012, while the municipal election is three years behind its schedule. Protesters lit piles of rum-soaked wood in the central neighborhood of Bel Aire, navigated traffic before a heavy police, clad in riot gear, with the presence of the UN peacekeeping security force. The police fired tear gas at protesters; no one had major injuries, two of the protestors were arrested. Protesters were demanding Martelly's resignation for his inability to organize elections in the country. The absence of the election will deepen the crisis in the Assembly as the term of the remaining two third members expire in next January. Such vacuum may result in a President ruling by decree, starting next January.

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Haitian voters are scheduled to vote for members of Parliament on August 9th of this year. They will cast their ballots to seat two-thirds of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. Presidential and local elections are scheduled for October 25th. President Martelly will not be running for another term in office since the Constitution forbids him from serving more than one five-year term.

State elections have been delayed for over four years. The last scheduled election was supposed to be held in October 2014, but a stand-off between Martelly and opposition leaders put the kibosh on that. Then the constitutional window of opportunity lapsed. The Haitian Constitution stipulates that deputies' terms are for four years while senate terms last six on an alternating basis.

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The Haitian Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced dates for this year's elections. August 9th Haitians will go to the polls to seat two-thirds of the Senate and all of the Lower Chamber. The presidential election will be held October 25th as well as local and city elections. If there is not a clear winner for the presidency, a run-off will happen on December 27th.

But the dates aren't firm as it needs approval from the major parties. INITE has okayed the timetable, but extremist party Fanmi Lavalas disapproves. They feel the suggested electoral period is too lengthy, and many political parties have insufficient funding to compete favorably over such a long stretch of time. They add that being without a constitutional government in place for too long poses a threat to Haiti's stability.

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The question as to how long President Michel Martelly's ability to rule the country by presidential decree will continue seems to have an answer, as elections are to be called in the middle of the year, July to be exact, for the deputies and senators. Recent information from the country's electoral council is that the first round of legislative elections will take place in five months, to establish the entire Lower Chamber and 20 senators. The news was followed closely by that which said the second round would occur in October 25, at the same time as the presidential elections.

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The Haitian Parliament is now non-functional, its members' terms having expired on January 12th. This development gives President Martelly the power, as a ruler by decree, to issue an order to organize elections. The opposition-six senators had been refusing to attend Parliament to fill a necessary quorum so an electoral law could be passed permitting state and local elections.

Martelly has clarified he doesn't want to rule by decree, but he is making an exception because legislative elections are absolutely vital to Haiti's interests domestically and internationally. Martelly has been criticized for not acting soon enough so Parliament would remain functional. But others hold Parliament responsible, in particular the opposition-six senators, who refused to make up a quorum of 16 senators needed to pass the electoral law so ballots could be cast. Rather than let Martelly win by submitting to him, the senators preferred to let him win by default. Had they formed a quorum and voted, their terms would have been extended until April for the lower chamber and September for the senate.

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There seems to be no end to the election nightmare taking place in Haiti as, yet again, the nation's leader, President Michel Martelly, has made an announcement detailing the further delay of the already years' long overdue elections. It was news that was, understandably, met with great dissent.

On Sunday, October 26, 2014, the president announced the postponement of the legislative and municipal elections that were originally slated for 3 years ago, ironically on the same day the elections should have been held. Martelly, failing to name a date for the elections, could only say that it would be "as soon as possible" - news that didn't appeal to the masses, as the violent protests that followed showed. Martelly, in a statement to explain the decision, stated the reason for the further delay being the inability to assure political stability.

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