Jacky Lumarque Expelled For Lack Of Discharge Certificate

Updated June 6, 2017 10:35 AM

As per a press release by the Provisional Electoral Council (PEC) on June 19th afternoon, it has been learnt that Jacky Lumarque, the representative of the Verite Party, has been expelled from the run of the Presidential election because he could not produce his discharge certificate as required by an election decree as per its mandate mentioned in Article 90 paragraph. Jacky Lumarque is a candidate of Verite Party, created by the former President Preval. The PEC is a nine member institution. It has been commissioned to organize a free, transparent and credible election in Haiti. The discharge certificate could have certified that Lumarque had handled the government funds appropriately when he ran a state education committee.

However, the work of PEC has never remained free of criticisms. One among several critics, Rudolph Boulos has affirmed that Provisional Electoral Council has no credibility to organize the elections. Five of its nine members follow direct orders from Preval and it is controlled by some other influential leaders of a political party. There are many other candidates (like, Marie Carmelle Paul-Austin, the former Education Minister, Pierre-Louis Opont, the former General Manager of the PEC responsible for the 2010 elections, Nehemie Joseph and Yolette Menguale, members of the previous PEC) who did not submit their clearance papers but were allowed to continue their candidacy. The PEC cannot make any discrimination and enforce a law which they are not in conformity with. An election should be held in a democratic way not by a process of selection and discrimination. It should never be a farce or intrigue orchestrated by some persons in high places.

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