Election - Haiti Observer Blog

This is a picture of a total of 20 candidates registered for the Haiti presidential election scheduled for November 2010. As you can see, there are many people who are interested in the position.

Why so many are interested on the position?

As it has been in the past, presidential candidates always seem to know the problem of Haiti and a solution for it. Why then the continues to go down instead of improving its condition?

Do you think any of the current candidates has what it takes to bring Haiti to a path of prosperity. Will the next Haitian president bring a solution to our economic problem. Will the people affected by the earthquake of January 12 have housing, food and find work? Will the next president solve our ongoing problem related to security. Will we be able to enjoy some of the basic services such as electricity and water?

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The Rapper Wyclef Jean arrived in Port-au-Prince yesterday (Tuhursday August 5, 2010) and submitted his paperwork to become a candidate for the next Haiti presidential election in November. He stated: " The United States has Obama, here you're going to have Wyclef"

Wyclef also announced that he is no longer the chairman of Yele Haiti foundation. Is this because the organization had management problem in the past. Do you think this move was an attempt to distance himself from Yele Haiti, and consequently remove ammunitions from his opponents who might try to demonstrate his lack of managerial skills.

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This music video "Rel Nou Ap Toujou Fe Eko" is a homage for the three leaders in the Haitian women's movement who were victims of the Haiti earthquake.

Interpreted by Jan Jan Roosevelt, featuring Netty Dugravil, Renette Desir and Robinson Auguste, "Rel Nou Ap Toujou Fe Eko" was written by Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue, and produced and directed by Regi Chevalier.

Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan, founders of three of Haiti's most important advocacy organizations working on behalf of women and girls, were confirmed dead, following the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12, 2010.

Along with many others, these three women gave women voices, fought against violence and made rape in Haiti a crime. One returned to her Haitian roots, to give voice to women, honor their stories and shape their futures. Another urged women to pack a courtroom in Haiti, where she succeeded in getting a guilty verdict against a man who battered his wife. A third joined the others and helped change the law to make rape, long a political weapon in Haiti, a punishable crime.

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Wyclef Jean has been the star player in Haiti for a while now, does that mean he want to be president of Haiti?

For the past decade, Wyclef Jean has been advocating for Haiti and Haitians all over the world. He has spearheaded relief efforts in Haiti, following the massive earthquake which devastated the country in January, 2010.

In 2005, Jean established the Yele Haiti Foundation which provided scholarships to 3,600 children in Gonaives, Haiti, after the devastation by Hurricane Jeanne. In its second year of operation, Yele Haiti Foundation almost doubled the amount of the scholarships and spreaded them throughout Haiti, providing tuition in 5 regions.

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