The Haitian Senate is feeling the heat to get on with Election

In politic, every day is like an eternity. It looks like if there is not an election in Haiti in 2014 the person who will be blamed is not President Michel Martelly.

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So far, president Michel Martell has been playing his cards well with the international community by managing to lay the responsibities on the Legislative branch of Government, the Haitian Senate in particular.

U.S. Representative from Florida Ms. Ileana Ros-Lethtinen clearly is pointing the fingers at them. She declared thais week that "It is time that the Haitian Senate vote the electoral law in line with the spirit of the Agreement on El Rancho to set a date for elections".

U.S. Representative Ileana Ros-Lethtinen further noted that a $3oo million aid package was passed by the US Congress for Haitian coast guard, health and other systems. The only way these funds will be made available to Haiti is if the US Embassy is convinced that the country is moving towards elections

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Raymond Lafontant says...

don't be so short ...

the executive branch has the total responsibility to facilitate the electoral process.

At the end of the game, it will be blame and punish for not having the dexterity to convince the others players.

in the fact, sanctions are always applied against the government not the

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