Haitian Presidential Candidates

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That's also what I've been told. One of the potential problems with the new President's agenda regarding the Diaspora is that whoever is elected will face an opposition party in the legislature. My question is: how much support does the proposal for a Constitutional amendment have with members of that branch of government?
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There will be new legislature.... Preval's party, UNITE, swept the first round,, so we will see. I think that the EXTERNAL pressure for this amendment is the most important thing.. ie the donors... if the Haitian government wishes to have more money channelled through the govt and not the NGOs they are simply going to have pass this one.. AND show a bit more transparency on where the money goes
 
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... if the Haitian government wishes to have more money channelled through the govt and not the NGOs they are simply going to have pass this one..
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Where are your sources claiming that the majority of the funds are going through NGO's?

From what I've seen the individual donor or donor coalitions will be awarding and managing the contracts indirectly of Haitian government influence.

Furthermore, while no doubt NGO's will be able to submit proposals for these contracts that fact is few of them are able to do design and building of infrastructure - which will be the bulk of the redevelopment money.

NGO's will continue to be in Haiti as long as there is public and private funding for their niche, which are mostly social service related but it will still be a drop in the bucket overall.
 
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Where are your sources claiming that the majority of the funds are going through NGO's?

From what I've seen the individual donor or donor coalitions will be awarding and managing the contracts indirectly of Haitian government influence.

Furthermore, while no doubt NGO's will be able to submit proposals for these contracts that fact is few of them are able to do design and building of infrastructure - which will be the bulk of the redevelopment money.

NGO's will continue to be in Haiti as long as there is public and private funding for their niche, which are mostly social service related but it will still be a drop in the bucket overall.
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had to search a bit since this is such a common statement in Haiti that no one ever asked for a source

but here is one

NGOs often have greater capacity and more funding than the Haitian government. Fears of
corruption have caused foreign donors to bypass the Haitian government and funnel financial
and material assistance through NGOs. For example, in FY 2007-2008, USAID spent $300 million in
Haiti, all of which was implemented through foreign NGOs. These projects often had more money
than the entire Haitian Ministry of Planning. As a result, the Haitian government had little chance
to develop the human or institutional capacity to deliver services.

http://www.usip.org/files/resources/PB 23 Haiti a Republic of NGOs.pdf
 
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A very recent tweet by Wyclef on Twitter:

"For the 1st time in a very long time the youth of Haiti, making up over 52% of the population, heard democracy ring through the mountains".

Wait and see..............
 
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had to search a bit since this is such a common statement in Haiti that no one ever asked for a source

but here is one

NGOs often have greater capacity and more funding than the Haitian government. Fears of
corruption have caused foreign donors to bypass the Haitian government and funnel financial
and material assistance through NGOs. For example, in FY 2007-2008, USAID spent $300 million in
Haiti, all of which was implemented through foreign NGOs. These projects often had more money
than the entire Haitian Ministry of Planning. As a result, the Haitian government had little chance
to develop the human or institutional capacity to deliver services.

http://www.usip.org/files/resources/PB 23 Haiti a Republic of NGOs.pdf
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While this is relevant for normal years it will not be relevant when the real reconstruction monies are distributed because as I mentioned NGOs offer basically only social services and not infrastructure development.
 
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Haiti postpones preliminary results of presidential election as counting
drags on
The Associated Press - By Trenton Daniel ? March 29, 2011

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti ? Haitians will have to wait a few more days to learn
the preliminary results of their presidential election.

An official with Haiti's electoral council says preliminary results will be
postponed to give poll workers more time to count ballots. The official
spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been made
public.

The preliminary results will now be released Monday. They had been scheduled
for release Thursday.

The official said Tuesday said that more ballots had come in than originally
anticipated.

In the presidential race, former first lady and Senator Mirlande Manigat
faced musician Michel Martelly, who is known as "Sweet Micky."
 
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Unfair and undemocratic
The Miami Herald, BY IRA J. KURZBAN, Posted on Wednesday, 09.08.10




Imagine if the Federal Election Commission in the United States
disqualified the Democratic and Republican parties from the 2012
presidential election and declared that only candidates of minor parties
could run. No one would consider it a fair election, and certainly the
people of the United States would rise up, claiming the election is
unconstitutional and undemocratic.

Yet the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Haiti on
Nov. 28 are just that -- unfair, unconstitutional and undemocratic. The
country's Provisional Electoral Council, which itself is not
constitutionally composed, is refusing to allow the country's majority party
-- Famni Lavalas (Lavalas Family) -- to participate in the election.
Thirteen other legitimate political parties are also being excluded from
parliamentary elections.

The Famni Lavalas Party, headed by former President Jean Bertrand
Aristide, won the last democratic election it was allowed to participate in
by overwhelming margins. In May 2000, when President Ren? Pr?val was in his
first term, the party won virtually all the seats in the lower house of
Parliament, the state houses and local governments. It won most of the seats
in the Haitian Senate and the presidency. Since the February 2004 coup,
Famni Lavalas has been banned from participating in Haitian politics.


The current Provisional Electoral Council, hand-picked by President Pr?val,
has fabricated a new eligibility requirement to disqualify Famni Lavalas
from the presidential elections. This new rule requires that the head of
each party register presidential candidates in person.

President Aristide, however, is exiled in South Africa where a tacit
agreement between many governments keeps him there. While the great powers
have maintained a code of silence concerning Aristide and his right to
return to his own country, they are feverishly working, with the complicity
of the South African government, to ensure that he does not return. At the
same time, the government of Haiti has refused to renew Aristide's passport
to allow him to return to Haiti to register his party.

These political maneuvers are not lost on Haiti's people. While the
mainstream media in the United States focuses on whether Wyclef Jean may run
for president or what Sean Penn thinks of Jean's candidacy, the Haitian
people refuse to play the fool. Indeed, they know the presidential election
that will be imposed on them has nothing to do with democracy.

They will, as they did in 2005, only support a presidential candidate who
will bring Aristide and Famni Lavalas back to the Haitian electoral system.
With Famni Lavalas out of the race, the election will have extremely low
turnout, which international ``authorities'' will predictably say is ``the
best one can expect'' given the earthquake.

The result is a faux election that will have lasting consequences for
Haiti and the international community.

It will undermine the stated goal of the United States and its allies to
achieve ``stability'' in Haiti, and it will undermine the legitimacy and
sustainability of a central Haitian government that is not elected by, but
for, the people.

In a report to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Richard
Lugar, R-Ind., called upon President Pr?val to restructure the Provisional
Electoral Council and ensure the participation of opposition parties,
including Famni Lavalas. Without this, Lugar argued, the November elections
will lack credibility. Lugar warned, ``The absence of democratically elected
successors could potentially plunge the country into chaos.''

Fair, inclusive elections -- that include the participation of Famni
Lavalas and other legitimate political parties and respect for the right of
all exiles to return, including Aristide -- are essential for establishing a
Haitian government with the legitimacy and capacity to effectively manage
the country's reconstruction. Settling for elections that are less than fair
and inclusive might seem expedient in the short term, but in the mid- and
long-term accepting flawed elections will ensure civil strife and political
controversy. It will imperil international community investments in Haiti
while leaving the country vulnerable to the next natural, economic or
political disaster.

If we believe in spreading democracy throughout the world, it is
difficult to understand the code of silence by the United States and other
nations that support the disenfranchisement of the Haitian people by
eliminating the majority party in the election.

Ira J. Kurzban was the general counsel in the United States for the
Republic of Haiti for 13 years during the Aristide and first Pr?val
administrations.
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You apparently have overdosed on KOOL AID !
 
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Word is Martelly has a big lead and that he will choose Wyclef as his pm and keep Joseph as the ambassador to the States. Also, expect the dual residency law to be rammed through and finalized so that the Haitian diaspora can come back and own businesses and generally get involved in the reconstruction. This is good news for Hispaniola to say the least.
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It looks like my source was right. I would also like to see the other predictions happen as well. I remain hopeful.
 
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