PORT AU PRINCE, Aug 5 (BERNAMA-NNN-PRENSA LATINA) -- The confirmation that a Haitian politician has received bribes has turned around the investigation being carried out by the anti-corruption senate committee, headed by Youri Latortue.
The general secretary of the Association of Progressive National Democrats, Mirlande Manigat, has confessed to having received US$550,000 from the construction companies owned by Dominican Senator, Felix Bautista.
According to Manigat, these funds were used in the election campaign, to buy posters and to hold events in the provinces. Campaign contributions from locals and foreigners are not prohibited in Haiti.
However, the amount the presidential candidate obtained was higher than permitted by law, which caps each donation at two million gourdes (US $31,300).
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In addition, Manigat also violated Haitian law, because she did not declare, to the Permanent Electoral Council, the donation, which was higher than the 100,000 gourdes (US$1,565), established by law, according to the newspaper La Nouvelliste.
The politician's confession comes as former President Michel Martelly was also summoned by the Senate to testify on funds received from these same companies.
The investigation, opened by Latortue, is trying to discover what the last two Haitian governments did with the funds from the PetroCaribe agreement, which disappeared without being used for social projects or the improvement of living standards, as established by the agreement.
-- BERNAMA-NNN-PRENSA LATINA
The general secretary of the Association of Progressive National Democrats, Mirlande Manigat, has confessed to having received US$550,000 from the construction companies owned by Dominican Senator, Felix Bautista.
According to Manigat, these funds were used in the election campaign, to buy posters and to hold events in the provinces. Campaign contributions from locals and foreigners are not prohibited in Haiti.
However, the amount the presidential candidate obtained was higher than permitted by law, which caps each donation at two million gourdes (US $31,300).
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/wn/newsworld.php?id=1269829
http://www.plenglish.com//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5119151&Itemid=1
In addition, Manigat also violated Haitian law, because she did not declare, to the Permanent Electoral Council, the donation, which was higher than the 100,000 gourdes (US$1,565), established by law, according to the newspaper La Nouvelliste.
The politician's confession comes as former President Michel Martelly was also summoned by the Senate to testify on funds received from these same companies.
The investigation, opened by Latortue, is trying to discover what the last two Haitian governments did with the funds from the PetroCaribe agreement, which disappeared without being used for social projects or the improvement of living standards, as established by the agreement.
-- BERNAMA-NNN-PRENSA LATINA
