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AP says president of Haitian election flees to DR

Associated Press reported that the president of the electoral council of Haiti fled to the Dominican Republic yesterday. Reportedly, he feared for his life that had been threatened because he did not sign the results of the municipal and congressional election held 21 May in Haiti. The former judge, 68 Leon Manus has family in the United States, and AP said he traveled to the DR through the frontier to catch a flight to the US from here. He has family in the US. Reportedly, he had a Dominican visa.