3361. Mission to Haiti #3
- Author:
- Robert A. Pastor
- Publication Date:
- 03-1995
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- The Carter Center
- Abstract:
- Independent candidates and representatives from 27 political parties contested more than 2,000 municipal and Parliamentary postions in elections in Haiti on June 25, 1995. In the pre-election period, the Provisional Election Council (CEP) judged the qualifications of nearly 12,000 candidates, and disqualified about one thousand without explanations. The process was so prolonged and contentious that the ballots had to be changed up to the last days, and there were numerous mistakes. The CEP's erratic performance led three parties to boycott the election, and virtually all to question the CEP's judgment and independence. The unresponsiveness of the CEP to legitimate complaints raised by the political parties sowed seeds of distrust in the electoral process.
- Topic:
- Government and Politics
- Political Geography:
- United Nations, Latin America, and Caribbean