Haiti: Voters prepare to select President, Senate and Deputies on Oct. 25

Vijonet Demero, secretary-general of Haiti’s frequently criticized Provisional Electoral Council, predicts the October 25 voting will be far better organized than the initial parliamentary round 2 months ago, the results of which were only recently issued. “We have learned from the mistakes of August 9th and we have been busy making all the necessary administrative changes,” Demero said at the headquarters of the council overseeing the US$69 million election process.

A major change, he said, will be greatly limiting the number of political party representatives allowed to observe at polling stations in a bid to avoid voter intimidation.

Source: Associated Press

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