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By Frederica Wilson
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Haiti faced a critical test last week when voters headed to the polls to cast ballots for the
men and women who will serve in the next Parliament. The election, three years overdue,
was the first of three to be held by December and will measure the nation’s ability to hold
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fair and transparent elections and self-govern.
In this first round, more than 1,800 candidates vied for approximately 130 seats, which in itself is extremely problematic. During the inevitable October runoffs, voters will also cast ballots to elect a new president from yet another overcrowded field of more than 50 candidates. Its current head of state, President Michel Martelly, has governed by decree since January, when the last Parliament coincidentally dissolved on the fifth anniversary of the 2010 earthquake that killed 200,000 people. Without the same checks and balances that most democracies enjoy and not enough lawmakers to even form a quorum, Martelly has been unable to achieve much in the past eight months. Continue reading ... Frederica Wilson represents Florida's xx district in the U.S. Congress. Her oped appeared in the Miami Herald. |
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