Haiti: Getting out of the political crisis through peaceful, free, and credible elections

Port-au-Prince, Paris, January 29, 2016 – Haiti has plunged into a political crisis since the worrying fraud detected during the legislative and presidential elections of October 25, 2015 that led to the results challenged by opposition parties, violent demonstrations and a double postponement of the second round of the presidential election. Our organizations call incumbent President Michel Martelly to leave office within the period prescribed by the Constitution, February 7, 2016. They also call on political parties to find an agreement as soon as possible leading to the holding of free, credible and peaceful elections in order to avoid a triple crisis: political, institutional, and security…

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