The election impasse in Haiti
At a Glance
27-04-2016
The run-off in the 2015 presidential elections in Haiti has been suspended repeatedly, after the opposition contested the first round in October 2015. Just before the end of President Martelly´s mandate on 7 February 2016, an agreement was reached to appoint an interim President and a new Provisional Electoral Council, fixing new elections for 24 April 2016. Although most of the agreement has been respected , the second round was in the end not held on the scheduled date.
At a Glance
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- America
- bicameral system
- economic geography
- election monitoring
- electoral fraud
- electoral procedure and voting
- GEOGRAPHY
- Haiti
- organisation of elections
- parliament
- political framework
- political geography
- political parties
- political party
- political situation
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- presidential election
- presidential régime