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Weekly Report - 04 June 2015 (WR-15-22)
HAITI: Electoral contest starts taking shape
The picture is becoming clearer ahead of elections scheduled for two-thirds of the 30-member senate and the newly expanded 118-member lower chamber scheduled for 9 August and the presidential first-round on 25 October. While on 24 May the provisional electoral court (CEP) posted its “final” list of approved legislative candidates, the proposed presidential candidacy of former prime minister Laurent Lamothe (2012-2014), who is running for Platfòm Peyizan (President Michel Martelly’s former party Repons Peyizan), is fast becoming a major test for the CEP.
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