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Weekly Report - 04 August 2016 (WR-16-30)
HAITI: Funding questions ahead of vote
Last month the US government revealed that it would not provide finance for Haiti’s re-run presidential election slated for 9 October (the cost of which is put at US$55m). Serving as the latest source of uncertainty ahead of the vote, the announcement has been widely interpreted as a sign of displeasure at the decision by Haiti’s provisional electoral council (CEP), announced on 6 June [WR-16-21], to scrap the results of the 25 October 2015 first round of presidential elections due to allegations of fraud. Further compounding doubts over the electoral process is the bicameral legislature’s ongoing failure to vote on whether to extend the 120-day mandate of interim president Jocelerme Privert (which expired on 14 June).
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