Excerpts
from Léon Manus's June 6, 2000 letter
to the OAS. 
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FOR
THE RECORD Explanation
of what goes on this web page.
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 Recent
Violence and Illegal Maneuvers. Micha Gaillard.
June 26, 2000.
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| Opposition
declares elections null and void. June 21,
2000.
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Statement
of Léon Manus. June 21, 2000.
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| We
were warned in 1997. |
| "The
ironic part of these power plays by Lavalas
is that they would have won fair and square."
Chicago Tribune quotes CIP. June
21, 2000. |
| Situation
de tension et de violences à Port-au-Prince.
Le 20 juin 2000. Haiti Solidarite International.
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Élections : Résultats Définitifs
dans une Atmosphère de Tension. June
20, 2000. |
| How
to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
A comment by CIP research director James
Morrell. June 20, 2000. |
| NOAH
condemns "any attempt to tarnish the
legitimacy of the victory of Haitian people."
Press release, June 19, 2000. |
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What
is going on in Haiti? Two past CIP web
page articles may provide clues to the
mentality:
| 1999
essay by sociologist Franklin Midi.
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1998
Aristide speech.
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| Election
commission chief flees Haiti.
June
18, 2000.
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Tighten
Up Vote Count, Give Elections Full Legitimacy--CIP
Observer Henry F. Carey Comments in Miami
Herald. June 12, 2000. |
| Vote
de la Grand-Anse: Un Premier Pas...,
SICRAD, June 12, 2000. |
| Le
CEP et la MOE ne sont pas sur la Même Longueur
d'Ondes, SICRAD, June 5, 2000.
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Haiti
still does not have the FRAPH documents.
CIP
Web-Page Exclusive: What's In the FRAPH
Documents.
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| TAINTED
ELECTIONS RAISE FEARS OF EMERGING HAITIAN
NARCO-STATE. Statement of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee chairman, June 2, 2000.
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 OAS
rejects announcement of first-round senate
winners, says method places validity of
whole electoral process in doubt.
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CIP delegation observes best-ever Haitian
legislative elections. But . . .
A three-person CIP delegation joined the
OAS observers' team. Two of us worked
in Département du Nord, one in
Port-au-Prince. We witnessed Haiti taking
an important step toward reconstituting
its government, opening up a path to economic
recovery and poverty reduction. On election
day we saw few irregularities. However,
persistent violence of Lavalas Family
supporters against the opposition raises
questions about integrity of the process.
Also, chaotic conditions in some electoral
offices caution against hasty conclusions.
Still, the impressive turnout and patience
of the voters and the dedication of the
election workers and police gave evidence
of the grassroots will for democracy.
Whether this victory of the people will
be vitiated by the violence of former
president Aristide's party remains a question.
Our pre-election
denunciation of this violence
(with
other human-rights organizations) remains
apropos. Because of this violence, it
is difficult to say how much closer Haiti
has advanced to the goal of legitimate
governance. June 1, 2000.
Places visited by the delegation.
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Example
of the violence: handwritten statement given
to delegation, May 20, 2000, in Milot, Département
du Nord, by OPL candidates.
L'agitation
à Milot au cours de la période
électorale
May
20, 2000.
Follow-up statement, May 21.
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Intimidation
in Dondon.
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| Report
of the International Coalition of Independent
Observers. May 22, 2000. |
| Aristide
Calls for Peace. May 18, 2000.
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| Arrests
of OPL candidates in the Artibonite. May
26, 2000. |
| Contestation
Formulée par l'OPL quant a la Validite
de Elections du 21 mai 2000. June 1, 2000.
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Haïti : Crise Post-Electorale. SICRAD,
June 1, 2000. |
| L'OPL
Conteste les Élections du 21 Mai
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| Réaction
Conjointe
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Aristide
welcomes elections, condemns violence.
Sends
letter to U.S. members of Congress. May
8, 2000.
| Reply
by Rep. Benjamin A. Gilman, May 11,
2000. |
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 Radio
Unite, de nouveau en ondes et Radio Voix
des Paysans du Sud attaquée, SICRAD,
11 mai 00.
Saccage
de Radio Unité a St-Michel de l'Attalaye.
SICRAD,
6 avr. 00.
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| Loi
Electoral, 15 juillet 1999, with new hypertext
table of contents.
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Radio
Haïti Inter a repris ses émissions.
SICRAD,
8 mai 2000.
Jean
Dominique's last broadcast. March 27,
2000.
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| Prevent
a Lavalas Electoral Coup d'Etat. Micha Gaillard.
May 8, 2000.
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| Haïti:
Demande de prendre des mesures de precaution.
Cas: Pierre Espérance, 13 avril 2000.
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Explanation
by chief vote-counter Luciano Pharaon.
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Reversal:
Manus's earlier letter to the OAS, before
he decided on a full count. Excerpts.
June
6, 2000. 
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Le
CEP publie un nouveau document de mise
au point sur le calcul des pourcentages
attribués aux candidats au sénat. 4 juillet
2000. Agence Haitienne de Presse.
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| Opposition
opts out of elections. June 21, 2000.
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The
OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Haiti: 
