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| 1 |  | 2008-09-02: A Modest Proposal by Stanley Lucas |  |
| Le moment est venu pour nous Haitiens vivant a l'etranger d'etre represente au parlement Haitien. Lors des prochaines elections je suggere que vous le conseil electoral integrez six postes de senateur pour la representation politique de la diaspora. | Rating: 3 |
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| 2 |  | 2008-07-03: Complacency Toward Preval Decried by members of the Haiti Democracy Project, at CSIS |  |
| Intervening at a conference, the Haiti Democracy Project said that the U.S. and international community were being overly deferential to Preval, whose threats to elections, parliament and constitution needed to be factored into policy. | Rating: 5 |
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| 3 |  | 2008-06-05: Certificat de Sénateur Elu by Conseil Electoral Provisoire | |
| M. Rudolph Henry Boulos a satisfait aux conditions exigées par la Constitution, a été élu 1er Sénateur pour le Département du Nord'Est. | Rating: 5 |
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| 4 |  | 2008-05-02: Broken Democracy by James Morrell, director of project | |
| As Haiti's people suffer in unprecedented manner, the leaders are absorbed in a far more important pursuit: fixing everything for the 2011 elections. | Rating: 5 |
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| 5 |  | 2008-04-01: Danger of Consecutive Presidential Terms by Bettina Huntenburg, Council on Hemispheric Affairs | |
| President Préval calls for an amendment to allow two consecutive presidential terms. This raises the risk of another strongman creating a personalistic system. | Rating: 3 |
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| 6 |  | 2008-03-21: Ferme décision de ne pas démissioner by Sen. Rudolph H. Boulos | |
| J'ai l'honneur de vous faire part de ma ferme décision de ne pas démissionner comme Sénateur de la République et de rester à mon poste. La résolution et les pressions contre moi s’apparente à un lynchage politique digne de la période dictatoriale. | Rating: 5 |
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| 7 |  | 2008-03-21: I Have Not Resigned by Sen. Rudolph H. Boulos | |
| I have taken a firm decision not to resign and to stay at my post. The pressures against me and others were a political lynching worthy of the dictatorial regimes of the past. | Rating: 5 |
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| 8 |  | 2008-03-21: Verbal Resignation Was under Duress by James Morrell, director of the project | |
| Senator Boulos was under physical duress when he gave his verbal resignation on March 18. Given the palpable lynch atmosphere in the Haitian senate, it was the only way he could reach safety. | Rating: 5 |
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| 9 |  | 2008-02-15: Remembrance by Agence Haitienne de Presse | |
| Lest we forget: Two years ago, some on the electoral commission hailed Jacques Bernard's departure and set up a "committee" to continue his work--click for details. It became evident nothing could be done without him and he was hastily recalled. | Rating: 3 |
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| 10 | | 2008-02-14: Letter of Resignation by Jacques Bernard | |
| Despite my eagerness to contribute, it became evident to me today that the constraints imposed by the new internal regulations made it impossible to guarantee the success of the task ahead. | Rating: 5 |
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| 11 | | 2008-02-14: Lettre de démission à Préval by Jacques P. Bernard | |
| Malgré mon excellente disposition, je me rends à l’évidence aujourd’hui que, compte tenu des contraintes imposées par les règlements internes actuels, il m’est impossible de garantir la réussite de la tâche à accomplir. | Rating: 5 |
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| 12 | | 2008-02-14: Sénatoriales 2008: Une Perspective Électorale Menacée by Jacques P. Bernard | |
| A noter que J’avais bien insisté auprès du Président Préval lors de notre toute première rencontre sur la nécessité de maintenir ces règlements généraux qui ont permis, avec succès, la réalisation de trois tours d’élections en 2006. | Rating: 5 |
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| 13 |  | 2008-02-14: Why I Resigned by Jacques Bernard, Radio Caraibes | |
| Il est inadmissible qu'en tant que directeur général, je n'ai le pouvoir ni de nommer ni de révoquer même un chef de service; et de plus, je dois toujours demander une autorisation pour la plus simple décision au président du conseil. | Rating: 3 |
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| 14 |  | 2008-02-08: Parliamentarians Warn of Electoral Breakdown by Parliamentary Group in Support of Representative Democracy | |
| English translation exclusive to haitipolicy.org. Préval's regulations forced Jacques Bernard's resignation and allow the CEP to dismantle the electoral machinery that gave us three good elections in 2006. | Rating: 5 |
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| 15 | | 2008-02-07: Reaction d'un groupe de députés après la publication des nouveaux règlements du CEP by Le Regroupement des Parlementaires pour le Renforcement de la Démocratie Représentative | |
| Les nouveaux règlements contiennent des dispositions qui désarticulent totalement le cadre juridico-organisationnel mis en place en 2006. | Rating: 5 |
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| 16 |  | 2008-01-29: No One on Electoral Commission Can Run the Machinery by Jacques Bernard, on Radio Metropole | |
| "Je ne vois personne au sein du conseil qui a l’expertise pour faire fonctionner la machine électorale", fait-il remarquer. | Rating: 5 |
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| 17 |  | 2008-01-29: Elections are Endangered by Mirlande Manigat, interviewed by Robert Benodin | |
| Il y a un risque majeur. C’est qu’il n’y ait pas d’élection. Et qu’on se retrouve le 2e lundi du mois de mai, sans qu’il ait eu ces élections. Ce qui est en train de se passer maintenant, risque de se reproduire. | Rating: 3 |
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| 18 |  | 2008-01-29: Senators Decry Departure of Jacques Bernard by Radio Signal FM, Radio Metropole | |
| The president of the senate, Sen. Kelly Bastien, and vice-president Sen. Rudolph Boulos decry the resignation. Senator Boulos: By its manipulations the electoral commission has made itself incapable of delivering the goods. | Rating: 5 |
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| 19 |  | 2008-01-28: Sauver le Sénat by Haiti Democracy Project | |
| Exclusive French translation: Par sa dignité, son éloquence et sa maturité, la délégation sénatoriale d'Haïti s'est fait des amis partout où elle s’est rendue. F11 for full-screen | Rating: 5 |
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| 20 | | 2008-01-26: Jacques Bernard Resigns by Radio Signal FM | |
| The administrator who organized three elections in 2006 has been blocked from doing his job by Preval and the new commissioners. The game-playing gravely threatens the senatorial elections. | Rating: 5 |
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