Two-faced Democracy in Haiti

During last week which was also the week of thanksgiving, there was a big governmental and provisional election council problem with a political party named the (fanmi lavalas). “The Haiti Information Project” recently published a short article reporting that the Provisional Election Council (CEP) had allowed the Fanmi Lavalas party to register to run in elections which was scheduled for early 2010. According to dependable sources, an original document was requested by the CEP and signed by Aristide was delivered to the offices of the council shortly after 1:00 pm on November 23. Three days later the CEP would publish the names of those political parties that are going to be allowed to participate in the elections and the Fanmi Lavalas party did not appear on the list. The party did not make all the legal requirements to register and followed the legal opinions masking their true political intent. This was what they wrote after they realized they made their mistake:” We humbly apologize for the mistaken assumption in our reporting that the CEP was telling the truth and willing to play by the rules of the democratic game in Haiti.”Apparently the fanmi lavalas party was not ashamed by playing against the rules. Ninety percent of the electorate boycotted the last Senate race after the fanmi Lavalas was excluded by the CEP.The latest news which just went out was said that the political party (fanmi lavalas) is close so now basically this political party no longer exists anymore.