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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
The
Organization of American States’ Electoral Observation Mission
(OAS/EOM) in Haiti completed today its deployment across the country. A
team of 130 experts and observers of 24 nationalities, headed by former
Uruguayan senator Juan Raúl Ferreira, will be observing
Sunday’s election in all ten departments of Haiti.
The
Mission includes a number of specialists that are analyzing in depth
key aspects of the electoral process, including electoral organization
and technology, electoral registration, electoral justice and the
participation of women. On Election Day the OAS will observe the process
from the opening of the polls to the counting of the votes. A team will
remain in the country until the tabulation process has concluded.
The
OAS has accompanied the ongoing Haitian electoral process since 2015.
During this period of time the EOM has observed that the electoral
authorities have adopted several measures to strengthen the electoral
process.
¨We have seen improvements in comparison to the prior
phases of the process, notwithstanding the adverse circumstances¨, said
Chief of Mission Ferreira. The OAS/EOM appeals to the citizens to join
in these efforts by coming out to vote in a massive and orderly manner
on Sunday
and calls upon candidates to act in a responsible manner, allowing a
democratically elected president, as well as legislators and senators,
to take office in 2017.
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