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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
The
Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today
called on all Haitian political and social actors to fully “assume their
responsibilities and take all necessary measures to conclude the
electoral process by holding free, fair and transparent elections in
October 9.”
In a Declaration
adopted unanimously, the Council called on “appropriate Haitian
authorities to take the decisions on provisional governance, in
accordance with Article 7 of the February 5th 2016 Accord, so as to
promote the holding of general elections at the established dates.”
“That,
consistent with the Inter-American Democratic Charter, and at the
request of the authorities in Haiti, the Permanent Council will remain
seized of the situation for strengthening the electoral institutions and
processes in that country,” concluded the declaration.
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