Haiti Place Haiti - Elections: A first in Haiti

News Information

  • NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
  • NEWS_POSTED_ON: Aug 07, 2015
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  • Category : Haiti News
  • Description : Haiti Libre
    06/08/2015 12:29:02
  • Location : Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti
  • Website : http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14749-haiti-elections-a-first-in-haiti.html

Overview

  • Wednesday Nesmy Manigat, the Minister of Education and Pierre Louis Opont, the President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), the presence of Jean Fritz Jean-Louis, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister for electoral matters and a member of cabinet of the Minister Manigat, Charles Levelt Joseph, signed a memorandum of understanding on making available of public schools and support staff for parliamentary elections on 9 August.

    "The Ministry is honored to fulfill one of its public service missions, by supporting according to the wish of the government, the Electoral Council, to contribute to the success of the democratic vote [...] all public schools, targeted by the CEP, will be made available to the Council for free as voting Centre and/or Polling station," declared the Minister Manigat, who invited all departmental directors, inspectors, principals of these schools and their guardians... to give their full support, by facilitating logistical support to the success of the elections. He asked the heads of public schools to put the premises and furniture available two days before the vote.

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