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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Oct 15, 2015
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• Category : General News
• Description : Compton Herald
  by Compton Herald - October 11, 2015
  
  Photo: At the heart of Rep. Maxine Waters' concern is political instability in Haiti, which has routinely been fueled by voter fraud, violence, and intimidation. In photo above, protesters accused a candidate for Haiti’s Chamber of Deputies, of violence and intimidation as nearly six million Haitians prepared to cast ballots in the Aug. 9 elections to restore Haiti’s parliament after it disbanded in January.
• Location : Washington, DC, United States
• Website : http://comptonherald.com/waters-urges-u-s-support-free-democratic-haiti-elections/

Overview

• Congresswoman calls for probe into voter fraud, violence, and intimidation surrounding Haiti elections
  
  WASHINGTON – Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, has written a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, expressing deep concern about the 2015 Haiti elections and the impact they will have on Haiti’s future if the Haitian people do not perceive them to be credible.
  
  The ranking member of the Financial Services Committee in Congress, Waters has been a champion for Haiti for many years. Her letter urges Kerry to take all necessary and appropriate action to support free, fair and democratic elections in Haiti.
  
  The letter specifically calls on him to make a clear statement that the violence, fraud, and voter intimidation witnessed in the first round of the elections should be thoroughly and independently investigated, that the individuals and parties responsible for the violence must be sanctioned, regardless of political party affiliation, and that the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) must make the reforms necessary to establish public trust.
  
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