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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Jan 31, 2016
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• Category : Haiti News
• Description : AFP, January 31, 2016
  
  Photo: Sandra Honore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, rejected the notion the international community is trying to influence the electoral process (AFP Photo/Hector Retamal)
• Location : Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

Overview

• Port-au-Prince (AFP) - With a political vacuum now a real possibility in Haiti after presidential and legislative elections were postponed indefinitely, Sandra Honore, chief of the UN's MINUSTAH mission, rejected accusations of international interference.
  
  Question: How do you respond to claims by the opposition and some civil society groups that the international community is interfering in the dialogue between Haiti's political actors as they try to find a solution to the electoral crisis?
  
  Answer: I reject this notion that the international community is trying to influence the electoral process... These negotiations are taking place between various Haitian political actors. The United Nations is not participating in the negotiations. This reflects the UN Security Council's desire, as expressed in its declaration Friday, indicating that an agreement on a plan of action needed to be set and led by the Haitians. So it's a Haitian-Haitian process aimed at reach a consensual outcome that's acceptable for those most interested in what's best for the Haitian people.
  
  Question: Last time Haiti had a transitional government, it was supposed to last just four months but in the end lasted from 2004 to 2006. Are you concerned the interim period due to begin soon could last indefinitely?
  
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