
Haitian vote marked by 'gigantic fraud,' frontrunner says CBC \|\| February 15, 2006 Related - The Canadian Corporate Nexus in Haiti Leading presidential candidate René Préval declared on Tuesday that he won last week's Haitian election, slamming the vote as being marked by "gross errors and probably gigantic fraud." Préval said if election officials publish the results so far, he will contest them. Preliminary results suggest another round of voting is needed. To win in one ballot, candidates have to have a vote of 50 per cent plus one. At last report, election officials say Préval garnered 48.7 per cent of the vote in the first round. "We have observed there have been gross errors and probably gigantic fraud," Préval told reporters, but he did not elaborate on the accusations. Préval made the comments in Port-au-Prince. Angry supporters have flooded the streets of the Haitian capital to accuse election officials of manipulating results. Gunfire killed at least one person Monday as supporters erected roadblocks and stormed a luxury hotel. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com "We want the will of the Haiti people to be respected," Préval said at a news conference Tuesday. "I ask the Haitian people...to be mature, to be responsible, to be non-violent. "We are not the party of violence," he said. "On the contrary, we are victims of violence by others." UN spokesman David Wimhurst told the Associated Press there has been no evidence of fraud in the elections. "If he believes there have been irregularities, he has the right to request an investigation," Wimhurst said. Préval, a former protegé of ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was president from 1996 to 2001. His backers hope he can stabilize the country and end the violence that pervades the Caribbean nation. Despite the presence of UN forces, armed gangs roam the streets and violent incidents are common. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Haitian vote marked by 'gigantic fraud,' frontrunner says

CBC || February 15, 2006

Related - The Canadian Corporate Nexus in Haiti

Leading presidential candidate René Préval declared on Tuesday that he won last week's Haitian election, slamming the vote as being marked by "gross errors and probably gigantic fraud."

Préval said if election officials publish the results so far, he will contest them.

Preliminary results suggest another round of voting is needed. To win in one ballot, candidates have to have a vote of 50 per cent plus one. At last report, election officials say Préval garnered 48.7 per cent of the vote in the first round.

"We have observed there have been gross errors and probably gigantic fraud," Préval told reporters, but he did not elaborate on the accusations.

Préval made the comments in Port-au-Prince.

Angry supporters have flooded the streets of the Haitian capital to accuse election officials of manipulating results. Gunfire killed at least one person Monday as supporters erected roadblocks and stormed a luxury hotel.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

"We want the will of the Haiti people to be respected," Préval said at a news conference Tuesday. "I ask the Haitian people...to be mature, to be responsible, to be non-violent.

"We are not the party of violence," he said. "On the contrary, we are victims of violence by others."

UN spokesman David Wimhurst told the Associated Press there has been no evidence of fraud in the elections.

"If he believes there have been irregularities, he has the right to request an investigation," Wimhurst said.

Préval, a former protegé of ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was president from 1996 to 2001.

His backers hope he can stabilize the country and end the violence that pervades the Caribbean nation. Despite the presence of UN forces, armed gangs roam the streets and violent incidents are common.

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