Haitians vote hoping to restore constitutional order | Bangkok Post: news - News Summed Up

Haitians vote hoping to restore constitutional order | Bangkok Post: news


PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitians cast their ballots Sunday for president and members of the legislature in elections that had been delayed for more than a year by a constitutional crisis. After depositing their ballots, voters had their thumbs stained in indelible ink to make sure they could not vote again. An attempt to hold the long-delayed election in October 2015 was scrapped over claims of massive fraud and opposition protests. Contrary to what had been thought, in the towns affected by the hurricane, people are going to vote," he said. - Ongoing struggles -Coming three decades after the fall of the Duvalier dictatorships, Sunday's delayed polls offer a chance to rebuild the country's weakened political institutions.


Source: Bangkok Post November 20, 2016 18:49 UTC



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