Electoral violence in Haiti unacceptable, says US embassy
Just days before the elections scheduled for Sunday in Haiti, the US embassy in Port-au-Prince said that electoral intimidation and violence are unacceptable and have negative impacts on citizen participation in elections, pointing out that the US is taking note of parties involved in electoral violence
On Sunday, Haitians will go to the polls to vote for their next president and members of parliament and the US statement comes on the heels of reports that former president Jean Bertrand Aristide has been inciting violence as part of the election campaign of Maryse Narcisse, presidential candidate under the banner of Aristide’s Parti Famni Lavalas,