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Political parties . We will see what becomes of the vow to participate following the first round. Hopefully serious actors will continue to engage. But will haitis populous known as voters engage . No one is trumpeting a Voter Participation of 18 according to the cep as a step towards democracy. That would certainly be an exercise in lipstick. There are variety of reasons of course, why haitians are not engaging in political process. One of them they are frustratedy with the outcome of participation, by coups and nonresponsive officials and other factors and theyve probably become somewhat jaund ised in democratic politics. A number of prominent haitian observers and have been calling for a different solution, calling for a Transitional Government or some kind of mixed commission that would place management of the political process in more diverse objective and inclusive hands. Listening to these folks and engaging them seriously is not such a bad idea. After more than four years of hi
Port-au-Prince, Mar 28 (Prensa Latina) Over 15 Haitian social organizations asked the Government to decree a state of emergency in areas controlled by gangs and encouraged citizens to create neighborhood defense groups.