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Article Excerpt
Haiti is about to go through another election. With scarcely a couple of months to catch its breath since the presidential election won by Rene Preval (see NotiCen, 2006-02-16), the country faces another democratic exercise April 21, this time to pick a legislature. The vote is important for Preval, who takes office May 14, since it will determine whether he will have a friend or an adversary in the next prime minister, whom the parliament will pick.
Crucial as it is for the president-elect and the general governability of the country, indications are that the electorate is unaware of the stakes and is dangerously disinterested. Preval summed up the situation, saying, "Without support from parliament, there is not much a person can do."
To be decided are 97 seats in the lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, and 30 seats in the Senate. These are runoffs; just two candidates, from rival parties, won outright in the first round in February.
The Constitution requires that the party holding at least half the seats pick the prime minister, but no one party has enough candidates in the runoff to gain that majority on its own. The prime minister is the...
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