In a personal
statement from his press office last night, Martelly said, "The Haitian
people voted for change and its vote must be inevitably respected."
NOTE: At 6:56 PM EST Saturday, the Department of State issued a correction to their original statement, but kept the same URL which is resulting in some confusion.
<blockquote>After reviewing the results and materials provided by the CEP, United Nations, and international observers, we have found no explanation for the reversals of 18 legislative races in the final results, which in all except two cases benefited the incumbent party. These reversals include, among other changes, a candidate from the Lavni party who placed second in the preliminary announced results that the CEP's final results now place first, with total votes cast in the race increasing bymore than 33,000 votes casts from 111,575 votes in the preliminary results to more 145,000 votes; and, two candidates from the incumbent party who placed second in the preliminary announced results, and for whom their CEP's final results double their preliminary vote total, one of whose new vote total exceeds the total number of votes cast in his district for all candidates....</blockquote>
Our original copy, based on the now-excised DOS statement, was based on their original figures.
<blockquote>A candidate from the incumbent party (INITE) who placed third in the preliminary results inexplicably finished first according to the CEP's final results. Total votes counted in the race increased by 55,000 votes, from 90,000 in the preliminary results to more than 145,000 votes in the final results. </blockquote>
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Georgianne Nienaber is an investigative environmental and political writer. She lives in rural northern Minnesota and South Florida. Her articles have appeared in The Society of Professional Journalists' Online Quill Magazine, the Huffington (more...)
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