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Haiti President Martelly vows to hold elections if forced to rule by decree

Haitian president Michel Martelly declares that the very first in his to do list will to hold elections in Haiti should he be forced to rule by decree... In the interview he have to French Television, he made it clear that it is the legislative branch (parliament) who refuse to vote the electoral law therefore creating a roadblock to 'election tet dwat'

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President Martelly was almost pushed to a wall with questions about the long overdue elections in Haiti. The president remind his interviewers in France that one power he did not have was to force the Senators to vote the electoral law.

One thing President Martelly says he cannot understand is the fact that the same Senators who refuse to vote the electoral law are out in the streets protesting because there are no elections.

Come the second week of January in Haiti, parliament will be dysfunctional. Martelly says he will do his job and hold the elections finally...

What do you think about that?

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Sherlie says...

depi'm gen konesans mwen se premye fwa m' wè yon prezidan ki vreman vle peyi a fè avan, tout lot yo se grennen pouèt kalonnen, kite prezidan an dirije peyi a nan bon

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Patrick Princivil says...

Let me give my opinion on staff I really know!

I am born Jully 1961; Francois Duvalier died in 1971, I was 10 years old.

When I evaluated about what the governments of Haiti have done from 1957-2010.

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Max Mondesir says...

The President knows best! Let's him ruled.

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Max Mondesir says...

The President knows best! Let's him ruled.

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