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<div dir="ltr"><font size="4">Haiti Action Committee Denounces The
Stolen Election in Haiti<br>
Stop The Terror Against Those Who Fight For Democracy</font><br>
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Update Monday 11/9: A large demonstration demanding a fair vote
count in Delmas 2, Port-au-Prince encountered a pick up truck
with officially certified voting station tally results.
Suspecting fraudulent activity, marchers surrounded the truck
until a justice of the peace could arrive. Police attacked the
crowd with tear gas, batons, and gunfire. At the head of the
protest, Dr. Maryse Narcisse, presidential candidate of the
Fanmi Lavalas Party founded by former President Jean-Bertrand
Aristide, got caught in the police repression. In a broadcast
statement on the scene, she condemned this latest example of the
on-going electoral fraud and that as a woman, mother, and
physician she was shocked at the brutality of the police
assaults on peaceful demonstrators and community residents. She
affirmed the right of the people to demonstrate in support of
their vote.<br>
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On November 5th, the Provisional Electoral Council of Haiti
(CEP) imposed a functionary of current President Michel
Martelly’s PHTK Party, Jovenel Moise, as the top vote-getter in
the October 25th Presidential election. Fanmi Lavalas has
officially contested the results, which other major candidates
also rejected as fraudulent. Tens of thousands of Haitians have
taken to the streets to denounce the election as a fraud and an
assault on democracy. The party had mobilized masses of people
for the election, and they know that if there were an accurate
count, their candidates will win.<br>
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The Martelly government had already corrupted the first round of
elections, for Parliament, on August 9th through voter
suppression and violence. Nevertheless the United States, the
United Nations occupying forces, and the Organization of
American States (OAS) sanctioned that election and this one as
well, despite documented fraud, disappearance of ballot boxes,
vote-buying, and so-called “bureaucratic delays” in pro-Lavalas
communities that prevented voters from voting. Pro-Martelly
election officials were seen voting repeatedly, at the same time
observers from other parties were excluded from the polls. <br>
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With little or no coverage in the mainstream U.S. media, there
is now a terror campaign directed against those calling for
democracy in Haiti. Supporters of opposition parties have been
shot and killed, and police have attacked demonstrators with
tear gas, batons, and live and rubber bullets. In one incident,
caught on camera, a unit of the Haitian police called BRI
attacked two young men in the area of Rue des Remparts in
Port-au-Prince. Below is the link to a graphic and very
upsetting video of this crime. <br>
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The U.S. now appears to be ready to endorse five more years of
Martelly’s party’s dictatorial rule. This is not surprising,
since the U.S. State Department played a major role in placing
him in office in the first place. In 2011, Martelly was
originally announced as third in the first round vote for
president, until then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went to
Port-au-Prince to meet with the C.E.P, and the order of
candidates was miraculously reversed. Martelly was placed
second, and he then won the “run-off.” Martelly has ruled by
decree since January 2015, after refusing to hold elections for
local offices or Parliament since 2011.<br>
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Haitians have demonstrated continuously against the government’s
repression and corruption, and for free and fair elections. It
is only because of this pressure that elections even took place.
As Haitians fight for their votes to be honored, it is critical
to demand that the U.S. State Department and the UN occupation,
which have endorsed this charade, be held accountable for the
terror taking place in Haiti. Haitian lives count. Enough is
enough.<br>
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WHAT TO DO: Contact Kenneth Merten, Office of the Haiti Special
Coordinator<br>
Phone: 202-647-9510<br>
Fax: 202-647-8900<br>
Email: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:HaitiSpecialCoordinator@state.gov">HaitiSpecialCoordinator@state.gov</a><br>
Tweet to @JohnKerry<br>
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Call your Representatives and Senators: 202-224-3121<br>
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Video of police assaulting 2 young men:<br>
<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.facebook.com/Kodinasyon-Depatmantal-Lwes-Fanmi-Lavalas-1421526351403611/">https://www.facebook.com/Kodinasyon-Depatmantal-Lwes-Fanmi-Lavalas-1421526351403611/</a>><br>
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The videographer wrote "What did this poor man do for the police
to brutalize him so badly? A youth who stated 'I am not going to
lose my vote, I voted for mother, give me my mother'. Look at
what the PINK POLICE has done to him." Note: “mother” refers
to Dr. Maryse Narcisse. “Pink Police" refers to the Haitian
police that people in Haiti believe are functioning as
Martelly's private army. Pink is the color representing
Martelly's political party.<br>
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Sent by Haiti Action Committee<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.haitisolidarity.net">www.haitisolidarity.net</a>
and on FACEBOOK.<br>
Follow us on twitter @HaitiAction1<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:action.haiti@gmail.com"></a><br>
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