Haiti’s New Prime Minister Says Elections May Be Two Years Away

by repost

Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:58PM

After supporting the overthrow of a democratically elected government, the US appointed government in Haiti is now saying there wont be elections for years? Its amazing how people can talk about "democracy" while rejecting the will of the people in favor of the will of the Bush administration.

Newly appointed Prime Minister Gerard Latortue said Thursday that it may take as long as two years to prepare for national elections. This would put a new elected government beyond the 2005 timeline envisioned in the U.S.-backed transition plan to help Haiti recover after the departure of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

“We really want to give an equal chance to all political parties, to all candidates,” said Latortue, in his first interview since returning to Haiti on Wednesday after decades of living in United States and elsewhere. “We want not to go fast, but to take time.”

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V124/N12/Long_4_12.12w.html

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