03-02-2004, 01:57 AM
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Insane
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Originally posted by Ustwo
The question of course is WHY?
Haiti has nothing we could want and is only a threat to itself, so WHY would be bother to overthrow the government?
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Indeed, a legitamate question. These two links along with my post above propose some answers:
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Ha...ign_Haiti.html
http://dominionpaper.ca/weblog/2004/...haiti_why.html
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Originally posted by Scipio
Granted, there was some ballot stuffing going on in the 2000 elections, ...
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Actually, this is incorrect.
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What happened in the 2000 elections?
Two elections took place in 2000. The first elections, in May, saw full participation by a range of political parties, including the Lavalas party of now-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. In the May elections of legislators and municipal government authorities, Lavalas won by a landslide. Observers from the Organization of American States did not fault the conduct of the elections. However, in eight cases, the electoral council seated Senators who had won by a plurality of the votes, not by an absolute majority. Because these eight Senators were Lavalas party candidates, the opposition immediately cried fraud.
Knowing they would lose the presidential election in November 2000, the opposition Democratic Convergence refused to participate. They cited the eight contested senatorial elections as "proof" that the presidential vote would be rigged. In November, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was elected.
The OAS tried, in more than 20 missions, to arrange new elections or compromise between the Democratic Convergence and the government. President Aristide persuaded seven of the eight senators to resign, clearing the way for new elections. Aristide agreed to OAS proposals for new elections. The Democratic Convergence did not.
In January, the terms of all legislators elected in 2000 expired. The opposition refused to allow new legislative elections, so now there is no legislature.
The opposition has consistently demanded-and continues to demand-that Aristide immediately leave the presidency, without completing his elected term of office, and they be put in charge of a non-elected "transition" government. They will accept nothing less. They want power, but not elections. They know they could not win elections, as they never have had anywhere near majority support.
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http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0224-09.htm
Last edited by hammer4all; 03-02-2004 at 02:03 AM..
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