PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Foreign diplomats in Haiti considered proposals that would give Rene Preval his claimed presidential election victory, as his supporters again demonstrated against alleged fraud.
Further delaying the outcome of the February 7 vote, a commission was formed to probe frontrunner Preval's claims of "massive fraud or gross errors."
Representatives of the international community in Haiti were considering ways of avoiding a second round that could further fuel tension in the Caribbean country, a senior Brazilian government official said.
One proposal under consideration is to remove blank ballots from the count, according to sources close to the talks.
With 90 percent of the ballots counted, Preval had 48.76 percent of the vote. Should the 85, 290 blank ballots counted so far be discarded, he would jump to just over 51 percent and win outright without having to go to a runoff election.
"We are making proposals without trying to interfere in Haiti's legal process, but we feel that given the climate in the country, this would be the best solution," Marco Aurelio Garcia, a top foreign policy aide to the Brazilian president said in Brasilia.
Brazil commands the 9, 500-strong UN force deployed in Haiti.
Jose Miguel Insulza, secretary general of the Organization of American States arrived in Port-au-Prince Wednesday to participate in what he called efforts to "find peaceful and democratic solutions to the situation."
Before arriving here and during a stopover in Santo Domingo, Insulza said of the Haiti election that he did "not believe there has been fraud, but there have been mistakes in the process."
Preval for his part, has held several meeting with foreign diplomats and interim president Boniface Alexandre over the past days.
As the discussions were underway, Preval supporters took to the streets across the capital for a fifth consecutive day, incensed over the discovery of ballots at a garbage dump in the capital.
Several thousand people gathered outside the presidential palace, chanting "abuse, abuse," holding aloft ballot boxes and waving pictures of Preval.
"We are protesting because they stole our votes," said Simon Jean Eud, 28, brandishing a torn ballot marked for Preval, which he said came from the dump.
Many businesses remained closed and American Airlines canceled its flights to Miami for the third day running amid security concerns.
In New York, the UN Security Council urged authorities to fully probe the claims of irregularities, and called on Haitians to respect the outcome of the vote when it is finally announced.
Preval has rejected the partial results that put him shy of a majority despite a huge lead over his 31 rivals.
If Preval, 63, does not top 50 percent of the votes, he will have to compete in a runoff poll with Leslie Manigat, 75, who took a distant second place.
Authorities have indicated the final outcome of the election would not be announced until completion of the probe to be conducted by Preval's party and the electoral council with the government acting as referee.
"We are convinced that we will win in the first round," said Preval, who was president from 1996 to 2001 and who enjoys strong support among the millions of impoverished Haitians.
Preval on Tuesday encouraged his supporters to continue demonstrating their rejection of the partial results, but urged them to do so peacefully.
On Monday, a protester was shot dead during a demonstration.
The UN Stabilization Force in Haiti (MINUSTAH) said UN troops were nearby but rejected claims they were responsible for the death, insisting they fired in the air and not at protesters.
The UN force, headed by Brazil, was deployed in 2004 after a popular uprising forced Jean Bertrand Aristide, Haiti's last elected president, to flee into exile.
In New York, the UN Security Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to renew MINUSTAH's mandate for at least another six months.
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11/5 |
> To Justin - From G. Simon
Justin,
I respect the result of a free and fair election. You are right in a way, Preval was my p... |
G. Simon |
2/18 |
Now it is clear that the leader # 2 in Haiti after our President "Ti Rene" is "Charlito". Forget abo... |
ajane |
2/19 |
Mr. G. simon I liked your answer. I sensed honesty in your words
... |
justin |
2/18 |
> To Charles Henry Baker - From G. Simon
Election is over. Losing an election is never easy to handle; however, Baker said something that al... |
G. Simon |
2/17 |
G. Simon tell me this had preval lost and someone else had won, anyone. In a fraud free election wou... |
jusitn |
2/17 |
If the boat capsizes, then we all have to swim on our own to get out of this mess.
NAGE POU NOU SO... |
hernandez |
2/17 |
> Charles Baker Makes Smart Comment About Preval
i heard that charles baker made a smart comment about preval on the newspaper
anyone has a commen... |
Zorey Fin |
2/16 |
Not about Preval, about the deal that was struck:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060216/ts_nm/haiti... |
anonymous |
2/16 |
> Vote Blanc Made By Bush And Vampires - G. Simon
Group 004/Greedy Vampires (formerly Group 184), the Bush administration, CIA, and IRI invented the B... |
G. Simon |
2/15 |
hey, brother, it is the real me!
i should be happy, but i see a slippery slop in having foreign c... |
patriotic Sentinel |
2/15 |
| > Made In Usa With 60 Million |
hernandez |
2/15 |
the idea of counting blank votes may have been a well-thought maneuvre. in fact, it fits well with t... |
patriotic Sentinel |
2/15 |
> To Anonymous - From G. Simon
Anonymous,
You can twist the truth like the Greedy Vampires, but the facts speak for themselves. ... |
G. Simon |
2/15 |
G. Simon, my brother this is another coup d'etat, but this time it was done through ARITHMETIC. Th... |
concerned Citizen |
2/15 |
"After God come Ti Rene and Titid."
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That explains it all. Tell me somet... |
anonymous |
2/15 |
> Proof Greedy Vampires Caught - By G. Simon
Greedy Vampires like Apaid and Baker should be arrested, tried and thrown in jail for life. Read th... |
G. Simon |
2/15 |
> Proof Greedy Vampires Caught - By G. Simon
Greedy Vampires like Apaid and Baker should be arrested, tried and thrown in jail for life. Read th... |
G. Simon |
2/15 |
Did you purposely ignore this part?
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Wimhurst also said it was possible someone d... |
anonymous |
2/15 |
he has selective sight along with selective hearing. Wich is nothing new for brain washed lavalasian... |
anonymous |
2/15 |
I agree with you almost 100% all of the times Anonymous, but this time I don't because I don't belie... |
ayisyen Patriyot |
2/15 |
Now Preval has a chance to prove to the entire world that he can be a real president without taking ... |
ajane |
2/17 |
isn't this a contradiction?:
first they would claim that the roads and the schools were built excl... |
patriotic Sentinel |
2/17 |
yosézi a écrit:
Citation:
"Plusieurs bulletins, filmés parmi des liasses, dont on ne peut aff... |
patriotic Sentinel |
2/15 |
> To Anonymous - From G. Simon
Anonymous,
You are really a baby amateur in politics.
You have to take politics 101.
G. Sim... |
G. Simon |
2/15 |
Yeah, I need to learn how CIA conspiracies are involved in every last aspect of every government in ... |
anonymous |
2/15 |
> The Greedy Vampires Are The Real Chimere
Fact: The Greedy Vampires are caught "main dans le sac".
Now you know who the real chimeres are... |
G. Simon |
2/15 |
> The Greedy Vampires Are The Real Chimere
Fact: The Greedy Vampires are caught "main dans le sac". Now you know who the real chimeres are. B... |
G. Simon |
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