HTH -- Haiti Earthquake

May 12, 2011. Haitian officials reverse election results

SOURCE: Altegrity Risk International

Haitian officials on May 11th reversed their findings on election results for all but four of 19 legislative races contested by the international community due to fraud allegations. A tally released on April 20th enabled the political party of outgoing President Rene Preval to expand its presence in parliament. But the new changes distributed many of those seats among little-known opposition parties. Three seats went to Preval's Unity party.

The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince said the three seats that were awards to Preval's party under the new tally should still have been awarded to other candidates. Election officials have not commented on the new findings, which come under U.S. and UN pressure to reexamine the votes.