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Kay Fanm, SOFA (Solidarite fanm ayisyèn), Fam Deside, Toya Foundation and independent feminist Sabine Manigat on the nomination process of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP)
Document submitted to AlterPresse on July 21, 2024
The undersigned feminist organizations note the decision of the Presidential Transition Council (CPT) to form a new Electoral College. This approach raises serious questions.
1. Haste: Why the sudden rush to appoint an electoral advisor, especially in the absence of the necessary prerequisites? According to the agreement of April 3, 2024, the CEP is planned to be established only after the establishment of three other entities: the Control Body of Government Actions (OCAG), the National Security Council (CNS) and the Steering Committee of the National Conference. If the method of appointing the members of the Electoral College is temporary, the electoral body is a permanent body capable of performing certain tasks.
2. Opaqueness: There is no formal communication from the CTP on the CEP, especially on the criteria for selecting the organization that will coordinate the designation process. This was already the case with the appointment of the Prime Minister and the formation of the government.
3. Late notification: The CPT letter dated 8 July 2024 to the organizations (recipients and groups copied) set a deadline of 8 days for submitting names. Some organizations did not receive the notification until the afternoon of 15 July. The time limit given did not allow for an orderly and transparent process.
4. The CPT once again refers to the April 3, 2024 agreement as a political reference framework, although it refuses to officially publish the agreement and the roadmap promised to the country. There is no mention of documents related to the government’s behavior control body. Although security is a decisive issue, the CPT has not taken any steps to establish a National Security Council.
5. Exclusions: On the one hand, the CPT retains criteria that cannot be met currently (“obtained dismissal from management”) or that would be unfairly disqualifying (“no current legal case”). Having to receive justice does not necessarily mean that you will be charged. On the other hand, the criteria mentioned by the CPT do not correspond to representation of a political nature. Competence is certainly necessary, but it cannot be limited to “academic and professional” levels, much less to the precise fields required by the CPT (“law, public administration, related disciplines”), or even to “prior experience in the electoral field”. Should we remember that the only consistently valid elections in the country were held in 1990 by people who did not meet this tailor-made profile?
6. Under which constitution will the elections be organized? The National Conference must rule on this question. However, since taking office until July 17, the CPT has not taken any steps to initiate this decisive participatory process. Instead, he chose to use celebrities, including the architect of the text desired by the late President Jovenel Moses.
The signatories condemn the opaque, arbitrary and exclusive process implemented by the Portuguese Communist Party to form the Electoral College. They consider that the conditions for participating in this process are not met. By this positioning, the signatories do not in any way renounce their right to participate, but require adjustments that are essential for the credibility of the electoral process. Therefore, they ask the CPT to: (i) officially publish the reference document for the transition; (ii) comply with the steps for the implementation of the transition; (iii) be transparent and accountable to the State.
Port-au-Prince, 20 July 2024.
Signatory organizations: Kay Fanm, SOFA (Organization of Haitian Women Solidarity), Fanm Deside, Fondation Toya; Sabine Manigat, independent feminist.
Certification: Danièle Magloire, Kay Fanm
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