CEP agrees 17 political groupings and 88 parties for upcoming elections

Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) ended the process of regrouping political parties on Friday, according to Le Nouvelliste. The institution announced that 17 groupings and 88 political parties have been approved to take part in the upcoming elections. The regrouping process reduced the total number of political organizations to 105, down from the 316 parties that had previously been validated by the electoral body. According to Le Nouvelliste, the 17 groupings of political parties were approved by the CEP over the past week. The move is part of the CEP's preparations for the electoral calendar; the council has also launched an accreditation process for journalists and electoral observers, the outlet reported. The developments come as the Organization of American States (OAS), whose secretary general Albert Ramdin was reported to be expected in Port-au-Prince, monitors Haiti's electoral preparations. Le Nouvelliste published the definitive list of approved political groupings in related coverage. Further details on the approved organizations and the criteria applied during the regrouping process were not fully specified in the available excerpts.