CEP delegation meets Canada's Global Affairs ministry on Haitian diaspora vote
The talks explored ways to enable overseas Haitians to vote in the electoral process, according to a CEP note.
A delegation from Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) held a working meeting with Canada's Global Affairs ministry (ministère des Affaires mondiales du Canada) on the electoral process, according to a CEP note published August 28 and reported by Le Nouvelliste. The meeting took place as part of the delegation's mission to Canada aimed at exploring the possibilities of implementing voting for Haitians living abroad. According to the CEP note, the delegation was composed of secretary general Peterson Pierre-Louis, treasurer Nemrod Sanon, councillor Schnaïda Adély, and Françoise Suzan, chargée d'affaires of Haiti's embassy in Ottawa. The council did not detail specific outcomes or timelines from the talks. The initiative comes amid broader scrutiny of the electoral process in Haiti, with political actors reportedly raising concerns over technical difficulties and the mechanism for submitting the 30,000 required party adherents, and the Forum des 9 requesting a revision of the electoral decree and calendar, according to Le Nouvelliste. No further details on the Canadian mission's next steps were provided in the source.