PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haiti’s electoral authority announced Wednesday that it is delaying voter registration that was scheduled to commence on April 1st, stating that new registration dates will be revealed soon for what would be the Caribbean nation’s first presidential election in ten years.
The electoral council, known as CEP, had originally set August 30th as the date for the initial round of presidential voting in the region’s most populated Caribbean country.
But ongoing security deterioration throughout the nation has displaced more than 1.4 million residents – representing approximately 12% of Haiti’s total population – raising serious questions about whether authorities can conduct a legitimate and fair electoral process.
