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To: Thomas M. who wrote (558388)	3/31/2004 10:49:49 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

re:"The OAS raves about the fairness of the May 2000 elections:" - Thomas M From the same OAS article you provide a Link to: "The Mission stresses that it cannot yet present a global evaluation of the polling before the publication of results. Nonetheless, the EOM will continue to observe the count and the compilation of results in the pollingstations, the communal and departmental electoral offices (BECs and BEDs) and the Provisional Electoral Council..." Also note that this press release you link to, was written on the same day as the Election - before the votes were counted. This praise wouldn't last long. Within a very short time, the OAS's view of Haiti's elections (of 2000) were a little less glowing: "As announced previously, the OAS Electoral Observation Mission has determined that, according to the provisions of Haiti's own electoral legislation, the final results for the senate elections as proclaimed by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) are incorrect, and the Mission cannot consider them either accurate or fair. As a result, the Mission announces that it will not observe the second round of the electoral process scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 9th. The Mission believes that the methodology used by the Provisional Electoral Council to calculate percentages for the senate races violates both the Constitution of Haiti and its Electoral Law." - OAS July 7, 2000 re: "I think what you have done is bought into the U.S. propaganda campaign. A few of the lower level elections (about 7 out of 700 seats) were disputed." - Thomas M The *lower* level elections disputed... "But the initially positive reaction to the May 21 elections began to shift with news of the arrests of opposition candidates and supporters, and turned into a tide of criticism when Haitian officials refused to acknowledge that the Senate calculation method was incorrect. Focusing on the calculation issue, the United States, Canada, France, and the U.N. Security Council called on the Haitian government to revise the election results. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) sent a high-level mediator to Haiti in early July, but to no effect. With the fraudulent election results firmly entrenched, Haiti's main bilateral donors began to signal aid cutbacks. France, in its role as president of the European Union, initiated a review of provisions of the Lomé Convention, to which Haiti is a party, which could lead to the suspension of a nearly $200 million aid package. Canada also announced a reevaluation of its aid programs" - Human Rights Watch hrw.org