1987 Haitian general election

none General elections were held in Haiti on 29 November 1987, with a second round planned for 29 December.http://elpais.com/diario/1987/11/29/internacional/565138812_850215.html La miserable herencia de Ios Duvalier. El País 29 November 1987 1 January 2016 Spanish Estevez Jesus Voters were to elect the President, 77 deputies and 27 senators. However, the elections were suspended due to a massacre of voters. Candidates Among the candidates for president were:https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/11/28/Haiti-presidential-candidate-profiles/2036565074000/ Haiti presidential candidate profiles 28 November 1987 22 February 2018https://books.google.com/books?id=QkJzAb7N1xIC&q=dejoie+candidate+haiti+1987&pg=PA31 Republic of Haiti: IFES Election Project, July 1990-April 1991, Final Report 1991 J. Ray Kennedy Marta Maria Villaveces Jeff Fischer 9781879720442 22 February 2018 Marc Bazin (former Minister of Treasury) for the Mouvement Pour la l'Instauration de la Démocratie en Haïti (MIDH). Gérard Gourgue for the Front National de Concertation (FNC). Louis Déjoie Jr. for the National Agriculture and Industry Party (PAIN). Sylvio Claude for the Haiti's Christian Democratic Party (PDCH). Hubert de Ronceray for the Moubilisation pour le Developpement National (MDN). Leslie Manigat for the Rally of Progressive National Democrats (RDNP). Grégoire Eugene for the Social Christian Party of Haiti (PSCH). René Théodore for the Unified Party of Haitian Communists (PUCH). Francois Latortue for the Mouvement Democratique pour la Liberation d'Haiti (MODELH). Gerard Philippe Auguste. Rosny Desroche. Two candidates were assassinated before the elections; Louis Eugene Athis (Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Haiti) on 3 August, and Yves Volel (Christian Democratic Union) on 13 October.https://elpais.com/diario/1987/10/14/internacional/561164412_850215.html Asesinado en Haití un candidato a la presidencia El País 14 October 1987 22 February 2018 On 2 November 1987, the National Electoral Council barred 12 presidential candidates because their support to the late Duvalier regime. Among the rejected candidates were Clovis Desinor (former Minister of Finance), Lieut. General Claude Raymond (former Chief of Staff), General Jean Baptiste Hilaire, Herve Boyer, Edouard Francisque and other army officers and Cabinet ministers.http://www.cidh.org/countryrep/Haiti88eng/chap.2b.htm REPORT ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI Organization of the American States 14 April 2020https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/04/world/new-violence-erupts-in-haiti-as-election-council-bars.html New Violence Erupts in Haiti As Election Council Bars The New York Times 4 November 1987 22 February 2018 Other rejected candidates were Clemard Joseph Charles, Alphons Lahens, Hillaire Jean-Baptiste, Jean Julme, Edouard Francisque, Jean Theagene, Arthur Bonhomme, Herve Boyer and Franck Romain. Electoral roll On 8 November 1987, the date voter registration closed, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), with the assistance of 30,000 volunteers, had managed to register 2,246,000 voters, estimated at 73% of the potential electorate. Aftermath The elections were cancelled only three hours after polls opened after troops led by Service d'Intelligence National member Lt. Col. Jean-Claude Paul massacred 30–300 voters on election day.Whitney, Kathleen Marie (1996), "Sin, Fraph, and the CIA: U.S. Covert Action in Haiti", Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, Vol. 3, Issue 2 (1996), pp. 303-332. p319 Jimmy Carter later wrote that "Citizens who lined up to vote were mowed down by fusillades of terrorists' bullets. Military leaders, who had either orchestrated or condoned the murders, moved in to cancel the election and retain control of the Government."Jimmy Carter, Carter Center, 1 October 1990, Haiti's Election Needs Help https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173852/http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc1379.html 2022-09-20 This became known as the Ruelle Vaillant massacre.Loop News https://haiti.loopnews.com/content/29-novembre-1987-massacre-delecteurs-democratiques-la-rue-vaillantLenational 23 September 2015 https://lenational.org/post_article.php?tri=846ZoomHaitiNews https://zoomhaitinews.com/29-novembre-1987-29-novembre-2021-34-ans-depuis-le-massacre-de-la-ruelle-vaillant-le-gouvernement-sen-souvient/ That same day, several media outlets were attacked: Radio Haiti-Inter suffered a grenade attack on its facade and Radio Antilles International was attacked with gunfire. A group of 16 men in army uniforms destroyed the transmitter of Radio Soleil. The elections were followed several months later by the 1988 elections, which was boycotted by almost all the previous candidates, and saw a turnout of just 4%."Two months later, these generals conducted an election that was boycotted by almost all the previous candidates and in which fewer than 4 percent of the people voted; the victor was peremptorially removed when he dared to exert some independence as president." - Jimmy Carter, Carter Center, 1 October 1990, Haiti's Election Needs Help https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173852/http://www.cartercenter.org/news/documents/doc1379.html 2022-09-20 See also List of massacres in Haiti References Haiti Category:Elections in Haiti General Category:Cancelled elections Category:Massacres in Haiti Category:November 1987 in North America Category:Presidential elections in Haiti