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Wednesday, August 28, 2013 | 2:50 PMUNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN Security Council heard Wednesday about rising discord in Haiti over long-delayed national elections, which were expected in 2011 but may not take place even this year.Political infighting among the government’s branches has held up the vote. An electoral council responsible for overseeing the elections wasn’t formed until April, and it still needs to approve a calendar for voting that will be largely financed by foreign governments.“These delays have led a number of political and civil society actors to express skepticism concerning the likelihood that elections will be held in 2013,” the UN special representative for Haiti, Sandra Honore, told the council.The election is needed to fill one-third of Haiti’s 30-member Senate and dozens of local posts. In the absence of a vote, some 130 elected municipal officials have been replaced with appointees chosen by President Michel Martelly.Honore said delays in submission of a draft electoral law “have fueled speculation among the legislators that the executive was intentionally delaying the process to ensure that Parliament becomes non-functional.”A group of the main opposition parties has been calling on Martelly “to uphold the constitutional requirement of timely elections, or else resign,” she said.Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jamaicaobserverFollow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/JamaicaObserver
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UN hears rising concerns on Haiti’s election delay
