University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository NotiCen Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) 9-7-2000 Haitian Parliament Takes Oath Despite Global Condemnation of Elections LADB Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/noticen Recommended Citation LADB Staff. "Haitian Parliament Takes Oath Despite Global Condemnation of Elections." (2000). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ noticen/8740 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiCen by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LADB Article Id: 53750 ISSN: 1089-1560 Haitian Parliament Takes Oath Despite Global Condemnation of Elections by LADB Staff Category/Department: Haiti Published: 2000-09-07 Haiti has sworn in its first parliament since January 1999. The Fanmi Lavalas party of former President Jean- Bertrand Aristide (1990-1995) had firm control of both houses of the National Assembly after newly elected legislators took their seats Aug. 28. Haiti's decision to seat the parliament is in defiance of international condemnation of the legislative elections held in May and July. International aid is still being withheld because of the questionable methods used in the electoral process. President Rene Preval dissolved the Assembly in January 1999 to end the legislative chaos that followed the disastrous 1997 elections (see NotiCen, 1997-06-12, 1999-01-07). But political uncertainty continued through the torturous series of elections to form a new parliament before the constitutionally mandated deadline of July 12.