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Haitian President Jovenel Moïse died from a gunshot to the heart after his body had already been riddled with bullets during the brazen July 7, 2021, attack on his home, Haiti’s top forensic expert testified Thursday in Miami federal court.

Then Haitians deserve a choice. The gangs will undoubtedly back pliable candidates, and members of the old corrupt elite will try their luck. What Haitians really need is, if not a Mandela figure, at least a leader capable of getting the basics right: orderly streets and a non-predatory state. It is far from clear who that leader might be. (Mr Fils-Aimé cannot run.) However, better security might give candidates time to emerge. Haitians, mindful of the consequences of bad leadership, should scrutinise them carefully.

Le Conseil électoral provisoire (CEP) a annoncé que 205 partis se sont déjà  inscrits, à quelques heures de la fin du processus d’enregistrement. Lancé le 2 mars,  l’enregistrement des structures politiques s’achève ce jeudi 12 mars à 4h00 PM. Le CEP invite les partis non encore enregistrés à compléter les formalités dans le respect du calendrier électoral. La liste définitive sera publiée le 26 mars, informe le conseil.

Le gouvernement haïtien a ouvert une période d’inscription pour les partis politiques souhaitant participer aux prochaines élections générales. Un premier pas vers un retour aux urnes dans un pays qui n’a pas organisé de scrutin depuis plus d’une décennie, alors que la violence des gangs reste très présente.

Wearing a black dress, the wife of Haiti’s slain president immediately began to sob on Tuesday as the U.S. government’s star witness testified against four South Florida men standing trial on charges of conspiring to kill her husband more than four years ago at the couple’s home outside Port-au-Prince. “I am Martine Moïse, I am Mrs. Jovenel Moïse, who was assassinated at our house,” she testified in Miami federal court, as she burst into tears in mid-sentence.