In a landmark effort to professionalize Haiti’s electoral system and break the nation’s cycle of political instability, the State College of Haiti (UEH) and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on Friday signed an settlement creating the nation’s first tutorial program devoted to electoral legislation and administration.
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The signing ceremony, held on the Ritz Kinam Lodge in Pétion-Ville, introduced collectively UEH Rector Dieuseul Prédélus and CEP President Patrick Saint-Hilaire, who formalized the launch of the “Chair of Legislation and Administration of Electoral Operations in Haiti.” The brand new initiative goals to supply structured, interdisciplinary coaching to future electoral officers and researchers.
“This chair stems from a painful remark,” Rector Prédélus stated throughout his remarks. “Haiti’s fragile electoral system continues to gasoline political crises. Democratic consolidation calls for knowledgeable, neutral administration. With out skilled consultants, our electoral system stays weak to manipulation.”
CEP President Saint-Hilaire echoed these issues, calling the brand new program a crucial step towards long-term democratic reform. “The CEP is betting on a daring concept: that information, not simply ballots, can drive our transition and strengthen the rule of legislation,” he stated. He additionally urged the UEH to include the brand new curriculum throughout all legislation colleges below its umbrella, particularly in provincial cities.
In accordance with Florence Mathieu, the CEP’s college sector consultant, the chair’s mission consists of providing diploma- and certificate-granting coaching, conducting interdisciplinary analysis on elections, and strengthening the capacities of electoral places of work throughout the nation.
Deliberate coaching shall be delivered in levels: short-term seminars, intermediate packages lasting a number of months, and full college diplomas—together with a college diploma in electoral professions, a grasp’s diploma in electoral legislation and litigation, and each skilled and research-based grasp’s levels in electoral sciences.
Eugène Pierre-Louis, President of the Chair’s Scientific Council, stated the initiative seeks to “normalize democracy” in Haiti by addressing the power dysfunction of its elections. “We should break the vicious cycle of contested ballots, limitless transitions, and post-election crises,” he stated.
Set to be carried out within the subsequent tutorial 12 months, the chair represents one of the vital bold efforts but to construct long-term institutional capability in Haiti’s electoral system—by inserting schooling on the coronary heart of democratic renewal.