US calls for Haitians to accept vote results
AFP
WASHINGTON
Petroleumworld.com 02 14 06
The United States called on Haitians Monday to respect the results
of the presidential election, as protestors marched down Port-au-Prince's
streets demanding leading vote-getter Rene Preval be named president.
"Any time there is a hard, contested election ... it's important
that once the election results are announced and finalized, that
all parties come together and work together, regardless of their
political differences, for the better of the country," said
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
"We underscore at this point ... that all respect the results
of the election, and that there will be no resort to violence
and people respect other's political differences."
McCormack was careful not to name any candidate in the election,
which took place last Tuesday. With around 90 percent of the vote
counted, on Sunday Haiti's elections commission said Preval was
just shy of the 50 percent of the vote necessary to avoid a runoff.
But some Haitians have alleged fraud in the polls has prevented
Preval's victory.
On Monday one man died and several others were wounded by gunfire
as demonstrators took to the streets over the election results.
Television showed the lifeless body of a man wearing a bloodied
T-shirt with the picture of Preval.
UN peacekeepers in Haiti denied claims they caused the casualties.
AFP
02/13/06
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