No individuals were wounded by UN peacekeepers. |
Nobody expected (voter turnout) to be higher than the first round, and historically there's not a lot of turnout for legislative elections in Haiti. |
Obviously, we always hope that they will see their way to completing the Lusaka protocol and peace agreement, but all evidence to date suggests that this is not what they intend to do. |
Obviously, we always hope that they will see their way to completing the Lusaka protocol and peace agreement, but all evidence to date suggests that this is not what they intend to do. |
Our mission was to verify that the voting centers the electoral council had selected physically existed. It had never been our job to determine the location of voting centers. |
People will see a lot of soldiers and a lot of police around to make sure people know the election is going to go smoothly. |
So it's going well far. |
Some polling workers didn't show up for work, so we're going to grab people from the crowd, give them some quick training and get them in there. |
There have been a few incidents which were unpleasant. But for the most part, things have gone pretty well. |
There's a lot of security alerts all over town. Our staffers are being told to stay home because they can't get to work. |
There's some frustration and anger on the voting lines. |
There's some frustration and anger on the voting lines. People have ben waiting several hours now and in some cases they haven't even got inside. |
These accusations are not justified. |
They did not injure anybody. Later, shots were fired by unidentified individuals in the same area. I can assure you no individuals were wounded by U.N. peacekeepers. |
This is really quite disturbing, and it looks like it's going to mess up things quite a bit. |