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Preval declared Haitian president after deal
www.chinaview.cn 2006-02-17 07:36:49

Rene Preval was declared Haitian president on Thursday after authorities changed the way blank ballots are counted. Preval, 61, received 51.15 percent of the votes, based on 96 percent of the voting stations counted, after a last-minute decision of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to throw out 85,000 "blank" votes, said Max Mathurin, the CEP head, on Haitian radio in the middle of the night.

Thousands of supporters of Rene Preval held a peaceful demonstration in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, demanding the authorities recognize Preval as the winner of last Tuesday's election. [Xinhua/Reuters]

Rene Preval was declared Haitian president on Thursday after authorities changed the way blank ballots are counted. Preval, 61, received 51.15 percent of the votes, based on 96 percent of the voting stations counted, after a last-minute decision of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to throw out 85,000 "blank" votes, said Max Mathurin, the CEP head, on Haitian radio in the middle of the night.

Rene Preval was declared Haitian president on Thursday after authorities changed the way blank ballots are counted. Preval, 61, received 51.15 percent of the votes, based on 96 percent of the voting stations counted, after a last-minute decision of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to throw out 85,000 "blank" votes, said Max Mathurin, the CEP head, on Haitian radio in the middle of the night.

Rene Preval was declared Haitian president on Thursday after authorities changed the way blank ballots are counted. Preval, 61, received 51.15 percent of the votes, based on 96 percent of the voting stations counted, after a last-minute decision of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to throw out 85,000 "blank" votes, said Max Mathurin, the CEP head, on Haitian radio in the middle of the night.
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