Max Mathurin Quotations

We have reached a solution to the problem. We feel a huge satisfaction at having liberated the country from a truly difficult situation.

We won't be able to fix all the problems in time for February 7. It would take us four or six months to correct them.

Mr Rene Garcia Preval is credited with 51.15 per cent of the votes based on 96 per cent of voting stations counted, and is declared the winner.

Now that the president has been elected, the political interests at stake during the legislative vote are huge.

If it is materially and technically impossible, as is the case today, to hold these elections on January 8th, do you think we should go ahead and organize a farce?

Rene Preval has been declared the winner with 51 percent.

We need a high level of participation so this election will be considered legitimate.

The April 23 date has been communicated to the government but it will be official only after publication by the executive branch.

We finally decided to organize the second round on April 21, which is a Friday, for practical reasons.

Voting operations (in the countryside) are normal, with some exceptions.

We will continue to assume our responsibilities and find a way to continue the electoral operations in his absence.

We have to face the hard reality that the elections cannot be held on January 8th and that the necessary corrections should be made to ensure the holding of a credible vote.

In some polling stations, blank ballots totaled a quarter of the votes, and in some others, one third of the votes.