Reply #53: You're right, there were legitimate elections. [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

I've seen tons of references to it, and NONE saying it was illegitimate. Of course a lot of people wouldn't be interested in the "opposition" right-wing point of view, anyway, as it's simply dead wrong here.

Here's a quick grab from google:

(snip)The delay is also connected to a political crisis stemming from Haiti's national elections of 2000, which were monitored by observers from the Organization of American States (OAS). In these elections, candidates from Aristide's Lavalas party received about 80 percent of the vote at all levels of government.

Out of 7,400 elections nationwide, the results of seven senatorial contests were challenged by the opposition parties, which called for run-off elections. But Haiti's supreme court reviewed the elections and decided in favor of the seven senators. This decision failed to satisfy the opposition, a collection of small, disparate political parties that have coalesced under the name Democratic Convergence. Eventually, in an agreement brokered by the OAS, the seven senators resigned. (snip)

http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/03.13/27-haiti.html

It looks as if Aristide's government certainly did everything correctly, and there were outside observers throughout.