Haiti rules U.S. citizen can seek office

[struggle4progress]

ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU

Associated Press


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A Haitian-born U.S. businessman may run for president, Haiti's highest court ruled Tuesday in a decision the would-be candidate said marked a turning point in the roles expatriate Haitians could play in their homeland.

The elections will be the first since a February 2004 revolt toppled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically elected president in the country that has suffered decades of civilian and military dictatorships and coups. <snip>

The provisional Electoral Council had ruled that Dumarsais Simeus, owner of a food services company in Mansfield, Texas, could not run in the election because he is a U.S. citizen.

But the Supreme Court's five judges ruled he could run because the electoral commission had not produced documents to prove Simeus had given up his Haitian citizenship, the court's chief clerk Andre Bignon said. <snip>

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/world/12875609.htm


<edit: A Texan!>

Haitian-born Dallas-Fort Worth businessman Dumarsais Siméus has been cleared to run for president of Haiti. <snip>

Siméus grew up on a farm in Pont-Sondé, Haiti. He earned a degree in electrical engineering from Howard University and an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

He has since held international leadership positions at various companies including Atari Inc., KB Homes and PromoCapital, the first investment banking firm in Haiti. He also served as president of TLC Beatrice Foods, a $2 billion multinational corporation with operations in more than 25 countries. <snip>

http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2005/10/10/daily25.html?jst=b_ln_hl

[malaise]

1. There is no sovereignty in Haiti

just a US puppet.

[LynnTheDem]

2. Yep and guaranteed this is exactly what the US gov will do in Cuba

the minute Castro is gone.

[struggle4progress]

5. Much may depend on the popular organizations there. eom

[LynnTheDem]

6. The former (US-overthrown) president of Haiti was democratically elected,

remains popular, and the majority of Haitians want him back.

The people of Haiti are shit out of luck.

The people of Cuba will be likewise.

imo.

[daleo]

3. A Haitian should be able to run for U.S. president too

Fair is fair.

[MisterP]

4. Daylight come and we want to go home

see, this is why the poor stay poor: anyone dissenting from the IMF gets butchered or abducted within 8 years. Viva la shrubba doc.

[goforit]

7. How convenient!!!

[Mika]

8. He is a Bush pioneer

He helped G W Bush get elected in Texas. There was a thread on this a few months back.

[Goldensilence]

9. you can't be serious....

what the fuck?!

Seriously.....what if a chinese businesman wanted to run for president? hell no.

Once again...latin america suffers by american hands....

I hope you capitlists everywhere are so proud of the empire that is being built on slave labor.