Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation

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Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation
Ligue Alternative pour le Progrès et L'Émancipation Haïtienne
AbbreviationLAPEH
LeaderJude Célestin
Founded2011 (2011)[1]
Split fromINITE
HeadquartersPort-au-Prince
Political positionCentre-Left
Colours    Green, yellow
Chamber of Deputies
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Senate
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Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (French: Ligue Alternative pour le Progrès et L'Émancipation Haïtienne, LAPEH) is a Haitian political party. The party is led by Jude Célestin, and held three seats in the Chamber of Deputies after the 2015 election,[2] while holding no seats in the Senate,[3] although both houses of Haitian parliament have been vacant since January 10, 2023.[4] The party abbreviation, LAPEH, is pronounced like the Haitian Creole word "lapé", meaning "peace", from French "la paix".

LAPEH was founded as an offshoot of the INITE party in 2011, after Célestin, who had been selected by René Préval to run as the INITE party candidate in the 2010 presidential elections, was forced to withdraw due to allegations of electoral fraud by the United States and OAS.[5][6] At the time the allegations were made, Célestin had come in second place in the first round of elections, behind Mirlande Manigat and before Michel Martelly.[6] After Célestin was forced to withdraw, Martelly qualified for the runoff election against Manigat instead, and eventually won the presidency. In a paper for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, economist David Rosnick claimed that the allegations against Célestin did not have a statistically valid basis and that the forced withdrawal amounted to election engineering.[6]

2015-16 Presidential Election[edit]

In the 2015 presidential election, Célestin was again the LAPEH candidate, and in the first round came second with 25% of the vote, behind PHTK candidate Jovenel Moïse's 33%, qualifying for a runoff.[7] The election immediately was the target of widespread allegations of fraud and corruption by various opposition party leaders and candidates, including Célestin, who refused to participate in the 2016 runoff election.[8] Célestin alleged that president Michel Martelly was influencing the Conseil Électoral Provisoire (CEP), Haiti's election authority, in favor of his chosen candidate, Jovenel Moïse.[8] New elections were held in 2016, which Moïse won in the first round with 55.6% of the vote, while Célestin came second with 19.5%.[9][10]

Ideology[edit]

LAPEH is one of Haiti's most influential parties of the center-left, connected with the INITE party of Préval, which itself is an offshoot of the more moderate wing of the Lavalas movement of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.[11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ UNHCR Web Archive
  2. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: HAITI (Chambre des Députés), Last elections". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ admin (6 December 2016). "Breakdown of Preliminary Election Results in Haiti". Center for Economic and Policy Research. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Political Vacuum in Haiti Deepens as Senators' Terms Expire". Voice of America. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Refworld | Haiti: Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (Ligue alternative pour le progrès et l'émancipation haïtienne, LAPEH), including its structure, leaders and political activities; the relationship between LAPEH and the Youth Progress Movement for the Protection of Haiti (Mouvement de progrès de la jeunesse pour la protection d'Haïti); treatment of party members by authorities and society (2014-October 2015)". Refworld. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Rosnick, David (August 2011). "The Organization of American States in Haiti: Election Monitoring or Political Intervention" (PDF). Center for Economic and Policy Research.
  7. ^ "Haiti election results trigger violent protests". BBC News. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  8. ^ a b Célestin, Jude (21 January 2016). "I will not participate in Haiti's farce of a presidential election". Miami Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Haiti: Freedom in the World 2017 Country Report". Freedom House. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Haiti: violent protests erupt over presidential election result". The Guardian. Reuters. 29 November 2016. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Haiti's Permanent Resistance". jacobin.com. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  12. ^ Ives, Kim (4 January 2017). "As Right-Wing Parties Dominate Parliament: Jovenel Moïse Declared the Winner of Haiti's Anemic Presidential Election - Haiti Liberte". Retrieved 5 December 2023.


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