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02/19/06  On 10/23/05 (Letter 241 05-07) I got a bit weak kneed about the future of democracy in Haiti, naively hoping that Dumarsais Simeus might do better than eventually proved to be the case.  Too bad for Haiti.  "(Accompanied by a Haitian Judge, the Dumarsais Simeus campaign yesterday walked into the office of Haiti's provisional electoral council, known as the CEP, to retrieve the candidate's official paperwork and were told that the CEP has "lost" his official file.   "Are the files really lost?" asked Guerdy Lissade, attorney for the Simeus campaign, "or have they been destroyed by a joint effort of government officials and some members of the CEP in an effort to prevent Dumarsais Simeus from taking his case to the Supreme Court on behalf of the people who want to vote for the candidate of their choice?")"

For more, and ongoing, go to http://sev.prnewswire.com/legal/20051010/DAF02107102005-1.html. Perhaps I was right all long, that the best thing for Haiti would be for the French to re-colonize the place.  It would also distract the French while giving them something useful to do.   JES

10/23/05  Dumarsais Simeus, owner of  the largest black-owned business in Texas, throws his hat in the ring to run for President of Haiti. "This is not about Dumas Simeus. This is about getting the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere out of poverty, giving people hope and taking away their misery."   The Mountain Observer wishes him well in his efforts.   Clearly this is a better idea than our previously announced suggestion of reconstructed French Imperialism.    JES

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