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\n Members of the EDE (Committed to Development) political party arrive to register the party at the Provisional Electoral Council in the Petion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, March 12, 2026. \n <\/p>\n
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti \u2014 A record 280 political parties and counting had registered by Thursday’s deadline to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade, although not all will make the cut.<\/p>\n
Nonetheless, the newcomers rejoiced, hopeful for a chance to help ease their country’s multiple crises that are largely rooted in gang violence and corruption.<\/p>\n
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Members of CAHDOA, or Collective of Haitian Actors for Development and Alternative Organization, a political party founded one year ago, approached the headquarters of Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council with a marching band.<\/p>\n
Vuvuzelas blared as the group clapped and chanted, “We are on board!”<\/p>\n
Party member Abel Decollines said he hopes the general population can participate in the election.<\/p>\n
“Today the country needs a new leader to allow the population to breathe,” he said.<\/p>\n
Also registering on Thursday was the EDE party, Committed to Development, founded by Claude Joseph, who was prime minister when President Jovenel Mo\u00efse was fatally shot at his private residence in July 2021.<\/p>\n