Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05PORTAUPRINCE2609
2005-10-19 19:15:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Port Au Prince
Cable title:  

OPL'S PAUL DENIS UNSYMPATHETIC TO SIMEUS CANDIDACY

Tags:  PREL PGOV HA 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PORT AU PRINCE 002609 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV HA
SUBJECT: OPL'S PAUL DENIS UNSYMPATHETIC TO SIMEUS CANDIDACY


Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Timothy M. Carney for reasons 1.4 (B)
and (D)

C O N F I D E N T I A L PORT AU PRINCE 002609

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/18/2015
TAGS: PREL PGOV HA
SUBJECT: OPL'S PAUL DENIS UNSYMPATHETIC TO SIMEUS CANDIDACY


Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Timothy M. Carney for reasons 1.4 (B)
and (D)


1. (C) On October 19, Charge called on Presidential
Candidate Paul Denis, former Lavalas leader and current head
of OPL (Struggling People's Organization) to discuss
electoral strategy and the current political climate. Denis
stated that he views the Commission on Nationality as a good
thing, saying, "the Constitution must be respected." As for
the IGOH's seemingly singleminded focus on Dumas Simeus,
Denis said that he understands the CEP has a copy of his US
passport and that he ought not be allowed to run under the
Constitution.


2. (SBU) OPL will present 84 candidates for the House of
Deputies and 22 candidates for the Senate. While some around
him believe that OPL will win a simple majority, Denis said
he is hopeful for a plurality of legislative seats.


3. (C) He stated that his primary concern with respect to
the elections is financing, noting that his candidates were
discouraged to see other candidates spending money he thought
might be ill-gotten. Denis said that OPL, whose headquarters
sits directly beside that of Serge Gilles' Fusion party,
could seek political alliance with Fusion or the Komba party
of Chavannes Jean Baptiste, but only in the runoff elections.
In the first round, he said, it would be every man for
himself. Denis acknowledged that no one is likely to win a
simple majority in the legislature and that coalition
building would be an essential step in order to prevent the
new President from installing yet another powerless Prime
Minister.
CARNEY