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A constitutional referendum was held in Haiti on 29 March 1987. [1] A new constitution had been drafted by a Constitutional Assembly elected the year before, and was reportedly approved by 99.8% of voters. [2]
Constitution Monument in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. A total of 22 constitutions have been promulgated throughout Haiti's history, [1] before the first constitution, a colonial constitution was promulgated under the short-lived government of then-Governor-General in 1801 Toussaint Louverture, who had become one of the leaders of the revolutionary forces in the Haitian Revolution.
The Constitution of 1987 upgraded Haitian Creole to a national language alongside French. [39] It classified French as the langue d'instruction or "language of instruction", and Creole was classified as an outil d'enseignement or a "tool of education". The Constitution of 1987 names both Haitian Creole and French as the official languages, but ...
Two candidates were assassinated before the elections; Louis Eugene Athis (Democratic Movement for the Liberation of Haiti) on 3 August, and Yves Volel (Christian Democratic Union) on 13 October. [4] On 2 November 1987, the National Electoral Council barred 12 presidential candidates because their support to the late Duvalier regime.
Émile Jonassaint (French pronunciation: [emil ʒɔnasɛ̃]; May 20, 1913 – October 24, 1995) was a Haitian Supreme Court Justice and politician who served as President of the Constituent Assembly during the 1987 Constitution and President of Haiti for five months.
With no elected officials in office, Haiti is in a perilous state. International community can start with boosting national police, Editorial Board says.
The politics of Haiti takes place in the framework of a unitary semi-presidential republic, where the president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. The politics of Haiti are considered historically unstable due to various coups d'état , regime changes, military juntas and internal conflicts.
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his country’s constitution states that only he and his cabinet can appoint a council for the transition of power, Henry’s office told CNN exclusively ...