Haiti Elections/Runoff Candidates

Independent Films, Politics

HAITI- ELECTION-FOCUSES ON RECOVERY
In the run-off campaign for the Haitian presidency, Haiti’s former first lady Mirlande Manigat is focusing her attention on the scourge of cholera in her country as well as the number of people still displaced in the since last year’s earthquake. As of early February, there have been more than 200,000 cases of cholera infection and over 4,500 deaths due to the disease. Manigat also said that she will prioritize education and make sure that Haitians have the opportunity for primary as well as higher education. She added that before the earthquake, there were about 800,000 people who never went to school and many others who do not finish high school. Manigat’s opponent in the runoff is Michel Martelly who launched his campaing in Cape Haitien, Haiti’s second largest city. Haiti’s next president will succeed President Rene Preval and preside over a country still devastated by last January’s earthquake which killed over 200,000 people and left much of Port-au-Prince in ruins.

Transcripts / Production notes / Scripts

Mirlande Manigat, Presidential Candidate, Haiti:
“My priorities, first of all, are facing with the cholera disease. There are clinical aspect, medical aspect, and more basically water quality. The population does not have access to drinking water. Another difficult priority is the IDP Camp; 400,000 families living in different camps in PAP, and the regions affected by the earthquake.”
4. Cutaway, journalists
5. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Mirlande Manigat, Presidential Candidate, Haiti:
“Regard to the large axes of the government, our priority will be the Education, not only the higher level, but also, primary and secondary school. For us, it’s a package. Saying that, we can divide the population in too groups: Children who should go to school. Before the earthquake, they were 800,000 who never go to school. And each year we have 200,000 in age to go to school. At the other side, most of them do not finish the high school.”
6. Wide shot, Mirlande Manigat leaving the building

STORYLINE:

Former first lady Mirlande Manigat officially launched her run-off campaign for the Haitian presidency yesterday (17 Feb) with a little more than a month to go before the 20 March elections.

Manigat, 70 years old, talked about her priorities in a press conference in Port-au- Prince. She will be focusing on cholera as well as the large number of people still displaced in the country since last year’s earthquake.

As of early February, there have been more than 200,000 cases of cholera infection and over 4,500 deaths due to the disease.

Manigat said that she will prioritize education and make sure that Haitians have the opportunity for primary as well as higher education. She added that before the earthquake, there were about 800,000 people who never went to school and many others “do not finish the high school.”

The other presidential candidate Michel Martelly also launched his campaign yesterday in Cap Haitien, Haiti’s second largest city.

Haiti’s next president will succeed President Rene Preval and preside over a country still devastated by the 12 January 2010 earthquake which killed over 200,000 people and left much of Port-au-Prince in ruins.

Tags

• haiti
• elections
• Mirlande Manigat

Directors:

• Tom Osborne, UNTV

Producers:

• Mo Sacirbey