Is there a democratic government in Haiti today?
A. Following the UN-authorised military intervention in September 1994, the democratically elected government was restored to office. In 1995, general elections for a new Parliament and for urban local governments took place. In early 1996, a newly elected President took office. Candidates of the Lavalas coalition dominated the new Parliament. The new President, Ren Prval, was also elected on a Lavalas coalition ticket. During 1996 and 1997 deep divisions within the Lavalas coalition developed the disputed issues included national economic policy especially privatisation, the influence of international financial institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, and the continued presence of foreign troops. In the run-up to elections for a third of the Senate and the rural councils in early 1997, the Lavalas coalition splintered into various factions the majority of members of Parliament represented the Organisation of People in Struggle (OPL); a minority represented the Open the Ga
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