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Haiti's Parliament Attempts to Re-establish Order After Chaos

Sandra Lemaire

   WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE - Matiado Vilme and Renan Toussaint
   contributed to this report from Port-au-Prince
   Chaos has dominated Haitian politics for weeks after opposition
   lawmakers used various tactics including removing furniture from the
   chamber and failing to report for work -- to block a vote on the
   designated prime minister Jean Michel Lapin's nomination. The country
   has been without a prime minister since March, when Jean Henry Ceant
   was forced to resign amid corruption allegations.

   But on June 28, the Haitian parliament tried to get back to business,
   with lawmakers agreeing to restart work on resolving the political
   crisis which has crippled the country for months.

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