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Haiti Senate Leader Denies Planning Secret Meeting to Approve PM Designate

Renan Toussaint

   WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE - A group of prominent opposition Haitian
   senators sat outside the Senate doors early Sunday morning, a day when
   parliament is normally not in session.

   "Over the weekend there were rumors that the Senate leader was
   organizing a special session Sunday. Such a vote would be considered
   out of the ordinary," Senator Antonio Cheramy told VOA Creole. "We
   called around and tried to find out what was going on, but we've had
   absolute silence (from the Senate leader)."

   Senator Cheramy said he and fellow opposition colleagues decided to
   stake out the Senate because they can't allow such a vote to be held
   behind their backs.

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