00:00Haiti has launched voter registration ahead of December's elections, the country's first
00:06in a decade. Ten registration centres have opened across generally secure areas of Port-au-Prince
00:12as hopeful voters begin signing up in a key step toward restoring democratic rule.
00:20The Electoral Council will continue to open registration centres across the country so
00:26that the public can register for the first step, the second step being to go and vote.
00:33Haiti hasn't held a general election in more than a decade and has been without a president
00:38since Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021. Since then, gang violence has spiralled with
00:45armed groups controlling an estimated 70 per cent of Port-au-Prince. The country's unelected
00:51prime minister is under growing pressure to deliver elections, although the planned December
00:5613 vote still depends on security conditions improving.
01:05It's up to them to do their job because they have all the necessary means at their disposal.
01:10The Prime Minister, the Interior Minister, Mario Andresol and Police Chief Vladimir Parison
01:20to establish security so that everyone can go to the polls and choose a candidate.
01:32The violence remains relentless. UN figures show more than 5,900 people were killed last
01:38year, with another 1,600 deaths reported in just the first three months of this year.
01:45UNFERENTIAL
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