Election Fever

The elections in Haiti are due to start on 28th November. I say "start" because they will go on for over a month! Already demonstrations have begun, and the general view is that they will only get more frequent and more violent as time goes on. There is increasing unrest about the lack of progress on moving out of camps. People who look like dodgy car salesmen smile out from 10 foot high billboards all around Port au Prince, and there are rumours that the key candidate (the son-in-law of the current President) has $12m to spend on his campaign. And as we run up to the elections there are more and more posters appearing. People want to know why he has such a ridiculously large amount of money to spend when there are thoousands of children who cannot go to school because their parents cannot afford uniforms and school fees. They see it as throwing money away and more abandonment of the people of Haiti, for the sake of political gain. People are sick of failed promises and false hope. We need to pray that a good candidate gets in to power. Someone who genuinely wants to change people's lives, and not just their own!