The Council of the State University of Haiti, denounces and strongly condemns the repeated acts of verbal and physical violence exercised against its members by people with bad intentions https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-17344-icihaiti-politic-of-students-illegally-occupying-the-ueh-for-more-than-3-months.html https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-17153-icihaiti-security-police-brutality-in-ueh.html

The latest aggression was perpetrated Friday, May 13, 2016 around 6 p.m. against Réginald Gédéon, student representative of INAGHEI in the Council of the University by a group of six people including two students of the UEH clearly identified Kébert Bastien and Claudy Métellus.

The Council of the State University of Haiti urges the Executive Council to provide all necessary support to the student victim and instructs all relevant bodies to take appropriate sanctions against the perpetrators, without prejudice of legal actions to undertake.

Elections :

Also Tuesday, members of the University Council

(24 present out of 36) have finally proceeded to the election of new leaders. Were elected Fritz Deshommes new Rector (2nd Round 13 votes for, 10 against). Hérold Toussaint was elected Vice-Rector (17 votes for 3 votes against) and Jacques Blaise elected Vice-Rector to the Academic Affairs and Research (12 votes) See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17346-haiti-news-zapping-politics.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17059-haiti-politic-elections-to-the-ueh-postponed-indefinitely.html

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