Peasant Response Repons Peyizan Réponse Paysanne | |
|---|---|
 | |
| National Coordinator | Fednel Monchery[1] |
| Founder | Michel Martelly |
| Founded | July 2010 |
| Headquarters | Port-au-Prince |
| Ideology | Agrarianism[2] |
| Political position | Centre-right[1] |
| Colors | Green |
| Chamber of Deputies | 0 / 119 |
| Senate | 0 / 30 |
Repons Peyizan (French: Réponse Paysanne; English: Peasant Response) is a Haitian political party. Michel Martelly was elected President of Haiti as leader and founder of the party in the Haitian general election, 2010–2011. As of 2011 the party held no seats in the Senate of Haiti, and only 3 of 99 members of the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti.[3] Following January 10, 2023, all seats in both houses of the Haitian legislature have been vacant.[4]
Despite being the founder and leader of the party, Michel Martelly eventually played a large role in creating what would become the Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale (PHTK), which would win the presidential elections in 2015 with candidate Jovenel Moïse, who has often been characterized as Martelly's handpicked successor for the presidency.[5] Although the party has been moderately right-wing, it has been criticized as lacking a "formal ideology, let alone a structure".[6] The party seems to have become almost completely irrelevant following Martelly's connections with PHTK, with few sources indicating electoral participation in 2015, and certainly no indication of political success.
- ^ a b Landsford, Tom (2014). Political Handbook of the World 2015. ISBN 9781483371559.
- ^ ERPI 2018 International Conference – Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World – International Institute of Social Studies
- ^ Associated Press, Boston Globe, 30 December 2011, Haiti leader paves way for new elections
- ^ "Political Vacuum in Haiti Deepens as Senators' Terms Expire". Voice of America. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
- ^ "Haiti Declares Winner of Presidential Election After Delays". Congressional Research Service. 6 January 2017.
- ^ Fauriol, Georges A. (10 January 2022). "Haiti's Problematic Electoral Dynamics". Center for Strategic and International Studies.