38 Quotes by David Wimhurst

We're quite convinced the elections will be held on schedule and will unfold, we hope, with no incidents so that everyone can make their choice democratically and freely.

Nobody expected (voter turnout) to be higher than the first round, and historically there's not a lot of turnout for legislative elections in Haiti.

Obviously, we always hope that they will see their way to completing the Lusaka protocol and peace agreement, but all evidence to date suggests that this is not what they intend to do.

People will see a lot of soldiers and a lot of police around to make sure people know the election is going to go smoothly.

But this is a long-term thing. There isn't going to be any short, quick answer to this one.

From that we may be able to start to get a picture of who was involved.

I don't think it's as bad as it sounds. The election of Mr. Preval has been universally welcomed except for one or two quarters. It's a result that has generally been accepted by the entire international community.

He has reported 10 minutes ago that he can hear shots being fired below him. People are screaming, and the Indonesian army is advancing up the mountain, slaughtering refugees. That is happening now, as we speak.

Our mission was to verify that the voting centers the electoral council had selected physically existed. It had never been our job to determine the location of voting centers.