A/HRC/31/77 easily removed from the fingers. In addition, a number of violations had allegedly been committed by observers of questionable status who were not members of civil society but who had themselves admitted to being observers on behalf of a political party. Such irregularities, in the Coalition’s view, could point to the possibility of fraud. To prevent that from happening again, the Coalition recommended inter alia that the Government should publish the names of election observation institutions having received some form of State support and that CEP should investigate the activities of the election observation bodies, conduct an audit of the electoral process and take corrective measures in advance of the December 2015 elections.19 62. On 10 November 2015, CEP issued a communication stating that Unité Nationale pour le Développement Appliqué (UNADA) had been removed from the list of national agencies accredited to observe election processes because of fraud and selling of accreditations.20 63. According to the preliminary count after the first round of the presidential elections as announced by CEP, Jovenel Moïse — the candidate of the President’s party, Parti haïtien Tèt Kale (PHTK) — received 32.81 per cent of the 1,538,393 valid ballots (or 511,992 votes). Jude Célestin, of Ligue alternative pour le progrès et l’émancipation haïtienne (LAPEH), came in second with 25.27 per cent (394,390 votes); Moïse Jean-Charles, of the opposition party Pitit Dessalines, came in third with 14.27 per cent (222,646 votes); Maryse Narcisse, of Fanmi Lavalas, a party close to the former President Mr. Aristide, came in fourth with 7.05 per cent (110,049 votes); Éric Jean-Baptiste, of Mouvement Action Socialiste (MAS), came in fifth with 3.63 per cent (56,671 votes); and Jean-Henry Céant, of Renmen Ayiti, came in sixth with 2.50 per cent (39,005 votes). The remaining 13.05 per cent was split among 48 other candidates, only 3 of whom garnered over 1 per cent of the vote; 1.42 per cent of the ballots cast were blank.21 64. One of the nine members of CEP, Jaccéus Joseph, who represents the human rights sector, did not sign the preliminary count of the 25 October presidential elections or the one for the 9 August legislative elections. Although initially he gave no explanation,22 he later stated that the basic reason for declining to sign was simply that he had doubts.23 65. Immediately after the preliminary results were made public, the candidates that had come in second to seventh challenged the count and signed a statement saying that the results were reminiscent of the official elections held under the dictatorial regimes.24 66. On 12 November, CEP issued a correction to press release No. 92 stating that 490 polling station reports had been declared invalid, instead of the 296 previously announced, 19 20 21 22 23 24 12 Ibid., pp. 46-50. Provisional Electoral Council, “L’UNADA est retirée de la liste des organisations d’observation électorale” (UNADA removed from list of election observers), press release No. 80, 10 November 2015 (www.cephaiti.ht/Information-electorale/108-COMMUNIQUE-DE-PRESSE-80.html). Provisional Electoral Council, “Élections octobre 2015 — Résultats préliminaires — Président premier tour”(October 2015 presidential elections: first round preliminary results), 5 November 2015 (https://electionpresidentielle.cephaiti.ht/rapport_PR/resume-presidentielle.pdf). Le Nouvelliste, “Résultats: Jaccéus Joseph, membre du CEP, n’a ni signé, ni expliqué” (CEP member Jaccéus Joseph does not sign count nor gives explanation), Port-au-Prince, 9 November 2015 (http://lenouvelliste.com/lenouvelliste/article/152232/Resultats-Jacceus-Joseph-membre-du-CEP-nani-signe-ni-explique#sthash.5xnc077H.dpuf). Haïti Libre, online version, “Haïti — Actualité: Zapping electoral …” (Election information updates), 13 November 2015. Les voix du monde, “Présidentielle en Haïti: les résultats du premier tour contestés” (Haiti presidential elections: first-round count contested), 7 November 2015. See www.rfi.fr/ameriques/20151107-haiti-manifestations-resultats-premier-tour. GE.16-01946