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03-30-2007, 04:00 PM
Haitian rights activist Solain Pie, a.k.a. Sonia Pierre, could have her status as a Dominican revoked by the board of the Central Electoral Board (JCE). A recent investigation revealed that her declaring parents were illegal Haitians, Ramon Jean and Marie Pie. The investigation showed that her father declared her irregularly stating he was a Dominican, and only the name of her mother and not her mother's details, irregularly appear in her birth certificate. Pie is the founder and director of Haitian-Dominican Women's Movement (MUDAH) and in 2006 she was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights award for her activism in favor of Haitians living in the DR. She is especially known for her campaign to seek that all those who can claim having been born here be given Dominican citizenship. The JCE recently instituted a separate procedure for the registration of births of those born to non-legal resident foreigners.
Commenting on the case, Pie admits that her parents were Haitians but stands by her right to the citizenship arguing she was born in the Dominican Republic. She clarified, as reported in Diario Libre, that Ramon Jean was not her father, but her godfather. She said her father died when she was nine months old, prior to declaring her birth. She said she would dispute her right to Dominican citizenship in the Dominican justice.
Pie's case is common to hundreds of thousands of Haitians who investigations have shown irregularly received Dominican citizenship. The new board at the JCE is trying to institute new controls to check internal corruption in the department that had led to the widespread forgeries. The Haitian Constitution recognizes as Haitians all those that are born to Haitian nationals, regardless of where they are born.
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Commenting on the case, Pie admits that her parents were Haitians but stands by her right to the citizenship arguing she was born in the Dominican Republic. She clarified, as reported in Diario Libre, that Ramon Jean was not her father, but her godfather. She said her father died when she was nine months old, prior to declaring her birth. She said she would dispute her right to Dominican citizenship in the Dominican justice.
Pie's case is common to hundreds of thousands of Haitians who investigations have shown irregularly received Dominican citizenship. The new board at the JCE is trying to institute new controls to check internal corruption in the department that had led to the widespread forgeries. The Haitian Constitution recognizes as Haitians all those that are born to Haitian nationals, regardless of where they are born.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#5)