Haiti New Constitution Law of dual Citizenship law
Haiti New Constitution law give Haitians dual nationality the right to own land and run for lower levels of office. Haïti nouvelle Constitution donne les Haïtiens de la double nationalité le droit de posséder des terres et d’exécuter pour les niveaux inférieurs de bureau.
Haiti’s New Constitution Gives Haitians Abroad More Rights
Haitians living abroad will gain the right to own land and run for lower levels of office under an amended version of the Caribbean nation’s constitution published Tuesday.
The move comes more than a year after Haitian legislators tried to change the old constitution to allow for dual nationality, which has long held up questions of land ownership and bids for public office. President Michel Martelly revoked that change just before it became official by being published in the National Gazette.
It is unclear why Martelly halted the earlier effort to allow Haitians dual nationality, but he is now switching course because of international pressure. read more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/haiti-new-constitution-rights-abroad_n_1611827.html