Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation

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{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation}}

| name = Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation

| native_name = Ligue Alternative pour le Progrès et L'Émancipation Haïtienne

| abbr = LAPEH

| logo = Lapeh.jpg

| logo_size = 120px

| leader1_title = Leader

| leader1_name = Jude Célestin

| founded = {{Start date|2011}}{{citation |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/577b7a644.html |title=UNHCR Web Archive }}

| split = INITE

| headquarters = Port-au-Prince

| ideology =

| position = Centre-left

| international =

| colours = {{Color box|{{party color|Patriotic Unity}}|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|#F3E601|border=darkgray}} Green, yellow

| seats1_title = Chamber of Deputies

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|119|{{party color|Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation}}}}

| seats2_title = Senate

| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|30|{{party color|Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation}}}}

| country = Haiti

}}

Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation ({{langx|fr|Ligue Alternative pour le Progrès et L'Émancipation Haïtienne}}, LAPEH) is a Haitian political party. The party is led by Jude Célestin, and held three seats in the Chamber of Deputies after the 2015 election,{{Cite web |title=IPU PARLINE database: HAITI (Chambre des Députés), Last elections |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2137_e.htm |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=archive.ipu.org}} while holding no seats in the Senate,{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2016-12-06 |title=Breakdown of Preliminary Election Results in Haiti |url=https://www.cepr.net/breakdown-of-preliminary-election-results-in-haiti/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Center for Economic and Policy Research |language=en-US}} although both houses of Haitian parliament have been vacant since January 10, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-01-10 |title=Political Vacuum in Haiti Deepens as Senators' Terms Expire |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/political-vacuum-in-haiti-deepens-as-senators-terms-expire-/6913293.html |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Voice of America |language=en}} The party abbreviation, LAPEH, is pronounced like the Haitian Creole word "lapé", meaning "peace", from French "la paix".

LAPEH was founded as an offshoot of the INITE party in 2011, after Célestin, who had been selected by René Préval to run as the INITE party candidate in the 2010 presidential elections, was forced to withdraw due to allegations of electoral fraud by the United States and OAS.{{Cite web |last=Refugees |first=United Nations High Commissioner for |title=Refworld {{!}} Haiti: Alternative League for Haitian Progress and Emancipation (Ligue alternative pour le progrès et l'émancipation haïtienne, LAPEH), including its structure, leaders and political activities; the relationship between LAPEH and the Youth Progress Movement for the Protection of Haiti (Mouvement de progrès de la jeunesse pour la protection d'Haïti); treatment of party members by authorities and society (2014-October 2015) |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/577b7a644.html |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Refworld |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last=Rosnick |first=David |date=August 2011 |title=The Organization of American States in Haiti: Election Monitoring or Political Intervention |url=https://cepr.net/documents/publications/haiti-oas-2011-10.pdf |journal=Center for Economic and Policy Research}} At the time the allegations were made, Célestin had come in second place in the first round of elections, behind Mirlande Manigat and before Michel Martelly. After Célestin was forced to withdraw, Martelly qualified for the runoff election against Manigat instead, and eventually won the presidency. In a paper for the Center for Economic and Policy Research, economist David Rosnick claimed that the allegations against Célestin did not have a statistically valid basis and that the forced withdrawal amounted to election engineering.