In Haiti, the interim government has postponed presidential and legislative elections for a third time. Voting had most recently been scheduled for the week of December 11. The government now says elections will be held on December 27. Critics blasted the new date for falling two days after Christmas, when many Haitians will be visiting family away from their voting districts. The interim regime is under intense pressure from the US and French governments to have a new government in place by February 7, the date specified by the country’s constitution. Haiti is holding its first elections since the overthrow of democratically-elected President Jean Bertrand Aristide in February 2004.