1. Because a healthy civic culture ought to do more than bestir voters; it should build their trust in the nation‘s political institutions.

2. James Foley, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti, said in July 3 remarks that Haiti‘s Provisional Electoral Council needs to "bestir itself and finally play effectively its role in preparing the elections" in Haiti. (See related article.) Foley also said Haiti‘s political parties should seek to establish unity on behalf of the "supreme interests of the nation –– first by condemning, without exception, the use of violence [for] political ends, and then by working for the amalgamation of political parties and candidacies in order to give the people coherent and viable choices at the time of the elections." The United States is linked "forever" with the Haitian people, said Foley in his remarks at the U.S.