nicole phillips is from the institute of fairness and deck okay rahsy, and joins us onset -- democracyjoins us on set. the deadline is moving back. is it backing off the ruling or a delay, as you see it? >> i don't think it's backing off. i think it's softening a little bit. i think the dominican government nose there's a lot of -- knows there's a lot of pressure a lot of eyes on it. when they set out the deadline i think they were not sure how much international pressure there would be. what they have done is legalize essentially, created a legal framework in order to justify their mass deportation of haitians - of dominicans of haitian dissent, and so we think that based on their patterns their conduct of the last decades and the last few years, that they intend - that the plan still is to deport as many hatians - dominicans of haitian dissent as they can, and now, perhaps, they are waiting and biding their time because of the large reaction that this has gotten in the news. >> has there been a large enough reaction as you see it. considering the humanitarian crisis that this has cre

joining us now nicole phillips a staff attorney for the institute of justice and democracy in haiti. she joins us tonight from san francisco. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> first the elections. in your estimation how important are the elections in ending a cycle of haiti's dependency? >> i think these elections oar first step, it's a critical first step towards building a stable government that is much needed in haiti. haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and only with a stable government that can ensure development, building its infrastructure can the government respond and create a plan for the long term development of the country. >> so i'll set up, indicates indicates s ... governmental organizations, tell us what the ngos are doing that the government of haiti is not able to do or not willing to do? >> ... ... not able or willing. i think in certain circumstances they haven't been asked. only about ...% of the humanitarian aid went to the government. these large ngos have been doing ... ... providing housing after the earthquake, there were tens of t