December 8, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, Celestin, Manigat
Election officials in Haiti say governing party candidate Jude Celestin will be in a presidential run-off with former first lady Mirlande Manigat. Ms Manigat won 31% of the vote and Mr Celestin 22%. Pop star Michel Martelly polled just over 21% but, as things stand, misses out on the run-off. Violent protests broke out in …
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December 8, 2010
Categories: Elections, United States
Tags: elections
Haiti’s sham election shames US | Mark Weisbrot: ” Washington cannot confer legitimacy on this flawed election that does nothing for Haitians living under tarps, menaced by cholera The election in Haiti shows, once again, how low Washington’s standards are for democracy in countries that they want to control politically. And there is no doubt …
December 8, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, election riots, elections
• Provisional date of 16 January set for decisive contest • Further violence feared amid fraud allegations Supporters of Michel Martelly at a campaign rally in Cap Haitian last month. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP Haiti was today preparing for the results of troubled elections that have generated fraud charges, protests and sporadic violence, and which and …
Haiti election result expected to trigger presidential runoff vote Read More »
December 8, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, election riots
US embassy in Port-au-Prince questions whether Haiti election results are consistent with ‘the will of the Haitian people’ Haiti’s international airport was shut and the offices of its ruling coalition government were set alight amid violent clashes after electoral authorities announced that President René Préval’s hand-picked successor would stand in a runoff election. An announcement …
December 8, 2010
Categories: Elections
Tags: 2010 elections, election riots
Riots break out in several cities after announcement that former first lady Mirlande Manigat will face ruling party candidate Jude Celestin in a run-off Armed officers police protests in Port-au-Prince, Haiti following the news that Jude Celestin pipped Michel Martelly, who was expected to make it into the second round Photograph: Andres Martinez Casares/EPA Police …