Martelly to take over battered Haiti
Former singer announced preliminary winner of presidential poll, even as rival alleges fraud.
Published On 6 Apr 2011
Haiti’s defeated presidential candidate Mirlande Manigat says thousands of her supporters’ ballots were stolen.
Manigat accused the electoral council of falsifying the results. She now has just over a week to lodge a legal objection.
The preliminary tally from the elections shows a landslide win for Michel Martelly.
Sebastian Walker reports from Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital.
Source: Al Jazeera