Haitian President Declared

[bcholmes]

Musician Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly is the winner of Haiti's presidential run-off, according to official preliminary results.

Figures indicate he secured more than two-thirds of the vote, beating former first lady Mirlande Manigat.

If the results are confirmed on 16 April, Mr Martelly, 50, will succeed President Rene Preval, who has been in office for five years.

— "Haiti: Michel Martelly 'defeats' Mirlande Manigat", BBC

I don't know much about Martelly. He's been characterized as a neo-Duvalierist. Certainly he's a bit of an outsider to the political arena, and he's been critical of Aristide in the past.

Comments

[the_future_modernes]

From what I've heard, he's kinda rightwing.

[bcholmes]

*nod* That's consistent with what I've heard.