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Haiti: violent protests erupt over presidential election result
Source: Reuters
Haiti: violent protests erupt over presidential election result
Reuters
Tuesday 29 November 2016 18.58 GMT
Violent protests have erupted in Haiti as losing candidates rejected the preliminary results of an election that indicated political newcomer Jovenel Moïse would be the next president.
Moïse, a banana exporter who ran for former president Michel Martelly’s Bald Heads party, won with 55.67% of votes cast in the 20 November election, the electoral council said on Monday. The result avoids a second round run-off next year.
Police used teargas on protesters in the La Saline neighborhood, a stronghold of Fanmi Lavalas, the leftist party of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It called the results an “electoral coup”.
A Reuters witness heard gunshots in the city.
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Reuters
Tuesday 29 November 2016 18.58 GMT
Violent protests have erupted in Haiti as losing candidates rejected the preliminary results of an election that indicated political newcomer Jovenel Moïse would be the next president.
Moïse, a banana exporter who ran for former president Michel Martelly’s Bald Heads party, won with 55.67% of votes cast in the 20 November election, the electoral council said on Monday. The result avoids a second round run-off next year.
Police used teargas on protesters in the La Saline neighborhood, a stronghold of Fanmi Lavalas, the leftist party of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide. It called the results an “electoral coup”.
A Reuters witness heard gunshots in the city.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/haiti-presidential-election-result-protest-jovenel-moise