Martelly 'wins' Haiti runoff election

[dipsydoodle]

Michel Martelly, a singer and entertainer, may have triumphed in Haiti's presidential elections, according to recently released partial results.

Tally sheets read out on local media on Monday, showed Martelly was well ahead of his rival, former first lady Mirlande Manigat, in key urban areas including Petionville and the Cite Soleil slum in the capital Port-au-Prince.

Even before voting stations closed on Sunday, Martelly supporters were triumphantly taking to the streets, but there has been no claim of victory from the candidate and final results are not expected until April 16.

Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker, reporting from Port-au-Prince, said that martelly supporters had begun celebrating what they saw as a victory for the candidate.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/03/2011321163040122901.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Yuck. Consider the choices. Two right-wingers, the left barred from placing a candidate. n/t

[rabs]

2. Look on the bright side

Sweet Micky could revert to his raunchy self at a future summit.

While swigging rum at the summit table, he could moon Obama and Sarkozy and crack an obscene joke in creole about their mothers.

He was known to do that with his Baby Doc pals.