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Presidential elections were held in Haiti on 25 October 2015, alongside local elections and the second round of the legislative elections.[1] Incumbent President Michel Martelly was constitutionally barred from running. As no candidate received a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was to be held on 27 December 2015.[2] On 22 December the Conseil Electoral Provisoire (CEP) announced that the runoff has been postponed indefinitely.[3] However, on 1 January 2016 President Michel Martelly announced that the runoff would be held on 17 January,[4] but on 7 January the President changed the date to 24 January. On 20 January, Jude Célestin issued a statement that calls "whatever the person who will participate in this January 24 [runoff], is a traitor to the Nation".[5] Because of rioting and electoral violence, on 22 January the CEP decided to postpone the second round again, with no specific date given,[6] even after President Michel Martelly confirmed the previous day in a nationwide speech that the election should still take place.[7] The run-off date was later agreed to take place on 24 April 2016.[8]
After the preliminary results were published on 25 October 2015, Jude Célestin said he did not recognize them. His criticism was joined by five other presidential candidates. They issued a joint statement denouncing the results as "anti-democratic" and called for the people's vote to be respected. Martelly openly declared his support for Moïse.[9] The supporters of Célestin protested in the streets, together with the supporters of Jean-Charles Moïse's Platfom Pitit Desalin and supporters of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party the presidential candidate of which, Maryse Narcisse, finished fourth behind Jean-Charles Moïse and also denounced the results during a news conference. The protesters threw rocks and burned tires. The police responded with tear gas and made some arrests. The police also stopped and searched the vehicle of a former top government prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, who is a supporter of Moïse.[10]
Amid allegations of fraud in the 2015 elections, Martelly resigned the presidency on 10 February 2016, leaving Haiti without a president for a week. The National Assembly elected on 17 February 2016 Jocelerme Privert as provisional President.[11][12] Privert formed a month-long verification commission to restore legitimacy to the electoral process. In May 2016, the commission audited about 13,000 ballots and determined that the elections had been dishonest and recommended a complete rerun of the election.[13][14]
On 5 April 2016, the CEP announced that a rerun of the presidential election is to take place on 9 October 2016, alongside the second round of the parliamentary elections that has been suspended and the first round for a third of the Senate.[15]
^Haiti sets date for long overdue elections BBC News, 13 March 2015
^Haiti's government candidate advances to presidential runoff Archived 5 January 2016 at archive.today Reuters, 5 November 2015
^Staff, Sentinel (2015-12-22). "Haiti Elections indefinitely postponed". Haiti Sentinel. Miami: Haiti Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
^"Haiti president says postponed runoff vote slated for Jan 17". Associated Press. 1 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
^"aiti - FLASH : Message to the Nation of Jude Célestin". Haiti Libre. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
^"Haiti - FLASH : Elections of January 24 are canceled !". HaitiLibre. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
^"Haiti - Elections : "There will be elections this January 24" dixit Michel Martelly". HaitiLibre. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
^"Prensa Latina - Latin American News Agency".
^"Clinton's Long Shadow | Jacobin". www.jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^"Célestin disputes Haiti election results; supporters protest". miamiherald.
^Anderson, Jon Lee (17 February 2016). "Haiti Has a President". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X.
^"Haiti interim president vows to hold former leaders accountable". Yahoo News. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
^"Haiti panel calls for re-run of presidential elections". miamiherald. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
^The Associated Press (30 May 2016). "Haiti Panel Recommends Throwing Out Results of Disputed Vote". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
^Haiti - FLASH : Presidential Elections on October 9
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