Topic: Provisional Electoral Council

Five tasks for Haiti's new pop-singer president

Michel “Sweet Mickey” Martelly has officially – and finally – been proclaimed president-elect of Haiti, more than two weeks after officials from the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced he had edged out former first lady Mirlande Manigat in a runoff with over 67 percent of the vote.

The wait has been long for Haitians, who first went to the polls last November. The battered country’s future is now in the hands of the 50-year-old Martelly, a popular singer with little political experience, but who led an impressive campaign. Martlelly must now address the following five tasks:

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