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Haiti Presidential Election Delayed as Violence Erupts

Haiti Presidential Election Delayed as Violence Erupts
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Haiti called off its presidential election on Friday, two days before it was due, over concerns of escalating violence sparked by the opposition candidate's refusal to take part in a process he said was riddled with fraud.

Haiti Presidential Election Delayed as Violence Erupts

President of Haiti's electoral council, Pierre Louis Opont, said the runoff vote was being pushed back for security reasons. But he did not say when the election, already postponed twice before, would be rescheduled.

However, the announcement led to jubilation from demonstrators marching to oppose the election and gunshots were fired as protesters clashed with police.

The delay is nevertheless expected to ease unrest after days of protests in the deeply impoverished country of about 10 million people, at pains to rebuild from a devastating earthquake six years ago and to emerge from decades of political dysfunction.

Relatively, several western nations, fearing a new era of instability in the Caribbean nation, have been assisting Haiti in its election preparations.

Cramped with weak institutions, Haiti struggled to build a stable democracy since the overthrow of the 1957-1986 dictatorship of the Duvalier family and ensuing military coups and election fraud.

The government held an unscheduled cabinet meeting to plan measures to guarantee public order and the security of lives and property.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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