{"id":324518,"date":"2011-03-20T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/20\/haitians-pick-president-amid-uncertainty-turmoil\/"},"modified":"2011-03-20T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T11:10:09","slug":"haitians-pick-president-amid-uncertainty-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/haitians-pick-president-amid-uncertainty-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"Haitians pick president amid uncertainty, turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"79.3481012658\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.0007513148\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"6\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<p>Election workers set up ballot boxes for the upcoming presidential runoff.<\/p>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li><b><b>NEW:<\/b> <\/b>Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is shot in the hand, but &#8220;doing well,&#8221; a publicist says<\/li>\n<li>Voters will pick between a former first lady and a famous musician<\/li>\n<li>Haiti is recovering from a political turmoil and a devastating earthquake<\/li>\n<li>Reappearance of former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide,  also sparks concerns <\/li>\n<p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; Haitians will choose between a former first lady and a popular musician Sunday in a pivotal presidential runoff vote for a nation still recovering from a devastating earthquake and political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Former law professor and first lady Mirlande Manigat will face singer Michel Martelly in the second round of presidential elections. <\/p>\n<p>Final results of the runoff will be released on April 16, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>Martelly made a name for himself as a flamboyant carnival musician who sometimes ripped his clothes off onstage.<\/p>\n<p>In early December, the electoral council announced that Manigat had won but lacked the majority of votes needed for an outright victory. Initial results put her in a runoff with government-backed candidate, Jude Celestin.<\/p>\n<p>Haitians responded by charging fraud and burning cars, tires and Celestin&#8217;s campaign headquarters in Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n<p>The third-place candidate, Martelly, claimed he had won more votes than Celestin and a review of results by an Organization of American States team supported that contention.<\/p>\n<p>The review suggested that Martelly earned a spot in the runoff.<\/p>\n<p>The reappearance of a political heavyweight and former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has sparked concerns of more political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>Aristide, who has been living in exile in South Africa for seven years, returned last week. U.S. officials expressed concern over his return, saying that his presence would prove destabilizing.<\/p>\n<p>But Aristide&#8217;s lawyer has said he has no intention of getting into politics.<\/p>\n<p>Haiti has been struggling to recover since a massive earthquake struck a year ago.  Its troubles were compounded by a cholera outbreak that killed  thousands, and the turmoil surrounding the November 28 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the publicist for Haitian-born hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday that the artist was shot in the hand in the capital Port-au-Prince  Saturday, but was treated and released from the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is doing well,&#8221; Cindy Tanenbaum said, calling the wound superficial.<\/p>\n<p>Jean, a Haiti native, tried to run for president himself but was ruled ineligible by election officials.<\/p>\n<p><b>CNN&#8217;s Deborah Doft contributed to this report.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintinclude--><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n<!-- \/cnn_strybtmcntnt --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/cnn_strycntnt --><!-- \/cnn_strycntntrgt --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>[Read more here|Read the original here|Read more from the original source|Continued here|Read more|More here|View original post here|More|See more here|See original here|Originally posted here|Here is the original post|See the original post|The rest is here|Read the rest here|See the rest here|Go here to read the rest|Go here to see the original|See the original post here|Read the original post|Original post|Read the original|Link|Excerpt from|View post|Visit link|Follow this link|Continue reading here|See the article here|Read this article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Election workers set up ballot boxes for the upcoming presidential runoff. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is shot in the hand, but &#8220;doing well,&#8221; a publicist says Voters will pick between a former first lady and a famous musician Haiti is recovering from a political turmoil and a devastating earthquake Reappearance of former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, also sparks concerns (CNN) &#8212; Haitians will choose between a former first lady and a popular musician Sunday in a pivotal presidential runoff vote for a nation still recovering from a devastating earthquake and political turmoil. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-324518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Haitians pick president amid uncertainty, turmoil - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/20\/haitians-pick-president-amid-uncertainty-turmoil\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Haitians pick president amid uncertainty, turmoil - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Election workers set up ballot boxes for the upcoming presidential runoff. 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