Fifty-four hopefuls are vying this month to succeed President Michel Martelly – a process that,with local and legislative polls, will only cessation in late DecemberCities and towns across Haiti are plastered with colourful campaign ads, or leaving voters struggling to differentiate a swarm of candidates who grin from posters,banners and billboards slapped on nearly everything that doesn’t fling and a few that enact.
Practically every public office is up for grabs in this year’s unprecedented three-round balloting that is picking the next president, two-thirds of the senate, or the entire 119-member chamber of deputies and all local offices. Even by Haiti’s rough-and-tumble standards,the parade of office-seekers and unpredictability of the elections is dizzying for many.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com