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• NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti Place
• NEWS_POSTED_ON: Feb 01, 2016
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• Category : Haiti News
• Description : Reuters
  PORT-AU-PRINCE | BY JOSEPH GUYLER DELVA
  
  A special mission sent by the Organization of American States met Haiti's President Michel Martelly on Sunday as part of intensifying efforts to resolve an electoral crisis that threatens stability in the Caribbean nation.
  
  Photo: A protester playing two vuvuzelas walks next to a fire lighted for a ceremony during a demonstration against the government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 25, 2016.
  REUTERS/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES
• Location : Port-au-Prince, Ouest, Haiti

Overview

• A special mission sent by the Organization of American States met Haiti's President Michel Martelly on Sunday as part of intensifying efforts to resolve an electoral crisis that threatens stability in the Caribbean nation.
  
  Martelly is due to leave office on Feb. 7 but has no successor because violent protests over alleged fraud in a flawed first round led electoral authorities to call off a runoff vote scheduled to be held a week ago.
  
  The government and the opposition remain at loggerheads, with each side holding protests almost daily and no agreement on who will rule the country if Martelly leaves office without an elected replacement.
  
  "The OAS mission discussed with president Martelly and they will meet representatives of different sectors to help us find a solution likely to facilitate the completion of the electoral process", Fritz Jean-Louis, a minister dealing with election issues, told Reuters on Sunday.
  
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