The release of the final legislative election results has sparked violence in sections of the Haitian capital.
On Saturday street protests erupted when the results were announced, this led to several government buildings being set ablaze and the death of one demonstrator.
The long-delayed parliamentary results were released just over a week before the December 27th runoffs.
All 10 sitting members of Haiti’s Senate had urged President Michel Martelly to prevent electoral authorities from issuing final results for legislative races until a commission could be set up to verify the integrity of the vote.
Late last week, the palace instead announced the formation of a five-member “Electoral Evaluation Commission” to review the October 25th vote in hopes of breaking the impasse. However, the commission and the way in which it was formed has come under heavy criticism.
The opposition and the Senate have rejected the body and the government has also been forced to postpone the swearing-in of its members, who were supposed to have issued a report by Sunday.
