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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s ruling party held closed-door meetings Tuesday to decide whether to fight for their presidential candidate to remain in the race despite U.S. and international pressure to drop him.
The quake-torn country’s political future hinges on how the Inite, or Unity, party handles an Organization of American States recommendation that would push outgoing President Rene Preval’s chosen successor, government construction official Jude Celestin, out of the race.
This may open the door for carnival singer Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly, a pro-military populist, to face former first lady Mirlande Manigat in a runoff.
