Haitians will head to the polls on October 9 to vote for a new president, officials confirmed on Monday, after the results of last year's controversial election were formally annulled.
"The Council has decided to repeat the first round of the presidential election," the president of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Leopold Berlanger told reporters.
A second round vote will be held on January 8, 2017.
The decision to cancel the results followed a recommendation last Monday by an independent commission that found that fraud had marred the October 2015 vote.
The opposition condemned that vote as an "electoral coup" in favor of former president Michel Martelly.
Interim president Jocelerme Privert -- whose term is scheduled to end mid-June -- was reported at the weekend has having announced the October 9 balloting date at a Caribbean summit in Havana.
Haitians will head to the polls on October 9 to vote for a new president, officials confirmed on Monday, after the results of last year’s controversial election were formally annulled.
“The Council has decided to repeat the first round of the presidential election,” the president of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Leopold Berlanger told reporters.
A second round vote will be held on January 8, 2017.
The decision to cancel the results followed a recommendation last Monday by an independent commission that found that fraud had marred the October 2015 vote.
The opposition condemned that vote as an “electoral coup” in favor of former president Michel Martelly.
Interim president Jocelerme Privert — whose term is scheduled to end mid-June — was reported at the weekend has having announced the October 9 balloting date at a Caribbean summit in Havana.
