* His popular message of change struck chord with voters
* But some questions remain about skills, past friendships
* Critics suspect Martelly has right-wing agenda for rule
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Shaven-headed,
energetic and extroverted, musician Michel ``Sweet Micky''
Martelly took Haiti's mostly poor and uneducated electorate by
storm with a whirlwind campaign and a promise of change.
A senior official at Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council
told Reuters on Monday Martelly won Haiti's March 20
presidential run-off, according to preliminary official
results. These still need to be confirmed as definitive later
in April.
The 50-year-old iconoclastic entertainer, a star of Haiti's
Konpa carnival music blending African and Latin rhythms, is a
political newcomer who was regarded as a no-hoper when he first
announced his presidential bid last year.
Martelly beat his older, more experienced rival, former
first lady Mirlande Manigat, by tapping into the aspirations of
Haitians yearning for change and improvement after a crippling
* But some questions remain about skills, past friendships
* Critics suspect Martelly has right-wing agenda for rule
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Shaven-headed,
energetic and extroverted, musician Michel ``Sweet Micky''
Martelly took Haiti's mostly poor and uneducated electorate by
storm with a whirlwind campaign and a promise of change.
A senior official at Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council
told Reuters on Monday Martelly won Haiti's March 20
presidential run-off, according to preliminary official
results. These still need to be confirmed as definitive later
in April.
The 50-year-old iconoclastic entertainer, a star of Haiti's
Konpa carnival music blending African and Latin rhythms, is a
political newcomer who was regarded as a no-hoper when he first
announced his presidential bid last year.
Martelly beat his older, more experienced rival, former
first lady Mirlande Manigat, by tapping into the aspirations of
Haitians yearning for change and improvement after a crippling
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