Elections in Haiti Elections in Haiti Elections in Haiti gives information on election and election results in Haiti. The Constitution of Haiti provides for the election of the President, Parliament, and members of local governing bodies. The current president is Michel Joseph Martelly, who received 68 percent of the votes in the Haitian general election, 2010–2011. Elections, delayed after a political impasse, are planned to be held for both the Presidency and Parliament in 2015. The latest presidential election took place on November 28, 2010, with a run-off election taking place on March 20, 2011. No candidate received a majority of the vote
Michel Martelly Mendes Brothers' original version of the song, performed by Ramiro Mendes included in the group's 1997 album—"Para Angola Com Um Xi Coracao". Martelly is also notorious for his cursing on stage, cross-dressing as well as using homophobic slurs. His celebrity status as a popular compas musician would become a major factor in his popularity as a politician. In 1992, Martelly played for free at a protest against the arrival of a UN representative charged with negotiating the return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide after the 1991 Haitian coup d'état. Martelly later explained "I did not want Aristide back... You want me to