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
Corruption in Haiti project funding for what turned out to be a fictitious organization. No action was taken. In December 2008, Senator Joseph Lambert was linked to the murder of a Police Commissioner's wife in a case involving drug traffickers, but he was never charged. In 2008, a Police Chaplains International revealed that members of the judiciary and police force were divvying up embezzled funds in Port-de-Paix. Upon taking office in 2011, President Michel Martelly dismissed Parliament and began governing by executive order. The "New York Times" described Martelly as being "surrounded by a network of friends and aides who have been arrested