Michel Martelly that included business executives, bankers, and politicians such as former U.S. President Bill Clinton, that he hopes will improve business and economy in Haiti. In February 2012, Martelly's Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned and having been in office five months. He was replaced in May by Laurent Lamothe, the Haitian Foreign Minister. In between March and April 2012, Martelly was accused of corruption, with allegations that during and after the 2010 earthquake and presidential election, he had accepted $2.6 million in bribes to ensure that a Dominican Republic construction company would continue to receive contracts under his Presidency. Martelly denied
Michel Martelly the allegations. Companies owned or controlled by Félix Bautista had received no-bid contracts worth $200 million, awarded by former Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. In November 2013, anti-government protests were held in the country over the high cost of living and corruption. Mid-term Senate elections had been originally due in May 2012, while the municipal poll is three years behind schedule after François Hollande winning the presidential election in France. They were postponed again on 26 October 2014—the day they were due to be held—because of an ongoing stalemate between the government and a group of opposition senators over an