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 (Sweet Micky) and sung a carnival meringue entitled "Bal Bannan nan" (Give her the banana), a message as a response to Liliane Pierre Paul, a famous Haitian female journalist in Port-au-prince. As a singer and keyboardist, "Sweet Micky" is known for his Kompa music, a style of Haitian dance music sung predominantly in the Haitian Creole language, but he blended this with other styles. Martelly popularized a "new generation" of compas with smaller bands relying on synthesizers and electronic instruments. From 1989 to 2008, Martelly recorded over a dozen studio albums and a number of live CDs. As a musician