Michel Martelly Maryse Narcisse, finished fourth behind Jean-Charles Moïse and also denounced the results during a news conference. The protesters threw rocks and burned tires. The police responded with tear gas and made some arrests. The police also stopped and searched the vehicle of a former top government prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, who is a supporter of Moïse. Martelly resigned the presidency on 10 February 2016, leaving in Haiti without a president for a week. On 17 February 2016, he was succeeded by Jocelerme Privert who serves as interim president. Amid allegations of fraud in the 2015 elections, Privert created a month-long verification
Michel Martelly Haitian history that an incumbent president's peacefully transferred power to a member of the opposition. Following the day after the damaged-quake in last year, the incumbent Haitian Prime Minister, Jean-Max Bellerive, resigned to allow Martelly to choose his own Prime Minister. Martelly was quick to pledge reforms for the post-earthquake reconstruction process. In August 2011, Martelly announced a plan to reinstate the nation's military. This plan was met with controversy as many human rights activists were concerned about bringing back a military which had been responsible for many atrocities in the past. In September 2011, Martelly formed an advisory board