“A deteriorating security environment and threats to the electoral process”. These were the reasons given by the provisional electoral council (CEP) for its reason to cancel the 24 January election for the presidential run-off between Jovenel Moïse of President Michel Martelly’s Parti Haïtien Têt Kalé (PHTK) and Jude Célestin of the opposition Ligue Alternative Pour le Progrés et l’Emancipation Haïtienne (Lapeh) party. Yet even prior to the CEP’s announcement, which came two days before the vote, Célestin had already said that he would not participate given alleged fraud during October’s first-round. With anti- and pro-government supporters taking to the streets and the CEP itself in disarray, the big question is what happens after 7 February, the constitutionally mandated date for the presidential handover of power – namely whether a transitional government will be set up (the preferred option of the political opposition) or Martelly will remain in power until a new president can be elected.End of preview - This article contains approximately 715 words.
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