Haiti officials to review election results
Published:Friday | December 10, 2010 | 9:27 AM
Election officials in Haiti say they will review the disputed results of last month's presidential election.
There will be an immediate vote recount in the presence of the top three candidates Mirlande Manigat, Jude Celestin and Michel Martelly.
The recount is to be examined by international observers.
The announcement follows violent demonstrations by supporters of Martelly, the third-placed candidate.
He alleges the count was rigged to deny him a second-round run-off place.
The Provisional Election Council said it had decided to immediately launch a rapid and exceptional process to verify the votes in the 2010 presidential elections.
More than half of the 19 candidates in the elections have been calling for the result to be cancelled.