PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Around 2,000 protesters marched in Haiti’s capital yesterday demanding a rerun of Sunday’s elections they said were skewed by fraud, as the jittery Caribbean nation awaited results expected next week.
The march, in which demonstrators waved red cards calling for the immediate exit of outgoing President Rene Preval and his protege, presidential candidate Jude Celestin, was watched by riot police and was boisterous but saw no serious violence.
In the game of soccer, the referee uses a red card to expel players who commit fouls.
The protest was led by a group of presidential candidates — excluding the three main front-runners — who are calling for the annulment of Sunday’s vote, accusing Preval’s government of trying to manipulate the elections in Celestin’s favour.
