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Martelly named winner in Haiti's presidential election

.Michel Martelly, pictured in Washington DC on April 21, won the second round of the election with 67.57% of the vote.
.Haiti's electoral council has officially declared Michel Martelly the winner of a presidential election. 


Martelly won the second round of the election with 67.57% of the vote, defeating rival Mirlande Manigat, a former first lady.
Martelly responded to the announcement on Twitter. "Begin to take our tools, to clean our country, to get to work," he said in Creole.
He has promised transparency, and will have to deal with the corruption that has plagued previous administrations.


"This is why I plan on working relentlessly towards the reconstruction of the framework of international aid, to give new life to the business sector, and to develop the capabilities of government institutions and of civil society," he said.


Martelly will be inaugurated May 14 in Port-au-Prince...