Stone-throwing supporters of eliminated election candidates are violently protesting in Haiti after preliminary results of the Nov. 28 election were announced on Wednesday. Angry protesters barricaded the streets of the capital and started fires throughout the country after by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) declared that Jude Celestin and former first lady Mirlande Manigat would run against each other in a runoff vote for the presidency. Celestin is the handpicked successor to outgoing President Rene Preval. According to election results reported by the National Observation Council, a local election monitoring group financed by the European Union, Celestin should have been eliminated.
