Michel Martelly, a charismatic singer with no government experience, was sworn in as Haiti’s president on Saturday, shouldering a daunting task of reconstruction in his poor, earthquake-battered nation.
The shaven-headed former entertainer, 50, took the oath of office before Haiti’s national assembly in a prefabricated U.N.-supplied structure erected on the site of the old parliament building destroyed by last year’s earthquake.
Reflecting the huge rebuilding challenges facing the Western Hemisphere’s poorest state, a power outage struck as the swearing-in ceremony started, but Martelly went ahead with the oath.
Outgoing President Rene Preval joined the applause as his successor received the blue and red Haitian presidential sash.
I hope sweet mikey can be sweet to Haiti because we are tired with them Haitians prostituting lovely Dominica.
Please help the Haitians so they can remain in Haiti to build their country.
Dominica is getting a bad name because of some of them.
He`s first task is to stop these Haitian women from breeding so fast.. hee..hee..hee
I think he will
do good for Haiti, God give him gjuidance Haiti has suffered enough
haiti needs a coalition government,like the best brains in haiti to put back that country on its feet not a one man job,what is he going to do anyway?if they where not good before are they going to be good now
Let’s continue to pray for Haiti
He’s a “bad boy” with good intentions. He will be tough for sure, and Haiti needs his tough ways to help them overcome the destruction that has plagued them so long. Best wishes to him.
May God be your Guide you in all your undertakings. Seek God’s guidance in all your decision making and all will be well.
Let’s hope that he is able to make some progress for the masses of Haiti and that he has their welfare uppermost. He will probably catch on fast.