The election was held with more than a million people still deplaced by the earthquake, without proper preparation for the election. Many warned before that election was held that it was sure to be a total mess and to actually further instability. Over ten % of the votes never even made it to the capital to be counted. And what's really important is what happened after.
An assassination followed by an earthquake followed by a tropical storm strike a country where aid organizations often have more influence than Haitians.
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