Outgoing Haiti's President Michel Martelly looks outside of the Ministry of Interior during the inauguration of the new building in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 4, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's outgoing President Michel Martelly has reached an agreement with parliament to form a caretaker government when he leaves power this weekend without an elected successor, in a step that could calm violent protests rocking the capital.
Under the agreement due to be signed later on Saturday, parliament will elect an interim president for a four-month term, said the Organisation of American States, which helped broker the deal among deeply divided politicians in the Caribbean nation.
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