Haiti presidential election winner vows anti-graft, food security push


  • World
  • Friday, 02 Dec 2016

Jovenel Moise addresses the media next to his wife Martine after winning 55.67 percent of the vote in the November 20 presidential election, according to the electoral council, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 28, 2016. REUTERS/Jeanty Junior Augustin

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The winner of Haiti's presidential election, Jovenel Moise, vowed on Thursday to reform the constitution and tackle corruption when he takes office next year.

The electoral council said Moise won a majority of votes and prevailed by more than 25 percentage points, according to preliminary results for the Nov. 20 vote that Haitians hoped would put the country on sounder political and economic footing.

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