Haitians go to long-awaited polls to pick president and parliamentarians

‘Elections have begun in Haiti as people hope to turn the country into a functional democracy. People went to the polls on Sunday to choose a president and dozens of members for Haiti’s bicameral legislature.
Some 27 presidential candidates are contesting for the vote with reports saying five of them have better chances of winning than the rest. The voters should also pick 25 people to fill the vacant seats of the 109-member lower house and 16 for the 30-member Senate.
Officials have announced that 6.2 million people are eligible to vote, although voters have shown little enthusiasm for participating because of the electoral chaos, which has gripped the country for more than a year.’
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