Michel Martelly, a popular singer and politician, was declaired the winner of the Hatian presidential elections today. Elections intended for February 28, 2010 were greatly postponed to November 28, following the January 2010 earthquake. When no canidates recieved over 50% of the votes, a run off election was called in order to produce a majority government. This included two canidates, Mirlande Manigant and Michel Martelly, who won with nearly 68% of the votes. However voter turn out was barely 23% of all Hatians.
Martelly is to be officially sworn in as president on May 14th. His future plans include adressing the issue of land ownership and relocating 700, 000 people out of makeshift tents into permanent housing
He tweets: "Let us pick up our tools and get to work to clean up out country"
-Em
Eco-Note:
Martelly's tweets reminded me of another type of cleaning! Spring cleaning!
When cleaning your house we need to try and use biodegradable and environmentally friendly products! Or even better make your own with recipes found through this link: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/make-your-own-non-toxic-cleaning-kit.html
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