VICE News
The 120-Day President: Haiti's Power Struggle (Dispatch 4)
2016 • E23 Feb 15, 2016 5m
This weekend's marathon legislative session was 12 hours long and involved two rounds of voting, after the first round was too close to call. Following a 30-minute recess between the ballots, the electoral tides turned — going from Privert and rival candidate Edgard Leblanc Fils separated by a handful of votes to an overwhelming victory for Privert. He will be in power for 120 days before another election is held. VICE News was there for the election of Haiti's new temporary president, witnessing Privert's transition from senator to interim president in a matter of 48 hours.