AU-PRINCE, Rabi'I 11, 1437, December 22, 2015, SPA -- Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council on Monday postponed until January this Sunday's scheduled presidential run-off election amid accusations by the opposition candidate that there had been irregularities, two members of the council said, according to Reuters. "The election won't take place on Sunday," said one of the council members, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to comment publicly. Ruling party candidate ... Jovenel Moise and former government executive Jude Célestin were due to face each other on Sunday. Instead the vote will take place in January, possibly on Jan. 10, the council members said. The winner will succeed President Michel Martelly next February as the head of the Western Hemisphere's poorest country. Moise and Célestin came out on top in a field of 54 candidates in the first round on Oct. 25. The announcement of those results was delayed for two days due to accusations of election fraud including those from the third place candidate, who said ballots supporting him had been destroyed. The Caribbean nation of about 10 million people has struggled to establish democratic rule after decades of dictatorship, military coups and election fraud.
