PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The second-place finisher in Haiti’s presidential runoff will not challenge the preliminary results, a spokesman said Friday, putting musician Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly closer to becoming president. Mirlande Manigat, a former first lady and senator, has doubts about the veracity of preliminary results that showed she won only 32 percent of the vote in the presidential runoff, but she won’t file a challenge with the electoral council, campaign spokesman Jean-Junior Joseph said. Joseph did not specify why he thought the results were flawed, only that he “strongly believes” that Manigat should have received more votes. “We ran a tight campaign,” he said. The…
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