Top 2 finalists in Haiti elections confirmed

(24 Nov 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY

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Port au Prince – 24 November 2015
1. People walking on street
2. Haitian flag
3. Pull out of news conference
4. Wide of news conference
5. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Louis Opont, President of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council:
"We announce the final result for the presidential elections that took place on 25 of October, 2015. The results for first position is number 5 of the PHTK (referring to the political party PHTK of President Michel Martelly), Jovenel Moses, (who) received 33 percent of the votes."
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7. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Louis Opont, President of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council:
"The number two candidate, number 31 (of the) Lapeh (referring to the political party called "Peace"), Jude Celestin, obtained 25 percent."
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9. Wide of news conference
10. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Pierre Louis Opont, President of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council:
"The electoral council officially announces that the two candidates who will go to the second round of presidential (elections) are Jovenel Moise and Jude Celestin."
11. People leaving news conference
STORYLINE:
The top two finishers in Haiti's first-round presidential election are government-backed candidate Jovenel Moise and former state construction chief Jude Celestin, officials said on Tuesday.
They are scheduled to compete in a runoff vote on 27 December.
Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council said Moise received 33 percent of the vote and Celestin received 25 percent.
The announcement by the nine-member council set off a new wave of protests in Cabaret, where supporters of Moise Jean-Charles, one of the leading candidates from a field of 54, denounced the results.
Protesters also began gathering in the nearby capital of Port-au-Prince.
Last week, thousands of Haitians demanded that the 25 October first-round presidential election be annulled during a violent protest that left at last one person dead.
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