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Haiti certifies Jovenel Moise's presidential win

(4 Jan 2017) A businessman from northern Haiti who has never held political office was certified as the official winner of the November presidential election Tuesday following a ruling by an electoral tribunal that found no evidence of large-scale voter fraud. The Provisional Electoral Council published final results showing that Jovenel Moise easily won a first-round victory with more than 55 percent of the votes, the same as the preliminary results that were announced in late November. His nearest challenger, Jude Celestin, had nearly 20 percent. Speaking at a news conference in Port au Prince, Moise called the result "a beautiful page in history", adding he would be "the president of all Haitians without distraction". Release of the results came hours after a special electoral tribunal announced that it had found some irregularities in the Nov. 20 election but not enough to affect the outcome based on an analysis of 12 percent of the ballots. Moise, a 48-year-old from northern Haiti who was chosen by former President Michel Martelly to run as the candidate of his Tet Kale party, defeated 26 rivals in the first round and avoided a runoff. Several rivals challenged the results, but the electoral judges said they found "there was no massive fraud," according to the council. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...