Haiti's 'Sweet Micky' Martelly turns presidential
Haiti's president-elect, Michel Martelly, known universally to his countrymen as "Sweet Micky," is -- let's be delicate about this -- a new kind of political figure...
From Washington Post
Haiti’s president-elect, Michel Martelly, known universally to his countrymen as “Sweet Micky,” is — let’s be delicate about this — a new kind of political figure.
Wildly popular during his two-decade career as a singer, he was notorious for wearing a diaper during performances, for mooning his audiences and for gleefully leading his fans in obscene chants and taunts. Given that stage persona, Haitians barely batted an eye at revelations during this year’s presidential campaign that Martelly used to snort cocaine and that several homes he owned in Florida were foreclosed on.
But the “Sweet Micky” of yore was gone last week when he arrived in Washington for meetings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and international aid organizations. In his place was a spruced up president-elect, wrapped in a dark suit, sporting a sober tie and escorted by an entourage of thin-skinned advisers who bristled at questions about his past.
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