Haitians demonstrate against delay in legislative and municipal elections

Thousands of Haitians have marched in the capital Port-au-Prince to protest against a delay in the country's legislative and municipal elections.

The polls are years overdue and were scheduled for last Sunday.

They were postponed because of an ongoing stalemate between government and a group of opposition senators over an electoral law.

Haiti is the poorest country in the region and is still struggling to recover from a 2010 earthquake.

Protesters lit piles of wood in the central neighbourhood of Bel Aire before marching to a wealthy hillside neighbourhood, where riot police guarded hotels, shops and the elections office

BBC