The World - News from Sept. 25, 1989

Haiti’s military government announced that the country will hold general elections next year, transferring power to a civilian president. It will be Haiti’s first presidential election since Jan. 18, 1988, when civilian Leslie Manigat was elected in balloting widely regarded as rigged by the army. Manigat was ousted in a military coup five months later. The government of Lt. Gen. Prosper Avril said the elections will be held in two rounds--on Oct. 17 and Nov. 11, 1990. Avril, who took over in a coup that ousted Lt. Gen. Henri Namphy, has said repeatedly that he is heading a transition government that eventually will relinquish power to civilians.