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OAS: Haitian leaders reach deal to install provisional govt

A supporter of the ruling party's presidential candidate Jovenel Moise attends a pro-government rally demanding elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. Current President Michel Martelly is leaving office Sunday as a runoff vote to choose his successor has been indefinitely postponed and officials try to negotiate a solution for a short-term interim government. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
A supporter of the ruling party's presidential candidate Jovenel Moise attends a pro-government rally demanding elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. Current President Michel Martelly is leaving office Sunday as a runoff vote to choose his successor has been indefinitely postponed and officials try to negotiate a solution for a short-term interim government. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery) A supporter of the ruling party's presidential candidate Jovenel Moise attends a pro-government rally demanding elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. Current President Michel Martelly is leaving office Sunday as a runoff vote to choose his successor has been indefinitely postponed and officials try to negotiate a solution for a short-term interim government. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

By Associated Press 1 min read

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – An OAS official tells The Associated Press that top Haitian leaders have reached an agreement to install a provisional government less than a day before President Michel Martelly is scheduled to step down.

Special mission leader Ronald Sanders said Saturday that the interim president will be elected by Parliament for a term of 120 days. He said Prime Minister Evens Paul will remain in his position until lawmakers confirm a new prime minister in upcoming days.

The interim government will continue an electoral process that began last year. It will hold a second round of presidential and legislative elections on April 24. A new president is scheduled to be installed on May 14.