h >> haitian lawmakers have elected joselerme privert. as interim president. teresa vo reports from port-au-prince. >> it's been weeks of tension and protest in haiti but many hope that joselerme privert is the man that will take the country owl of the current political crisis. >> translator: these are extraordinary circumstances. we need to learn from this. the political crisis shows us the necessity to take advantage of this moment and we can show the world that we can do it. >> reporter: he's a man close to former president rey anyway are preval and close to jean bertrand ayer aristide. >> can make something into change the situation, the people live if now. >> privert was officially sworn in on sunday at haiti's national palace where he vowed to reinforce democracy in the westerwestern hemisphere's poort country. president privert is supposed to stay in office for 120 days, and in that time, he needs to guide the people to free and fair democracy. in fact many people leading the protests showed up at the swearing-in ceremony. >> we didn't really want that