With Haitian President Michel Martelly's farewell speech before a joint session of Parliament on Sunday, the controversial leader effectively ended yet another turbulent chapter in Haiti's political history.

As he stepped down from his presidency, however, a new, equally turbulent chapter seemed to be starting. During his speech, Martelly himself agreed that there were things that his government was not able to accomplish for the impoverished country.

In fact, many have even stated that the now ex-president has left the country in the same spot that it was before he took office, according to WSOC-TV News.

When he took office back in 2011, the country was in chaos. There was corruption within the lines of the government and the people of Haiti were suffering from poverty. As he left the Parliament on Sunday, the country was pretty much in the same state.

Due to the country's recent unsuccessful elections, Haiti has no president that will take Martelly's place. Of course, with no leader in sight, the political unrest in the country has all but increased.

One thing that Martelly was able to accomplish literally in his last hours as the president of Haiti, however, is that he was able to forge a last-minute deal with the country's lawmakers in order to arrange for a transitional government to be created in the immediate wake of his departure, according to Today's Zaman.

With the transitional government, a temporary president would be elected for an interim period of about four months. Another presidential election is set to be held on April 24, with the winner of the polls taking office in the following months.

Martelly, for his part, stated that the agreement was only reached after lawmakers gave him their word that the country was going to be stable in his immediate absence, reported ABC News.

A transitional government is seen by many as a political panic button, somewhat of a last resort. It is an option that is designed to create a form of order after a political period did not end on a proper note. In fact, the last transitional government in Haiti was created in 2004, in order to create some order after the ousting of then-President Jean Bertrand-Aristide. That transitional government took two years before it was replaced by a fully working, official government that was born from an orderly election.

Thus, considering the political unrest embroiling the country today, Haiti's current goal of having a fully-functioning, official government within the next few months might be a little bit of a long shot.