- The interim prime minister of Haiti, Claude Joseph, agreed to step down and establish an inclusive government that will hold elections.
- The government will be led by Ariel Henry, who was nominated to replace Joseph by the assassinated President Jovenel Moise.
- There is no working council in Haiti and no viable succession procedure.
Port-au-Prince-The interim prime minister who has been in charge of Haiti since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise agreed on Monday to step down to make way for an inclusive government that will hold elections in order to suffer violence Greater stability in the destructive situation brings cautious hope. country.
A government official said that Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph will be handed over to the new government on Tuesday, with the main task of quickly holding elections.
The government will be led by Ariel Henry, and just a few days before the controversial Haitian president was shot and killed at his home in Port-au-Prince in the early hours of July 7, Moise appointed him to succeed Joseph.
Within a few hours after the assassination, Joseph declared a “state of martial law” and called him responsible for launching a power struggle in this poor Caribbean country.
Monday’s announcement brought hopes of ending uncertainty. The United States, which had previously exerted extensive influence in Haiti, joined other major powers to make it clear that Joseph should give way.
The State Department welcomed Monday’s agreement, but pointed out that it was fragile. Spokesperson Ned Price said that the United States “encourages to see Haitian political and civil actors working to form a unity government that can stabilize the country.
Haiti has no working parliament and no viable succession procedure, and was already in a political and security crisis when the 53-year-old Moise was killed.
The official close to the prime minister’s office said that Joseph and Henry met for several days to form a more inclusive government.
“There will be no President of the Republic. The mission of this new government is to organize elections as soon as possible,” he added.
Joseph will serve as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the new government.
‘Voluntary and inclusive’
After the 2018 legislative elections were postponed due to multiple disputes (including when his own term ends), Moise passed a decree to rule Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas.
In addition to the presidential, legislative and local elections, Haiti was originally scheduled to hold a constitutional referendum in September, which was postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The official did not give a timetable for when the new elections will be held.
Over the weekend, when an informal group of ambassadors from the United States, France, and the United Nations (including those from the United States, France, and the United Nations) is called the “core group,” balance is in Henry’s favor.
The organization called for “appointing Prime Minister Ariel Henry to continue to perform the tasks entrusted to him”-excluding Joseph-to form a “consensual and inclusive government.”
A diplomatic source who asked not to be named said that Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, planned to travel to Haiti in the next few days. A week ago, a team including senior White House officials visited Haiti. Latin American consultant.
After most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, was occupied by gangs, Haiti’s interim leadership encouraged the United States-which had occupied the country for two decades a century ago-to send troops to improve security.
But US President Joe Biden, who is withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, has made it clear that he does not consider military intervention.
Former colonial country France called for the dispatch of police as part of strengthening the mission of the United Nations.
The first lady returns home
Henry is a 71-year-old neurosurgeon who previously served as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Labor.
Moise will rest in peace in the northern city of Cap Haiti on Friday. His widow, Martin, was seriously injured in the attack on their home. She was treated in a Miami hospital before returning home to attend her husband’s funeral on Saturday.
As preparations for the funeral continue, the investigation into the killing of Moys is also underway. The FBI is assisting local police.
So far, more than 20 people have been arrested for this killing, many of them are Colombian veterans, but the motive is still unclear.
The Haitian police charged a 63-year-old Haitian doctor with close ties to Florida, Christian Emmanuel Sanon, as the mastermind of the conspiracy and possessing “political goals”.
Colombian police chief Jorge Vargas said that Joseph Felix Badio, a former Haitian justice ministry official, ordered two Colombian mercenaries to kill the president. But it is not clear whether Badio in turn obeyed other people’s orders.
