Claude Joseph, the prime minister who took control of the Haitian government soon after the president was killed Jovenel Moïse, leaves his post. To announce it, reports the New York Times, the Minister of Elections, Mathias Pierre. Immediately after the killing of Moïse last July 7, a bitter battle for the control of political power began in Haiti. Joseph, who was due to be replaced in his post the week of the president’s murder, had retained the leadership of the government. His designated successor, Ariel Henry, who had not yet taken the oath at the time of Moise’s assassination, had also claimed to be the legitimate prime minister of the country.
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In turn, the members of the Senate still in office had claimed the leadership of the government for the president of the assembly, sparking a hard tussle with Joseph. To complicate the picture, the substantial emptying of the country’s democratic institutions during the presidency of Moïse, who for some time governed only by decree, with just 10 surviving senators out of the 30 expected, since the mandate of 20 members of the Senate had expired without having proceeded to new elections.
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The lower house, on the other hand, is completely vacant, having exhausted its mandate last year. Furthermore, the president of the Supreme Court had died in June due to Covid, depriving the country of another institutional authority. “I can confirm that the prime minister will step down,” said Pierre today in a message quoted by New York Times.
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Late yesterday, Henry released a pre-recorded speech through social media in which he addressed the people of Haiti, saying that he will soon announce members of the new provisional government that he will take the country to elections, as soon as the elections occur. conditions.
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