Businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aime is being appointed as the new Prime Minister of Haiti. Outgoing Prime Minister Garry Conille had been appointed last May.
In Haiti, the interim administration, i.e. the transitional council, is appointing a new prime minister, who is to replace the one appointed in May For Garry Con. The news agency Reuters reports on the matter, referring to the draft of the resolution that it has seen.
According to Reuters, the official publication of the resolution will take place on Monday, November 11, in the official newspaper of the Haitian government.
According to the resolution, a businessman will be appointed as the new prime minister Alix Didier Fils-AimeReuters reports.
The nine-member transitional council, representing various political and administrative groups, has been at odds with Conille for several weeks, reports news agency AFP.
The dispute has been joined by the council’s desire to change Haiti’s ministers of justice, economy, defense and health against Prime Minister Conille’s wishes, reported the Miami Herald.
Last week, Prime Minister Conille had demanded that three members of the council accused of corruption resign from their positions.
According to AFP information, Conille has sent a letter to the transitional council in which he requests that the decision not be officially announced. According to AFP, so far it is also unclear whether the council even has the power to remove Conille from his post.
The council is an entirely new body, not mentioned in the Haitian constitution and not approved by the parliament.
Located in the Caribbean, Haiti has not held elections since 2016 and does not have a sitting legislature. In addition, the country has not had a president since the president Jovenel Moise was assassinated in 2021.
The widening political vacuum has further aggravated the country’s security and health crises. In recent years, criminal gangs have taken over about 80 percent of the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
The transitional council came to power after the unpopular prime minister Ariel Henry resigned from his post in April.
In the summer, international police forces led by Kenya arrived in the country, whose task is to stabilize the capital Port-au-Prince, among other things.
Sources: Reuters, AFP, STT