Haiti faces the unknown after the announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Subject to pressure from gangs, abandoned by the international community, he will leave office after the appointment of his successor by a Presidential Council responsible for the transition
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Under the leadership of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), political actors and the Haitian civil society agreed to the establishment of this Council which will be composed of seven members and two observers supposed to represent the different influential political and economic currents in the country. But groups with divergent interests, each playing their part. Is an agreement possible?
Everything remains to be done according to Haitian political scientist Jacques Nesi, doctor in political science, member of the Caribbean Social Sciences Laboratory, with Anne Corpet : “ This Council for the moment will be made up of representatives of different political, social and economic forces, but it remains to set up the agenda and also its mode of operation.. »
“ We trust in the collective surge »
“ Because collegiality will be the rulesays Jacques Nesi again. For the moment, we trust in the collective surge, in the citizen awareness of the different actors. It is true that, for three years, the different political actors have not been able to agree around a common platform with Ariel Henry, now the whole question is to know: will these different actors who will join to this principle of collegiality will put aside their appetites, since they all consider Haiti, and these political actors know well the public service as being an income, where one must get rich very quickly, all this guaranteed by impunity. So we hope this time that they will keep their appetites aside and give way to the national interest. »
“ The political class » will she get along?
For Haitian journalist Jean-Renald Getty, interviewed by Thomas Victorianthe departure of Ariel Henry is, in any case, seen as new hope for Haiti: “ The government in place has done nothing to stop this security hemorrhage, so for me Ariel Henry was part of the problem that persists in the country. His resignation is a relief and I hope it will change the situation prevailing in the country. I think that the Presidential Council that will be set up in the country will improve the situation of the Haitian people. However, there is still the Haitian political class that does not want to agree to give a government that can respond to this situation. », he concludes.
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