"Members of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) have announced plans to remove Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, flouting warnings from the United States against doing so. The announcement on Friday further deepens a standoff with Washington over the leadership of the crisis-wracked Caribbean country, which has repeatedly delayed elections due to spiralling gang crime and instability."
"We are the ones who appointed Didier Fils-Aime in November 2024, council member Leslie Voltaire said at a news conference. We are the ones who worked with him for a year, and it is up to us to issue a new decree naming a new prime minister, a new government and a new presidency. Five of the nine-member panel had voted in favour of removing Fils-Aime and replacing him within a 30-day period, several members said. However, the vote had yet to be published in the country's official gazette as of late Friday, a necessary step before the decision becomes legally valid."
Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council moved to remove Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime despite warnings from the United States. Five of nine council members supported replacing Fils-Aime within a 30-day period, but the vote had not been published in the official gazette, a requirement for legal validity. The TPC was created in 2024 after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise and has suffered infighting, membership disputes, and corruption allegations. The council had previously ousted Garry Conille and appointed Fils-Aime. Planned presidential votes were postponed, with tiered federal elections now expected to begin in August while the council's mandate ends on February 7.
#haiti #transitional-presidential-council #prime-minister-removal #us-haiti-relations #election-delays
Read at www.aljazeera.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]