The first lady of Haiti, Martine Moïse, injured Wednesday by assailants who killed Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, on Saturday called on the population to continue the “
battle
” led by her husband, in an audio message on Twitter.
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"
I am alive,
" she said in Creole for her first public intervention since the attack.
"
I am alive but I lost my husband, Jovenel
", she adds in this recording authenticated for AFP by the Haitian Minister of Culture and Communication, Pradel Henriquez.
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Jovenel Moïse was riddled with bullets in his residence on Wednesday around 1:00 a.m. (05:00 GMT), by an armed commando group of 28 men (26 Colombians and two Americans of Haitian origin), 17 of whom were arrested by the police. Haiti and three killed.
Injured, the first lady was first treated in a local hospital before being evacuated by plane to Miami.
"
In the blink of an eye, the mercenaries entered my house and they riddled my husband with bullets (...) without even giving him the chance to say a single word
", describes Martine Moïse in her message.
The president of the poorest country in the Americas was fighting, she said, for "
roads, water and electricity, the referendum and the elections scheduled for the end of the year
."
"
It's a battle he was leading for us, we must continue,
" she assured.
The assassination of Jovenel Moïse threatens to plunge Haiti into chaos and the international community has called on the Caribbean country to maintain the presidential and legislative elections scheduled for September and November.
"
I will not abandon you
", also says Martine Moïse, who promises to participate soon in a live exchange on Facebook.
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