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Haiti: faced with armed gangs, the endless vacuum of power

2024-04-01T16:56:14.945Z

Highlights: Ariel Henry announced on March 11 that he was resigning from his post. But he specified that his resignation would be effective after the formation of the Presidential Transitional Council. Since March 11, the country has been waiting to find an executive, while criminal gangs hold Port-au-Prince. Ariel Henry has not touched Haitian land since the end of February. Returning from a trip to Kenya, his plane was unable to land on March 2, the gangs having taken control of the airport.


The Presidential Transitional Council is still not in office. Since March 11, the country has been waiting to find an executive, while criminal gangs hold Port-au-Prince.


Ariel Henry is still Prime Minister of Haiti. The agreement reached at the Caricom (Caribbean Community) summit in Jamaica on March 11 provided for the appointment of a Presidential Transitional Council (CPT) and the departure of Ariel Henry. The summit brought together representatives of Haitian political parties and civil society in the presence of representatives of the United States, Canada, France, Brazil, Mexico, Germany and Caricom countries. The participants in this summit had obtained that Ariel Henry announced on March 11 that he was resigning from his post.

But he specified that his resignation would be effective after the formation of the Presidential Transitional Council, which he would validate by publishing a decree in the official journal,

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. Ariel Henry has not touched Haitian land since the end of February. Returning from a trip to Kenya, his plane was unable to land in Port-au-Prince on March 2, the gangs having taken control of the airport. From…

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