In a video filmed on Wednesday, November 20 in Rio de Janeiro and circulating on social networks, French President Emmanuel Macron estimated that The Haitian officials who fired Garry Conille, appointed prime minister five months ago to try to stabilize the country, were “completely stupid”.
In these images filmed on the sidelines of the G20, outside the presence of the press, before his departure to Chile, the Head of State responds, according to his entourage, to a Haitian who questioned him “with determination”, accusing him and France “be responsible for the situation in Haiti”. “There, frankly, it was the Haitians who killed Haiti, leaving drug trafficking behind”responded Emmanuel Macron. “And there what they did, the prime minister was great, I defended him, they fired him! »he added, referring to the dismissal of Garry Conille by the Haitian presidential transition council.
“It’s terrible. It’s terrible. And I can’t replace it. “They are complete idiots, they should never have published it, the Prime Minister was great”he continues, before the video cuts out. Emmanuel Macron then mentioned the Haitian crisis on Thursday during a speech on the relationship with Latin America delivered to the Chilean Congress in Valparaíso. “France will continue to support the Haitian people and support all initiatives aimed at restoring security and recreating a path towards a stable political situation. Haitians deserve it »said.
Plagued by political, security, socioeconomic and humanitarian crises, fueled by gang violence that controls 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, this Caribbean country is in chaos. The decision to remove Garry Conille from his duties came on November 10, when the Transitional Council wanted to change officials in the ministries of Justice, Finance, Defense and Health, against his advice. For Garry Conille, “the resolution of the Presidential Transition Council (…) “It is clearly contaminated with illegality.”.
