Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council decided to dismiss the Prime Minister, who has only been in office for five months, according to the official diary to be published on Monday and of which Agence France-Presse (AFP) obtained a copy on Sunday in November. 10.
Garry Conille was appointed in early June to try to stabilize the country, which remains in chaos, mainly due to gang violence. He will be replaced by Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, former Senate candidate, graduate in business management from Boston University, president of the board of directors of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, according to his Soundcloud page.
The decision to remove Conille from office comes after weeks of conflict between the leader and the Transitional Council. This authority wanted to change the heads of the ministries of Justice, Finance, Defense and Health, against the advice of the prime minister, according to the newspaper. The Miami Herald.
The Prime Minister assures that “the resolution of the Presidential Transition Council […] “It is clearly contaminated with illegality”in an email addressed to a person responsible for editing the official newspaper, to which AFP had access.
Haiti has suffered from chronic political instability for decades. But in recent months, this Caribbean country has also had to face a resurgence of gang violence, which controls 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
A country without a president since 2021
After the resignation of the controversial Prime Minister Ariel Henry in April, transitional authorities were established, with the difficult mission of restoring security and organizing elections, in a country devastated by violence and corruption, and that has not had a president since the assassination. by Jovenel Moïse in 2021.
In September, during a visit to Haiti, the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, asked the transitional authorities to move quickly towards elections. The last elections date back to 2016.
Garry Conille, a 58-year-old doctor who was Prime Minister of Haiti for six months between 2011 and 2012, was appointed by this Transitional Presidential Council. In July, he had to be evacuated from a neighborhood in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where gang members had opened fire.
The gangs that rule much of the capital are accused of numerous murders, rapes, looting and kidnappings for ransom, a situation that worsened earlier this year when they decided to join forces to overthrow the hotly contested former prime minister Ariel Henry.
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The situation has continued to worsen despite the establishment of the multinational police support mission. Supported by the UN and the United States, this Kenya-led mission began deploying this summer with just over 400 men so far.
On Thursday, the United Nations warned of worsening hunger levels in the country. The wave of violence and a catastrophic humanitarian situation have forced more than 700,000 people, half of them children, to flee their homes to seek refuge in other parts of the country, according to the latest figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). ).
