“Elections must be held as soon as possible,” said the Prime Minister of Haiti | Election News

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry said in an interview with the Associated Press that he also plans to hold a referendum.

The Prime Minister of Haiti stated that he plans to organize a referendum to amend the country’s constitution before February next year, and hold presidential and legislative elections early next year because the Caribbean country continues to work hard to deal with it. Deep political instability.

Ariel Henry Sworn in After a few weeks as interim prime minister Kill President Jovenel Moise said in an interview with the Associated Press in July that mistrust is one of his biggest challenges.

“The election must be held as soon as possible,” he told the Associated Press in an interview with the Associated Press at his residence. “People don’t believe what is said.”

Henry’s comment was made the day after him Decree Announcing that members of the Provisional Election Committee (CEP) have been fired, a move that postponed voting indefinitely.

After developing several election calendars, CEP set November 7 for the first round of voting in the presidential and legislative elections and the constitutional referendum.

But the Assassinate On July 7, Moise’s home in Port-au-Prince plunged the country into more serious political instability and uncertainty, and at the same time increased fear Among residents, violence in the capital will get worse.

Haiti’s top prosecutor also earlier this month defendant Henry participated in the assassination of Moise and asked for charges against the Prime Minister.But Henry strongly denied these allegations, and later Be fired Prosecutor.

Henry was appointed by Moise a few days before the president’s death and was officially confirmed as prime minister in late July.

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Since 2019, Moise has been passing decree rulings, and his killing is still under investigation.He is facing Mass protest After he insisted on opposing the opinions of Haitian judicial experts and rights groups, his presidency will expire in 2022, not this year.

International observers, including the United Nations and the United States, urged Haiti to hold elections in an effort to restore some stability.

But major Haitian civil society groups and activists have Refused The push to say that voting is held when the state institutions are so weak Gang violence is so rampant Not the best way out of the current crisis.

“He is a puppet,” Monique Kleska, a Haitian writer, activist and former UN official, told the Associated Press about Henry. “In the final analysis, he has no legitimacy or credibility.”

Several leaders of Kleska and Haitian civil society called for the establishment of a two-year transitional government, with the president and prime minister elected by political parties and civil society to stabilize the country before elections are held.

“We want a Haitian solution,” she said. “Now is the time for the international community to say to us,’We are listening,’ instead of lowering our throat, the people they put there.”