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David Culver
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Primature de la Republique d'Haiti

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HAITI IS HOPING TO HAVE A TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL IN PLACE AFTER THE COUNTRY'S PRIME MINISTER RESIGNED FOLLOWING WIDESPREAD GANG VIOLENCE IN THE COUNTRY
THE COUNCIL WILL BE TASKED WITH APPOINTING AN INTERIM PRIME MINISTER AND ESTABLISHING A PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL TO FACILITATE ELECTIONS
C-N-N'S DAVID CULVER HAS MORE

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David Culver, CNN Correspondent: Mounting uncertainty in neighboring Haiti despite efforts by Caricom, the regional bloc, to craft a transitional presidential council The council would include seven members from different political factions within Haiti and it will appoint an interim Prime Minister The goal is for it to stabilize the country enough for presidential elections which haven't happened since 2016 Now, this comes as current Prime Minister Ariel Henry has succumbed to the mounting pressure and announced his resignation But he says he's going to stay in power until the transitional council is in place Meantime, you've got gang and former coup leaders saying they won't recognize the transitional government or they say it won't work because it doesn't represent the will of the Haitian people They see this as put in place by an outside force This comes after weeks of anti-government protests and gang violence A lot of it directed towards Henri We were in Port Au Prince a little more than two weeks ago and you could feel the anger amongst folks who believed that Henri had overstayed his welcome and they wanted him out At the same time, the country has been dealing with lawlessness and gangs taking more and more control, especially following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 Folks, we first met a couple of weeks back have in recent days felt the growing wrath of gangs Some have had their makeshift camps or homes torched Others are sealing themselves indoors trying to hunker down Police are feeling the pressure too A Haitian security source telling us they are frustrated They've been holding the front line as they see it, awaiting the Kenyan security forces But that deployment is now on hold Much to the frustration of the US And it's because Kenyan officials say with Henri resigning, there is no anchor for the Kenyan forces to rest Meantime, the Pentagon is on alert for possible mass migration from Haiti This is happening as the WFP, the World Food Program, warns a million people in Haiti are one step away from famine David Culver, CNN, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
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HAITI GANG VIOLENCE CARRIBEAN WORLD