“Haiti needs peace”: Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces his resignation and the Transitional Council forms an interim government

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced that he would resign amid growing opposition to his government, which was not elected by popular vote. Haiti is currently experiencing an uprising by a coalition of armed groups opposed to Henry, which has enabled mass prison breaks and taken control of the country's airport. It is noteworthy that an emergency meeting with international bodies was held in Jamaica in which the regional bloc participated Caribbean Community He would have proposed a plan to form a seven-member presidential committee to appoint a new interim prime minister. Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said that this transitional council will only include people who favor the deployment of a government-backed security force. United nationsThis is the policy promoted by Henry. However, many sectors of Haitian society have expressed opposition to having another hand-picked leader. “I don't think this will solve the problem we have in Haiti,” says Haitian-American academic Jemima Pierre, who explains why Henry's announcement of his resignation and the creation of a transitional council is a way to “put an end to the conflict.” A manifestation of the “legitimacy of this situation” while the country is still living under occupation, controlled by foreign interests. “There will be more explosions in the coming months […] If we do not address this problem at its roots, which is the continued imposition of conditions on the Haitian people by the United States and the denial of Haitian sovereignty.

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