Post by asadul4986 on Feb 20, 2024 0:37:08 GMT -8
Since President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July 2021, Haiti has been living in an interim situation, without a head of state and with a functioning government, a situation that should have been put to an end by calling elections in 2023. But Henry, who had been chosen by Moïse as his prime minister just 24 hours before his death, has not complied with the agreement he reached in December 2022 with the representatives of the country's various political parties and civil society organizations to hold elections in a year. The prime minister has argued that worsening levels of gang violence make it impossible to guarantee free and fair elections for the time being. This has sparked violent protests across the country calling for his ouster.
Advertisements Tensions have been increasing in the days leading up to February 7 , a symbolic date for Haitians, as it marks the end of the dictatorship started by François Duvalier and continued by his son Jean-Claude until 1986 and is the date on which Traditionally, Haitian presidents take office. The repeated failure to hold elections, not only presidential but also legislative Costa Rica Mobile Number List means that Haiti has not had a single elected government official since the terms of the last elected senators expired in January 2023. Haitian protesters on motorcycles. EPA/EFE Protests have been increasing in the days leading up to February 7. The gang Haiti has been mired in gang terror for years. Frustration and anger at the political vacuum, as well as the shocking levels of violence, which according to United Nations figures have internally displaced almost 314,000 people, have fueled the protests.
Furthermore, almost half of the population, 4.7 million Haitians, suffer from acute hunger . In the capital, some 20,000 people live in famine conditions, according to the UN, and cholera is resurging. In the most recent incident, police killed five armed members of an environmental patrol that some say has morphed into a paramilitary group. “The country is being held hostage by the gangs. We can't eat. “We cannot send our children to school,” a protester denounced to the AFP news agency. Another protester told AFP that “this Wednesday (referring to February 7) is D-Day, it is the day Ariel Henry must leave office.” The already tense situation has been exacerbated by the return of Guy Philippe , a former police chief who played a key role in the overthrow of former president Bertrand Aristide 20 years ago.
Advertisements Tensions have been increasing in the days leading up to February 7 , a symbolic date for Haitians, as it marks the end of the dictatorship started by François Duvalier and continued by his son Jean-Claude until 1986 and is the date on which Traditionally, Haitian presidents take office. The repeated failure to hold elections, not only presidential but also legislative Costa Rica Mobile Number List means that Haiti has not had a single elected government official since the terms of the last elected senators expired in January 2023. Haitian protesters on motorcycles. EPA/EFE Protests have been increasing in the days leading up to February 7. The gang Haiti has been mired in gang terror for years. Frustration and anger at the political vacuum, as well as the shocking levels of violence, which according to United Nations figures have internally displaced almost 314,000 people, have fueled the protests.
Furthermore, almost half of the population, 4.7 million Haitians, suffer from acute hunger . In the capital, some 20,000 people live in famine conditions, according to the UN, and cholera is resurging. In the most recent incident, police killed five armed members of an environmental patrol that some say has morphed into a paramilitary group. “The country is being held hostage by the gangs. We can't eat. “We cannot send our children to school,” a protester denounced to the AFP news agency. Another protester told AFP that “this Wednesday (referring to February 7) is D-Day, it is the day Ariel Henry must leave office.” The already tense situation has been exacerbated by the return of Guy Philippe , a former police chief who played a key role in the overthrow of former president Bertrand Aristide 20 years ago.