Haiti establishes council to choose new leaders as gang violence rages
Al Jazeera
Questions remain over long-awaited transitional body tasked with picking next prime minister and cabinet.
Haiti has formally established a transitional council to fill a leadership vacuum by choosing a new prime minister, and to restore order in the Caribbean country ravaged by gang violence.
A decree published in the official gazette announced the formation of the Presidential Transitional Council on Friday, a month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he would step down amid a wave of attacks by armed gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
There was no immediate comment from Henry following the publication of the decree and questions remain about the nine-member council’s viability with no details on a timeframe to install the body and select a new prime minister and cabinet.
The decree also did not name the members of the council, the Reuters news agency reported.
It said Henry and the council will govern the country until the new body names his replacement.
