Haiti PM vows to work to hold elections ‘as quickly as possible’

Ariel Henry’s pledge comes as Haiti faces ongoing political instability after President Jovenel Moise’s killing.

Haiti’s newly sworn-in interim prime minister has said his government plans to work to allow the Caribbean nation to hold elections “as quickly as possible” after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise plunged the country into deeper political uncertainty. Ariel Henry, who was confirmed as prime minister in a ceremony in Port-au-Prince last week, said on Wednesday that “the mission of this government is to prepare the conditions to hold the elections as quickly as possible.” Henry did not say when exactly the elections – which Moise had promised to hold later this year – would be held.