A draft of the decree obtained by AyiboPost suggests substantive differences between the current government and the position of members of the current Presidential Council
Prime Minister Ariel Henry had announced his intention to resign, after the establishment of a Presidential Council and a government on 11 March 2024.
Since then, political parties and groupings — supported by the Caribbean Community — have been working to select the members of this structure, as well as to formalize a legal framework for its operation.
A draft of the decree creating the Council from the government and obtained confidentially by AyiboPost, as well as a similar document prepared by the current members of the council, suggests differences in substance between the two groups.
In its draft, the Presidential Council had reserved the position of Prime Minister exclusively for the political parties forming the Council. The current version of the decree — which may still undergo changes before publication — leaves this door open to any Haitian, analyzed a source familiar with the process to AyiboPost.
The power to dismiss the Prime Minister is removed in the revised decree.
The draft decree of the Presidential Council had eliminated commitments made to CARICOM.
The decree that the government is about to issue incorporates all the elements stipulated in a document called a «commitment» sent to the government by CARICOM.
According to the draft of the decree, to be a member of the Council, one must accept the United Nations resolution for the deployment of the multinational force — which was not included in the Council’s draft decree.
Indicted, accused and sanctioned persons under the United Nations, as well as those convicted in any jurisdiction, may not be members of the Presidential Council.
This article will be updated.
Cover image edited by AyiboPost showing the current members of the presidential council.
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Widlore Mérancourt is editor-in-chief of AyiboPost and a regular contributor to the Washington Post. He holds a master’s degree in media management from the University of Lille and a bachelor’s degree in legal sciences. He was Content Manager of LoopHaïti.
