The Presidential Council is under great strain. He is not allowed any error. However, he has already committed several, some more fatal than the others. The resolution taken by the Councilors to define the majority of 5 out of 7 in violation of the agreement signed by the 9 sectors of consensus and that relating to the rotating presidency, still in violation of the agreement and the Decree of April 12 having created said council, today represents a major handicap for the choice of Prime Minister. More than one believe that the Council shot itself in the foot. These two resolutions paralyze the functioning of the Council.
THE HAITI FACTOR, May 22, 2024._The return of presidential power so claimed by those in opposition to Ariel Henry, notably Montana and the January 30 Collective, is not really being exercised despite the agreement of April 30 and the Decree of April 12 creating the Council. The Council creates its own straitjacket, its operating handicap. It is neither the people who opposed this political option to end the crisis, nor the Haitian people who prevent the Presidential Council from exercising its power at full capacity.
One of the members of the said Council, Doctor Frinel Joseph, representative of civil society, is quite understanding on this subject, he is the only one to oppose it. Wise people like former Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin describe the Council’s resolution on the rotating Presidency as demagoguery. Many voices have already been raised against this affair of a rotating Presidency which is not only illegal, but likely to destroy any possibility for the Council to accomplish its mission of successfully leading the transition until the holding of general elections in the country.
It is imperative that the Council clarifies as quickly as possible the regulatory framework it intends to follow to designate the First on the plethora of candidates already registered. It is important to emphasize:
1) the legal reference of the Presidential Council is none other than the agreement of April 3 and the Decree of April 12, 2024;
2) the resolution tainted by defects in substance and form with the signature of Mrs. Régine Abraham (observer) who is not authorized to participate in deliberations, cannot in any case replace the Decree creating the Council and the agreement of April 3 signed by the sectors engaged in the consensus.
3) Any change, to be possible to the legal framework of operation of the Presidential Council must first have the approval of the 9 sectors represented in said Council. The Advisors represent the sectors to lead the transition in strict application of the established framework. They have no right to intervene either in the agreement or in the Decree which has the force of law. The idea of modifying the agreement can be proposed to the sectors, but cannot under any circumstances be implemented by the Council.
Councilor Leslie Voltaire must immediately end his campaign aimed at destabilizing the Council of which he is a member. These disastrous interventions do not help and compromise the future of the consensus.
THE HAITI FACTOR (LFH)
