In an interview given to the newspaper, the executive director of RNDDH Pierre Espérance welcomes the progress made in the establishment of the Presidential Council. According to the human rights defender, it is time to fill the void created in the country following the announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. However, Pierre Espérance considers it abnormal that observers can be considered full members of the Presidential Council..
Pierre Espérance was particularly pleased with the Council’s press release announcing all the steps taken to give shape to the new transition. However, Pierre Espérance considers it abnormal that observers can be considered full members of the Presidential Council.
“Observers, if necessary, must play their full role as observers, no more,” he says. He deplores the fact that the press release from the Presidential Council is signed Frinel Joseph. Pierre Espérance calls for correcting this anomaly.
In a press release published this Wednesday, March 27, 2024, the Presidential Council announced that it had developed the criteria for the choice of its president, the prime minister and the ministerial cabinet. In this first intervention, the presidential council also announces the preparation of its official assumption of office.
The Presidential Council wants to be clear. He expresses his determination to relieve the population, long victims of bad governance, violence and the absence of positive perspectives.
The Presidential Council says it is preparing to officially take office. He specifies that he has developed criteria and mechanisms to elect his president, as well as to appoint a new Prime Minister and his ministerial cabinet.
Upon its installation, the Presidential Council undertakes to appoint a Prime Minister, with whom it will form a Government of National Unity. Which approach aims to restore the democratic legitimacy, stability and dignity of Haiti, while launching concrete actions for the well-being of the people.
By Gazette Haiti News
