This agreement “will not be easy to implement, but must be supported as it gives Haiti a historic opportunity” to get out of the crisis and is an “inclusive formula”, which included a large part of the political forces, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to with the sources.
French diplomacy wants a transitional presidential council to be formed in Haiti immediately and calls for elections to be held in the country “quickly”, Agence France-Presse sources in Center d’Orsay said yesterday Saturday.
The creation of a presidential political transition council is backed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the UN and the US, as part of a deal to exit the country from the crisis that was sealed on Monday, after which embattled de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry submitted his resignation.
This agreement “will not be easy to implement, but must be supported as it gives Haiti a historic opportunity” to get out of the crisis and is an “inclusive formula”, which included a large part of the political forces, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to with the sources.
“We can support her, but we cannot decide for the Haitians. We want the Haitian people to organize elections quickly,” they added.
Always according to Paris there was a “general consensus” at the extraordinary meeting in Kingston to exclude from the transitional council “convicts”, “prosecuted by justice”, nor persons “on whom international sanctions have been imposed”.
Haiti remains mired in a state of near complete anarchy as entire sectors, including 80% of the capital, have fallen into the hands of armed gangs who engage in brutality, murder, rape, kidnapping for ransom…
Some Haitians, however, criticize the idea of ​​forming a transition council, as they perceive it as a foreign intervention.
The country no longer has a parliament, nor a president, after the assassination of Jovenel Moise in July 2021; Haiti has been holding elections since 2016.
And now the gangs are engaging in “horrific barbarities,” French diplomatic sources said.
To combat criminal organizations, Paris provides financial support to the Haitian police, estimated at €1 million last year. It has also pledged more than 3 million euros to support the deployment of Kenyan police in Haiti, which is planned within the limits of the international armed force mission, but has been delayed until the transitional council takes power
Source :Skai
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