The weeks-awaited swearing-in and inauguration ceremony of Haiti’s so-called presidential transition council will take place this morning (local time) in the capital Port-au-Prince, the services of the country’s outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henri announced yesterday. Wednesday.

A press release released yesterday by Mr. Henri’s office states that the ceremony will take place at the prime minister’s official residence, the Villa d’Accueil, and not at the Palais National, the presidential seat in the center of the city, which has been repeatedly targeted gang attacks in recent days.

Earlier, powerful gang leader Jimmy Serizier, also known as “Barbecue,” a former Haitian police officer, demanded that representatives of organized crime take part in talks on Haiti’s political future.

The transition council is expected after taking over, to name a new caretaker prime minister, who in turn will form a government that will be called upon to restore public order and then organize elections in the Caribbean country. However, the body’s swearing in and taking office has been delayed for weeks, amid behind-the-scenes efforts by various political forces for more control.

Its establishment is considered the first step in the process to end the chaos in the Caribbean country, attributed to the strengthening of gangs fighting for territory and power and the absence of state institutions.