Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry states that only he and his cabinet can appoint a council for the transition of power, according to the country's constitution. Henry agrees to leave power once a transitional council is set up, but emphasizes the importance of following constitutional procedures.
Haiti ’s embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his country’s constitution states that only he and his cabinet can appoint a council for the transition of power , Henry’s office told CNN exclusively on Wednesday. After a meeting of regional Caribbean leaders on Monday, Henry agreed to leave power once a transitional council had been set up to lay the foundations for future elections, following weeks of violence in Haiti where social order has all but collapsed.
But Henry’s office told CNN that only he and his cabinet can appoint the transitional council and will not simply “deliver the country” to new leaders without following constitutional procedures. “According to the Haitian constitution, only the prime minister with the cabinet can appoint the presenting council. Yes, the PM expresses his patriotic intentions to resign with his cabinet, but we have to do this in order,” special adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Jean Junior Joseph, told CNN. “We will not deliver the country to just a group of people without following the procedur
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