Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali announced on Monday that Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is resigning and leaving the non-elected position he has held since the former president’s assassination in 2021.
Ali, who is also chairman of the Caribbean Community, thanked Henry for his contributions to Haiti, saying, “I accept his resignation following the establishment of an interim presidential council and the appointment of an interim prime minister.”
A senior U.S. official said Henry will remain in Puerto Rico and the decision to resign was made Friday. Officials said Henry had expressed a desire to return to Haiti in the future.
Mr Henry’s resignation came after regional leaders met early Monday in nearby Jamaica to discuss a framework for a political transition, but the US last week called for the establishment of a presidential council to be “fast-tracked”. I asked for it.
Ali said the Presidential Council will be joined by two observers and seven voting members, including representatives from several coalitions, the private sector and civil society, and one religious leader. .
Mr Henry traveled to Kenya late last month to secure leadership for a UN-backed international security mission supporting police fighting insurgents in Haiti, but he was forced to leave the country as violence escalated in the capital Port-au-Prince during his absence. has left. He was stranded in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.
Haitian gangs launched an offensive to overthrow the government on February 29, attacking and looting police stations, prisons, and hospitals, and laying siege to strategic locations such as ports and airports.
Mr. Henry, who was abroad when the rebellion began, is stranded in Puerto Rico, with one U.S. official warning last week that his unpopular government could topple “at any time.”
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