Transitional council to select new Haitian prime minister is formed [Video]

• A transitional council tasked with selecting Haiti’s next prime minister was formed Friday, following several weeks of organization.
• The council was conceived of after Prime Minister Ariel Henry was stonewalled out of his own country by surging gang violence and anti-government protests earlier this year.
• Haiti has been plagued by rampant gang activity and political unrest since the 2021 assassination of Henry’s predecessor, President Jovenel Moïse.

A transitional council tasked with choosing Haiti’s next prime minister and Cabinet was established Friday in a move supporters hope will help quell turmoil in the troubled Caribbean country where most of the capital remains under the grip of criminal gangs.

The formation of the council, announced in a decree published Friday in a Haitian government gazette, was expected to trigger the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who promised to step down once the council was created. Henry did not immediately comment.

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