Port-au-Prince (EFE).- The Prime Minister of HaitiAriel Henry, proceeded this Monday to the official investiture of the three members of the High Council of the Transition (HCT, in French) that will have for mission work together with the Government in the pacification of the country, as well as in the organization of general elections.
“With the taking of possession official this morning from the members of the High Transition Council, this is the beginning of the end of the dysfunction of our institutions democratic“said the head of government.
Henry thanked HCT members for agreeing to “engage” with the Government in the “noble” and “ungrateful” task of “serving our country” in these difficult times.
On January 1st, Henry announced the creation of the HCT so that drive to the country for an “inclusive transition and transparent elections”.
“It is a trigger that invites all Haitians, whether from here or abroad, to join their efforts for the change that we all ask for,” he added.
The Haitian chief of staff said that he guarantees the HCT that the government will do “everything in its power” to provide it with the necessary means to fulfill its mission.
“You can count on collaboration of all without exception,” he said, stressing that it is “a dynamic that, since the agreement of December 21, 2022, is about to mark the history of the nation.”
And, to show the rest of the world that we, the Haitianswe can agree to find solutions sustainable for the proper functioning of the country,” Henry said.
The personalities that make up this structure are Mirlande Hyppolite Manigat, who represents the political sector, Laurent Saint Cyr (private sector) and the president of the Protestant Federation of Haiti, Calixte Fleuridor, for civil society.
This installation has its origin in the agreement of December 21, 2022, known as the National Consensus for an Inclusive Transition, which was highly criticized by various social and political sectors.
For his part, the Canadian ambassador to Haiti, Sebastien Carriere, stated that the inauguration of the members of the High Council of the Transition marks the start of work to implement the roadmap for the elections. The diplomat called for a broad consensus around the HCT.
«Solemn words full of height of Mrs. Manigat to leave the crisis: the olive branch as a method; the fight against crime as an objective; fair elections as a solution”, Carriere, who was present at the ceremony, wrote on his social networks.
Haiti is immersed in a deep political, economic and security crisis.
Government Haitian It has asked the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS) for the creation of an international security force to stabilize the country, plagued by the violence of armed gangs, which control 60% of the territory of the capital. EFE
