The formation of a new government in Haitiwhose mission will be to restore stability and security to the Caribbean nation plagued by gang violence, was officially announced this Tuesday.
The decree that appoints the members of the new cabinet was published in the official Haitian newspaper, Monitortwo weeks after the Presidential Transition Council appointed a interim prime minister, Garry Conille.
The latter will also serve as Minister of the Interior, according to the text.
Dominique Dupuy, Haiti’s representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is in charge of the Foreign Affairs portfolio.
Haiti, plunged into chaos for several years as a result of armed gang violence, is finalizing its authorities for a transition period.
Former Prime Minister Ariel Henry, appointed just before the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, He had a very controversial management and was forced to resign on March 11. That same day, the principle of creating a Transitional Presidential Council was established during a meeting between Haitians and several countries, including the United States, as well as organizations such as the Caribbean Community.
The nine-member Council (seven with voting rights and two observers) was officially formed in April. Its mandate must end no later than February 7, 2026. Its members had the main responsibility of “quickly” appointing a prime minister, as well as an “inclusive” government.
Haiti continues to wait for a multinational force approved by the United Nations Security Council, led by Kenya, is committed to combating and reducing the armed gangs that dominate most of Port-au-Prince and other areas of the country.
Interim Premier Garry Conille promised on Monday that will fight “without respite against violence and impunity”, a day after armed gangs murdered three members of the Temporary Anti-Gang Unit (UTAG) of the National Police in the Sans Fil area, on Delmas 18, in the center of Port-au-Prince. “I strongly condemn these criminal acts and reiterate my commitment to fight relentlessly against violence and impunity. It is imperative that the perpetrators of these crimes be quickly arrested and brought to justice,” Conille said in a public statement.
He added that all measures will be taken to support the families of the victims, whose The murder was claimed by the powerful gang leader, former police officer Jimmy Cherizier, alias ‘Barbecue’, who controls the Delmas 18 area. In a video released on Sunday, Barbecue assured that they have acquired at least four heavy weapons and dozens of large-caliber cartridges for the Haitian National Police: “In the meantime, I’m keeping them. They are in my hands, and you will do everything in your power to get them back.”
(With information from AFP and EFE)
