Haitian prime minister installs transition council in step towards election preparation

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on [6 February] formally installed a transition council whose job will be to prepare for long-overdue elections in the Caribbean country, amid a humanitarian crisis driven by violence from armed gangs. Haiti, which has been without any elected representatives since early January, last held a presidential vote in 2016. "This is the beginning of the end of dysfunction in our democratic institutions," Henry said in a speech, adding that the High Transition Council (HCT) unanimously backed his request for an international force to help police restore order. [...] The transition council, composed of three members representing Haiti's political, business and civil sectors, is expected to develop an ambitious road map for the next elections and choose members of a provisional electoral council as well as a committee to revise the country's constitution. Its members are: Mirlande Manigat, a former presidential candidate; Laurent Saint-Cyr, president of Haiti's Chamber of Commerce; and Pastor Calixte Fleuridor, from the country's Protestant Federation.
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