In Haiti, national transitional council elects new interim president and prime minister

On January 30, Haiti’s National Transition Council (CNT) elected economist and former governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti, Fritz Alphonse Jean, as the Caribbean country’s new interim president. The CNT, made up of 42 members from various political parties and civil society organizations, also elected former senator Steven Irvenson Benoit as the new interim prime minister. The duo will administer the country for a transitional period of 24 months, beginning this February 7. [...] However, Haiti’s acting Prime Minister and President Ariel Henry dismissed the establishment of another government. Henry assumed office two weeks after the assassination of de-facto president Jovenel Moïse on July 7, 2021, and has been facing mounting challenges to his administration’s legitimacy since then. He insisted that despite the CNT elections, he would not step down and would create a constituent assembly in the coming months to draft a new constitution, and subsequently organize presidential and legislative elections at the end of this year.
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