As Haiti is barely recovering from the assassination of its president, the difficulties have been compounded by the recent earthquake. Faced with a complex situation, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry promised, Friday, August 20, to work for the organization of national elections ” as quickly as possible “.
“I made the commitment to do everything possible to put my country back on the rails of a functional democracy with the organization, as soon as possible, of good free and transparent elections. It is imperative that we quickly return to the normal functioning of democratic institutions ”, said Mr. Henry at an extraordinary session of the Organization of American States (OAS).
An electoral process on hold
The Haitian Prime Minister, who was speaking by teleconference, admitted that the earthquake that ravaged southwestern Haiti on August 14, killing nearly 2,200 people, had “Mobilized all energies” and put the electoral process on hold. But he assured that the operations for the poll would resume ” as quickly as possible “.
Ariel Henry had, as soon as he took office on July 20, promised to bring to justice the killers of President Jovenel Moïse, assassinated two weeks earlier in Port-au-Prince by an armed commando, and to organize presidential and legislative elections this year. demanded by the population and the international community.
The recent earthquake is the latest of the scourges suffered by the Caribbean country, plagued by poverty, insecurity and corruption.