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The new transitional council is tasked with restoring some semblance of order in Haiti – Copyright AFP CHARLY TRIBALLEAU<\/small><\/em><\/p>\nJean Daniel Senat with Gerard Martinez in Miami<\/em><\/p>\nA governing council tasked with filling a leadership vacuum in Haiti and restoring a semblance of order was formally established Friday in the Caribbean nation, which has been rocked by an explosion of gang violence.<\/p>\n
A decree in Haiti\u2019s official gazette \u201cLe Moniteur\u201d announced the council\u2019s formation, a month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he would step down amid a wave of attacks by armed gangs in the capital.<\/p>\n
The Friday announcement, which had been delayed for weeks by political squabbling, is a hopeful step in efforts to establish conditions for deployment of a UN-approved international police force, which Kenya has agreed to lead.<\/p>\n
The decree tasks the council with \u201crapidly\u201d appointing a new prime minister and a government \u201cinclusive\u201d of Haiti\u2019s various political factions.<\/p>\n
Crucially, the formation of the US-backed council is also a first step toward holding a presidential election by early 2026.<\/p>\n
However, questions remain over whether the interim government \u2014 dubbed a Presidential Transitional Council \u2014 will be able to impose its authority over the gangs that control much of Port-au-Prince.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Presidential Transition Council exercises specific presidential powers during the transition period until the investiture of the elected President, which must take place no later than February 7, 2026,\u201d the decree on Friday said.<\/p>\n
Haiti has not held elections since 2016 and has been without a president since Jovenel Moise was assassinated in 2021.<\/p>\n
Henry was in Kenya in February, trying to organize the international police force deployment, when gangs launched a coordinated attack and demanded the 74-year-old\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n
Some 4,000 inmates were released in gang raids on Haiti\u2019s two biggest prisons. Police stations came under assault and attacks on the country\u2019s airport resulted in Haiti being largely cut off from the outside world.<\/p>\n
Countries including the United States and EU members evacuated their diplomats and nationals as security conditions worsened.<\/p>\n
UNICEF, the UN children\u2019s agency, warned that serious hunger and malnutrition were taking hold in Haiti, which has struggled to recover from a 2010 earthquake which saw an estimated 220,000 people killed.<\/p>\n
After intense US and regional pressure, Henry agreed to step aside and facilitate the formation of the transitional council. He had been Haiti\u2019s unelected leader since 2021, when he was appointed by then-president Moise.<\/p>\n
Under the text, Henry will formally resign following the council\u2019s appointment of a new prime minister.<\/p>\n
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The Caribbean regional body CARICOM, which has played a high-profile role in efforts to create the transitional council, said it \u201csignals the possibility of a new beginning for Haiti.\u201d<\/p>\n
The United Nations\u2019 Haiti office said it would \u201ccontinue to closely follow the Haitian political process,\u201d adding that \u201cinternational support for Haiti\u2019s national police remains essential for restoring security and the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThese developments represent a positive step toward restoring security, paving the way for free and fair elections, and to re-establishing democracy and inclusive governance in Haiti,\u201d a US State Department spokesperson said Friday.<\/p>\n
The transition council is made up of seven voting members selected across Haiti\u2019s political spectrum and two non-voting observers.<\/p>\n
Negotiations to appoint the transition council were marked by infighting and forced the intervention of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who urged stakeholders to put aside their differences.<\/p>\n
Powerful gang leader Jimmy \u201cBarbecue\u201d Cherizier, whose 1,000-member G9 alliance controls parts of Port-au-Prince, was among those excluded from the new government due to conditions banning those facing UN sanctions.<\/p>\n
Anyone charged with or convicted of a crime was also blacklisted, along with those planning to take part in the coming elections and anyone who has opposed plans for the international security force.<\/p>\n
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It remains unknown whether the gangs will agree to step back. UN sanctions on five of the most powerful crime group leaders have had an \u201cextremely limited\u201d effect, a recent report from UN experts said.<\/p>\n
For Gedeon Jean, director of Haitian rights group CARDH, the establishment of the interim government is an \u201cimportant step.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, this step is not an end in itself,\u201d he told AFP. \u201cIt will be necessary to create the security conditions so that the council can work, but above all to protect the population.\u201d<\/p>\n
The new authority will also face the immediate challenge of helping ordinary Haitians escape crushing poverty, made more acute by the insecurity.<\/p>\n
The United Nations says that out of a population of about 11.6 million, some 360,000 Haitians are internally displaced. The gang violence, according to UN experts, has forced 95,000 people to flee the capital and pushed five million into \u201cacute hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n
As well as targeting police stations and the airport, armed gangs have in recent days looted Haiti\u2019s National Library, two universities and numerous health care facilities and pharmacies.<\/p>\n
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