Haiti decrees long-awaited transition council, but questions remain

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 13 — Haiti’s government formalised the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council yesterday, a long-delayed move intended as the first...

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Nearly 95,000 people have fled the metropolitan area of the capital Port-au-Prince in the last month as armed gangs have cemented their control. Haitians are lacking basic goods as key ports remain closed, while the outgoing government remains absent. The government said in a separate statement it had invited the designated council representatives to submit documents to prove their eligibility at government offices in the capital.

“It could be very difficult,” LeBlanc told Reuters, adding that while he doubted the council’s prospects, he supported it if it could move the country past the current deadlock, help reopen ports and bring essential food supplies to a country facing acute hunger.Port-au-Prince lawyer Camille Fievre said it was “utopian” to expect the council to “rapidly” appoint a prime minister.

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