Haiti Appoints Council Amid Push to Hold Elections

HAITI – Haiti’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry has formally appointed a transition council charged with ensuring that long-awaited general elections happen.

Haiti has failed to hold elections since the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, even though Henry promised he would do after he assumed the officer shortly after.

In early January, the terms of the remaining 10 senators expired, leaving no elected officials in place for a country of more than 11 million people.

Henry called on all Haitians to unite and fight for change.