Tuesday at the Prime Minister's Office, Me Michel Brunache, the spokesman of the Prime Minister stated that the Executive rejected any idea of ​​extending the mandate of parliamentarians after January 12, 2015, saying that the decision would be unconstitutional and that the Head of State will remain in his position, recalling that "[...] For more than 200 days, there is a vote, which is blocked at the Senate, this is what makes the parliament will be dysfunctional [in January 2015], at that time, as I have always said, the only legitimate authority that remains is the Executive and on the basis of Article 136 [...] the President will continue to run the State [...]" Article 136 of the Constitution states that "The President of the Republic, Head of State, ensures compliance and enforcement of the Constitution and institutional stability. It ensures the proper functioning of public authorities and the continuity of the State."

On the question of consultations to resolve the crisis, Michel Brunache said "[...] we still welcome once the consultations that are conducted at the President of the Republic with the social and political actors to emerge from the crisis pre-electoral, these are consultations that will continue, although we regret the misunderstanding that there Monday morning https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12281-haiti-politic-the-opposition-absent-at-the-meeting-for-lack-of-invitation.html "

Reacting to these statementsthe opposition Senator Jean Baptiste Bien Aimé, a member of G6, rejected accusations against the senators of G6 who would be responsible of the blocking. Furthermore, he is convinced that the absence of meeting on Monday is part of a strategy of the Executive, to save time...

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