Edgar Leblanc was preparing for a long time

Edgar Leblanc one of the contenders for the post of interim Prime Minister to form the transitional government. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16717-haiti-politic-the-list-of-candidates-for-pm-would-be-reduced-to-3-names-but.html revealed to have initiated consultations with political actors, for several months, hence the support for his candidacy that he obtained with parliamentarians of various trends. He alleges that he undertaken consultations before the end of the mandate of President Martelly, to "prevent the country from falling into chaos because of a vacuum in the presidency." If nominated and ratified, he is committed to working to ensure that this transition will be the last for the Nation; in compliance with the agreement of February 6 and to seek consensus through dialogue with political actors.

The Deputy Bodeau does not believe that Privert will violate the Constitution

Thursday, the deputy of Delmas Gary Bodeau, Quaestor of the office of the Lower House, reacting on the prime minister's appointment matter and the absence of a President in the Senate, said "I think the President will not violate Constitution to choose a prime minister. A prime minister must be chosen in consultation with the presidents of the two chambers, the Senate currently has no President, "referring to Article 137 of the Constitution.

Cholzer Chancy wrote to Jocelerme Privert

Cholzer Chancy, the President of the Chamber of Deputies remains hopeful that the commitments of the agreement of 5 February 2016, and the timetable will be respected, wrote to President a.i. Jocelerme Privert about the choice of a Prime Minister, reminding him that "Article 137 of the amended 1987 Constitution stipulates that 'The President of the Republic shall choose his Prime Minister in consultation with the President of the Senate and of the Chamber of Deputies.' A strict application of this constitutional requirement has the virtue of creating a climate conducive to a good choice to meet the backing of several sectors of national life."

Youri Latortue opposed to the choice of Jean Fritz as PM

The Senator of the Artibonite Youri Latortue leader of the minority group (G9) in the Senate, is categorically opposed to the appointment of economist Fritz Jean as the new Prime Minister because of the Lavalas trend of the interested. He emphasizes that we need a balance of power, recalling that President a.i. Jocelerme Privert is also Lavalas.

DR expects the installation of a new President elected in Haiti

This week, Andrés Navarro, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic said in the Dominican press that negotiations with Haiti for the lifting of the ban on 23 Dominican products imposed by the neighboring country https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15156-haiti-notice-import-ban-by-road-of-certain-products-from-dr.html will resume in principle in May, after the installation of the newly elected President of the Republic of Haiti.

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