After his general policy statement has received a vote of confidence Thursday in the Senate https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16972-haiti-flash-the-general-policy-statement-is-accepted-by-the-senate.html the new Prime Minister named, Enex Jean-Charles presented his statement Thursday evening before the Chamber of Deputies that granted him early Friday, a vote of confidence https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16973-haiti-flash-haiti-has-a-prime-minister-enex-jean-charles.html

By approving the statement of general policy, the country has a new prime minister and a Ministerial Cabinet https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16961-haiti-flash-members-of-the-ministerial-cabinet-of-enex-jean-charles.html for the transitional period until the installation of the new President elected stipulated in the agreement of February 5 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16533-haiti-politic-the-details-of-the-agreement-from-a-to-z.html on May 14, 2016.

Following this vote (78 deputies for, 1 against and 2 abstentions) the new Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles declared in his speech :

Speech by Prime minister Jean-Charles :

"Thank you President

Honourable President of the House of Representatives, Bureau Member, Honourable deputies, it is with great pleasure that I thank you for this almost unanimous vote of my general policy, I thank you for the confidence you have placed in me and I would also point out that this confidence I did not receive it as a blank check.

I know that the deputies in accordance with what is provided by the Constitution are mandated to monitor government action, I promise to put myself at the disposal of honorable Deputies to provide all necessary information in the context of transparency that I had announced in my general policy statement to allow the Assembly to exercise control over the actions of my government.

I thank the President of the Chamber of Deputies, thank bureau members particularly, I also thank those who have abstained, who have not given a vote against, maybe I have not managed to convince enough in my speeches.

I promise to redouble efforts and be able in a vote future convince deputies who voted against and those who abstained.

I thank the members of the government who accompanied me, I also thank the various guests and I would like to address myself if the President allows me to the population looking to say that I am aware of the heavy workload that awaits me, but I am ready to give the best of myself for the population will not be disappointed of the consensus that was reached around me, and that was concluded today.

Again thank you all"

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16973-haiti-flash-haiti-has-a-prime-minister-enex-jean-charles.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16972-haiti-flash-the-general-policy-statement-is-accepted-by-the-senate.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16971-haiti-flash-enex-jean-charles-presented-his-general-policy-to-the-senators.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16970-haiti-flash-no-quorum-session-adjourned.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16952-haiti-flash-enex-j-jean-charles-new-prime-minister-named.html

SL/ HaitiLibre