12 Senators do not support Jovenel Moïse and his Government and oppose the new ministerial cabinet, said this week the Senator Sorel Jacinthe (INITE) former ally of the Head of State, who has distanced himself from Jovenel Moïse, since July, while Friday, August 23 "should" stand the ratification session in the Lower House of the Prime Minister named Fritz William Michel July 22, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28547-haiti-flash-the-opposition-seized-justice-to-prevent-the-ratification-of-the-pm.html

This statement comes as Senator Joseph Lambert, former Speaker of the Senate, an ally of the Power in place has just announced that he was in opposition https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28546-haiti-news-zapping.html

On a radio of the capital, Senator Lambert, said "If one thinks that my decision to settle in the camp of the political opposition today is demagoguery, I will do what I never imagined doing. I will go to the streets like Moïse Jean-Charles and André Michel and I give you the guarantee that Jovenel will not spend even two weeks in power" he feels betrayed by the Head of State, who did not consult him in the appointment as Prime Minister of Fritz William Michel that he considers inexperienced. He also deplores the lack of "elegance" of the Head of State "who does not understand the political reality."

As political games multiply in Parliament, the main economic indicators continue to collapse, food insecurity and violence increase over most of the country, citizens' purchasing power diminishes and popular anger rises, stimulated by the radical opposition...

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