(4 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – 03 June 2024
1. Various of Leblanc-Fils handing envelope to Gary Conille with the nomination for Haitian prime minister, shaking hands
2. Transitional council members pose with Conille for photos
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Garry Conille, new Haitian Prime Minister:
“Of this mandate, it is quite interesting, we will see the interests of different groups of individuals put aside for the best interest of the nation.”
4. Members of Haiti’s transitional council waiting to appoint new prime minister
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Edgard Leblanc-Fils, President of Haiti’s transitional council:
“The Presidential Council is a way to address particularly the problem of insecurity and also recover the economy of the country, reform the institutions and achieve credible, democratic, free elections."
6. Conille standing next to podium
7. Various exteriors of Villa D’acceuil, the prime minister office, with Haitian flag
STORYLINE:
Garry Conille, a U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti, took over the post of Prime Minister on Monday.
There was a short swearing-in ceremony at the Prime Minister’s office in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
President of the transitional council, Edgard Leblanc-Fils made a short speech about the need for "credible, free and democratic elections".
In addition to choosing the prime minister, the transitional council is tasked with arranging presidential elections before early 2026.
Conille has been UNICEF’s regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean since January 2023 and previously served as Haiti’s prime minister from October 2011 to May 2012 under then-President Michel Martelly.
Conille studied medicine and public health and helped develop health care in impoverished communities in Haiti, where he helped coordinate reconstruction efforts after the devastating 2010 earthquake.
He also served as a U.N. development specialist before becoming a regional director with UNICEF.
He now faces a monumental task, with Haiti under siege by gangs that control at least 80% of Port-au-Prince.
The country is still waiting on the U.N.-backed deployment of a police force from Kenya and other countries supporting the mission.
The prime minister shares executive power with the presidency, which has been vacant in Haiti since July 2021 following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
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