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The Higher Council of the Judiciary of Haiti (CSPJ) reported this Sunday the end of the president’s term Jovenel Moïse, who nevertheless affirmed that he will stay another year in power.
In detail, the CSPJ declared itself “extremely concerned about the serious threats resulting from the lack of a political agreement due to the expiration of the constitutional mandate of the president” on February 7, 2021, according to a resolution.
However, Moïse once again ignored the questions about his legitimacy and reiterated his desire to profoundly reform the political life of the country.
“My administration received from the Haitian people a constitutional mandate of 60 months. We have exhausted 48 of them. The next 12 months will be dedicated to the reform of the energy sector, the holding of the referendum and the organization of the elections, ”he wrote on Twitter.
assassination attempt
In the midst of the dispute, President Moïse said on Sunday that he had escaped an attempt to assassinate him and the authorities made about twenty arrests.
“I thank the person responsible for my security at the palace. The dream of those people was to attempt against my life. Thank goodness that didn’t happen. The plan was aborted, ”Moise said.
The president, who is under pressure from the opposition, spoke at the Port-au-Prince airport accompanied by his wife and by Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe, whom he entrusted “to give all the details, without a filter.”
Twenty-three people were arrested, including a judge and an inspector from the national police, Jouthe told reporters. According to Agencia Efe, he is a judge of the Haitian Court of Cassation, the country’s highest court.
The arrests occur coinciding with the date on which the opposition claims that Moise’s term ends, who instead argues that his five-year term ends on February 7, 2022.
Jouthe told Le Nouvelliste newspaper that the arrested judge is Ivickel Dabrésil and the Inspector General of the Police, Marie Louise Gauthier.
The opposition announced in recent days that it intended to give the interim presidency to a judge of the Court of Cassation, once they managed to get Moise to resign from power.
Protests have escalated after controversial elections
The presidential term in Haiti lasts five years and begins on February 7 following the elections. It was on February 7, 1986, when the three decades of the Duvalier dictatorship came to an end.
The October 2015 elections resulted in Moïse as the winner in the first round, but the elections were annulled due to allegations of fraud. Declared the winner in the election held a year later, Moïse finally took office on February 7, 2017.
In recent years, civil society has campaigned against corruption and insecurity, with gangs proliferating across the country. Following the disputed elections, opposition protests demanding his resignation intensified in major cities in the summer of 2018.
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