Haiti's transitional council fires interim PM Conille amid internal power struggle

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11 November 2024 at 9:16 am·1-min read

Haiti's now former Prime Minister Garry Conille, speaks during a joint press conference with Kenya's President William Ruto at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, 11 October, 2024.

A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti has signed a decree removing interim Prime Minister Garry Conille and replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the job.

The nine-member council's decision – dated for publication on Monday 11 November – seeks to push out Garry Conille after just five months in office and replace him with businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aimé.

The bulletin says the council agreed by consensus on 8 November to remove Conille – a former UN official and academic who was named in May to lead the country as it confronts soaring gang violence and long-standing political instability.

58-year-old Conille reportedly sent a letter to the transitional council asking for the decision not to be officially published.

Power struggle

The two sides have reportedly been locked in a power struggle for weeks, with the council wanting to change the ministers of justice, finance, defence and health against the prime minister's wishes.

And Conille sent the council a letter this week seeking the resignation of three of its members accused of corruption.

It is not immediately clear if the council – whose members represent various political and civil society groups – even has the power to dismiss Conille.

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