PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Nov 10, CMC -Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) Sunday night announced that it had sacked Prime Minister Garry Conille, in a move seen by political observers to further heighten the existing political and socio-economic situation in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
The TPC, headed by Leslie Voltaire, has signed a decree sacking Conille, who was appointed in May and sworn into office in June this year after the resignation of then prime minister Dr. Ariel Henry, who was put of the country at the time seeking military assistance to deal with the criminal gangs. Conille had previously served as prime minister from October 2011 to May 2012 under President Michel Martelly.
The decree, seen by various international news media, is set to be published on Monday. It names businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aime as Conille replacement.
Conille, a former long serving United Nations officials, has challenged his dismissal.
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