(Prensa Latina) Haitian Opposition President-elect Fritz Jean said on Monday that he is willing to reach real national consensus, but without mentioning the government headed by Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
Jean, an economist and a former governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti, insisted that a smooth transition requires talks with all the forces of the nation, and on this point they are working together with the members of the negotiating office of the Montana Agreement.
Jean, who was also appointed Prime Minister during the Jocelerme Privert administration (2016), was elected by 42 delegates of the Montana Agreement on Sunday to lead the eventual two-year transitional government, which objectives include strengthening state institutions and solving the deep multidimensional crisis that the country is going through.
He will be accompanied by former Senator Steven Benoit, who will serve as Prime Minister, although it is not yet clear when the new Executive will be installed.
For his part, Henry did not pronounce himself on the initiative from civil society, which added almost 1,000 sociopolitical organizations; however, in recent speeches he ruled out the installation of an interim government next month and stressed that there is no constitutional way to install a president.
“February 7 does not mark the end of the mandate that has the responsibility to organize free and democratic elections. The next occupant of the National Palace will be a president freely elected by all the Haitian people,” the premier said on January 21 during an international conference of foreign ministers organized by the Canadian authorities.
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