Some of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders are threatening more violence if they are not allowed political sway
Haiti’s new transition council is set to choose the country’s next president on Tuesday, but leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control are clamoring for political influence and amnesties and threatening violence if their demands are not met.
The council is formed of seven voting members and two non-voting observers, including politicians, a businessman and a pastor. The regional Caribbean Community body that led the drafting of the council’s make-up forbade gang members or those who were subject to international sanctions from joining.most powerful gang leaders are threatening more violence if they are not allowed political sway.
The coalition is demanding the future government grant them an amnesty for their crimes and create a plan for young gang members who may have been forced into joining, either under threat of violence or due to a lack of economic alternatives, Innocent told CNN. “Viv Ansanm is ready to talk. It’s either we are all at the table, or the table gets destroyed with all of us,” he said.
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