Canadian Armed Forces working with the Canadian Embassy in Haiti to assist in contingency planning, Ottawa says
Attacks, including a shooting that left a gang leader dead, flared in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, on Thursday as political groups appeared nearer to finalizing a transition council to take over from an absent government.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed reports that political groups had selected all members of a transitional council that would take over presidential powers ahead of future elections, a UN spokesperson said. The transition plan was brokered in Jamaica by the intergovernmental Caribbean Community , alongside representatives of Haiti’s government and opposition. CARICOM released a list of political groups that would be represented in the council.
Cherizier has threatened reprisals against politicians and their families if they take part in the proposed council.Ralph Tedy Erol/ReutersAs the council seemed to near completion, heavy gunfire was heard on Thursday near the National Palace off the Champ de Mars square in downtown Port-au-Prince, while people fled shootings in the capital’s Petion-Ville suburb.
The state has been largely absent during the violence and police are ill-equipped against heavily armed criminal groups seeking to expand their territorial control of the capital city. Plans for an international security mission, requested by Henry in 2022, remain on hold.
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