Haiti’s anti-corruption unit had recommended legal action in a report earlier this month that said three members of the council had accepted credit cards and asked for nearly $770,000 from a state-run bank president
said on Monday that he would not ratify the handover to the man in line to take over from him, citing unresolved corruption accusations against three other council members.
Haiti named the transition council in April after arduous negotiations between various sectors of the Caribbean nation’s political and civil alliances. It was empowered with choosing a prime minister and wielding certain presidential powers until conditions are considered secure enough for a new election.
Haiti’s anti-corruption unit had recommended legal action in a report earlier this month that said the three had accepted credit cards and asked for nearly $770,000 from a state-run bank president.“I cannot participate in any process that will further weaken and devalue the country’s justice system,” Leblanc Fils said in a video message late on Sunday, after refusing to sign the resolution on Friday.
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