The original nine-member council was whittled down to eight members after the Pitit Desalin party led by former senator and presidential candidate Jean-Charles Moise declined a seat last week
Caribbean leaders said Tuesday that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim prime minister for Haiti, which remains engulfed in gang violence.
Henry, who remains locked out of Haiti because ongoing gang violence has forced the closure of its main international airport, has promised to resign once the transitional council is created. He was on an official trip to Kenya pushing for the U.N.-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country to fight gangs in Haiti when armed gunmen launched attacks on Feb. 29 in the capital, Port-au-Prince, that are still ongoing. The deployment has been delayed.
“We are very concerned about the violence,” said Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, who is also the Caricom chairman.
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