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Weekly Report - 11 February 2016 (WR-16-06)
HAITI: Another caretaker government takes office
Three decades on since the fall of the Duvalier family’s 29-year dictatorship on 7 February 1986, the fragility of Haiti’s democracy is more evident than ever. Michel Martelly handed back his presidential sash on 7 February, the constitutionally mandated deadline for him to step down, but nobody has been elected to replace him. Martelly stepped down after striking a last-minute deal with the heads of the legislature to set up a transitional government – Haiti’s second in 12 years (the last one, led by former prime minister Gérard Latortue and former president Boniface Alexandre (2004-2006), took over after the February 2004 coup d’état ejecting Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1991; 1994-1996; 2001-2004)). With no constitutional provision in place regarding a transition of power once a president’s term expires, major questions persist – not least who will head up the interim government and what to do about the previous elections.
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