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Weekly Report - 17 March 2016 (WR-16-11)
HAITI: Transition government takes shape
A month since Jocelerme Privert began his 120-day period as Haiti’s interim president after Michel Martelly (2011-2016) stepped down, and his transition government has yet to be finalised. At the time of writing, the bicameral legislature – in which Martelly’s now opposition Parti Haïtien Têt Kalé (PHTK) has a significant presence - is yet to approve the government plan of Privert’s prime ministerial appointee Fritz-Alphonse Jean, a former head of Haiti’s central bank (BRH) (1998-2001). This raises doubts as to whether the 24 April deadline to hold the delayed presidential run-off (as per the 5 February deal between the two heads of the legislature and Martelly before his departure) will be met.
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