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Weekly Report - 23 June 2011 (WR-11-25)

HAITI: Martelly stuck on first base

President Michel Martelly has been in office for six weeks and yet, despite his claims to the contrary, he has achieved next to nothing beyond vetoing a constitutional reform that would have extended the suffrage to members of the Haitian diaspora. This is not entirely his fault. The parliament, which wields significant power in Haiti, procrastinated over his choice of prime minister for over a month and then, on 21 June, decided to reject him. This has deprived Martelly of a cabinet and any hope of addressing the myriad economic and social problems afflicting the country's long-suffering people. And there is no prospect of that changing in the short-term. Martelly will be unable to get on with governing until he has a government, which will require greater consultation with parliament over a mutually acceptable prime minister.

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