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Weekly Report - 03 May 2018 (WR-18-17)

Haiti’s Lafontant undertakes cabinet reshuffle

Haiti’s Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant has carried out the first cabinet reshuffle since President Jovenel Moïse and his Parti Haitien Tèt Kale (PHTK) took office in February 2017. This followed a 72-hour ultimatum issued by various legislators to Moïse for him to make ministerial changes. Lafontant failed to provide any official explanation for the reshuffle, in which five out of 18 cabinet ministers were replaced, but many discern frustration with the government’s lack of results – particularly with regard to combating corruption.

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