Haiti
The 2019-2020 budget will be published at the beginning of December, announces Joseph Jouthe
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, Joseph Jouthe, Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) of the resigning government, announced the publication of the budgetary framework for the fiscal year 2019-2020 in early December. “Its development is in an advanced phase. Currently, we are making a few small changes. During the first week of December, everyone will be aware of what the budget,” he said at a conference at which an economic and financial governance pact was signed. between MEF and Bank of the Republic of Haiti. Continue reading
Once again invited actors do not show up
While Jacques Lafontant, Government Commissioner ai, was waiting for the Sogener officials and former senior Haitian state officials at the public prosecutor’s office in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, Nov. 27, those concerned did not come. As was the case last Thursday, only the lawyers hired by the Jovenel Moïse administration were noticed at the prosecutor’s office. Continue reading
President Moses launches a campaign against gender violence
On Monday Nov. 25, as part of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, President Jovenel Moïse, in the presence of René Sylvestre, President of the Superior Council of the Judiciary and Helen Lime, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, launched a 16-day campaign of activism against violence against women. Continue reading
Moïse chairs a Council of Ministers on the challenges facing Haiti
On Wednesday, Nov. 27, President Jovenel Moïse chaired a Council of Ministers, focused on current challenges.
In addition to the security problems, the Head of State insisted on the need to protect human rights under all circumstances throughout the national territory. To this end, the different Ministers concerned agreed to not only assist the most vulnerable people by offering them new alternatives, through specific social programs, and to provide police and justice interventions for the middle and upper class, strategies respecting human dignity and International Conventions, ratified by Haiti. Continue reading