Former Interior Minister Listz Quitel and former Minister of Justice Bertho Dorcé during Dorcé’s appointment ceremony as minister on Nov 25, 2021. Photo by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.
Former Interior Minister Listz Quitel and former Minister of Justice Bertho Dorcé during Dorcé’s appointment ceremony as minister on Nov 25, 2021. Photo by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry, already embroiled in controversy in his current role, has appointed himself as the successor to one of two ministers he fired by decree last week. The two former ministers were sanctioned after the adoption of the United Nations Resolution 2653, which accuses them of involvement in activities that threaten Haiti’s security. 

“We want to revitalize the Ministry of the Interior and Territorial Communities,” the Prime Minister said on Twitter after his installation as the new Minister of the Interior on Nov. 14. “We are counting on the collaboration of all the employees, their sense [of] duty and self-sacrifice for quality services to the population.”

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Prime Minister Ariel Henry has appointed himself as the successor to one of two ministers he fired after they were sanctioned by the US and Canada, prompting more questions about the continuing disarray of his government.

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I am Juhakenson Blaise, a journalist based in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I cover the news that develops in this city and deals with other subjects related to the experience of Haitians for the Haitian Times newspaper. I am also a lover of poetry.