Yves Germain Joseph, Secretary General of the Presidency announces to the Nation that the national funeral of President René Préval will be celebrated on Saturday, March 11, 2017. The exhibition will take place at the Museum of the Haitian National Pantheon (MUPANAH) on Friday, March 10th.

Pending publication of the Official Protocol of the State funeral of the late President René Préval, the President of the Republic, Jovenel Moïse decrees 6 days of national mourning worked in memory of this illustrious fighter from Monday, March 6 to Saturday, March 11, 2017.

During this period, the national flag already at half-mast since Saturday 4 March at the Presidency, will also be on all public buildings.

Friday, March 10 and Saturday, March 11, radio and television stations will broadcast music of circumstance interspersed with testimonies on the life and the work of this eminent statesman.

HL/ HaitiLibre