Sunday, the session in Assembly in the Senate on the presentation of the General Policy and the ratification of the Prime Minister appointed Jean Michel Lapin, turned to the confrontation between the senators of the minority opposition and those of the majority acquired to the Head of State.

The quorum having been reached with 26 senators present at the roll call, Prime Minister Lapin and members of his cabinet entered the Assembly Hall.

It should be noted the absence of Jean Roudy Aly, the Minister of Justice renewed in the Government Lapin, target of the opposition during this session, which accuses him of being responsible for having removed these foreigners from the hands of the Haitian Justice by Authorizing Extraction in the United States https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27001-haiti-flash-not-a-transfer-but-an-extraction-of-the-members-of-commando.html of men of the mysterious commando of armed foreigners, arrested in Port-au-Prince on February 17, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27064-haiti-politic-in-the-senate-michel-ange-gedeon-refuses-to-say-what-he-knows-about-the-commando.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26963-haiti-flash-a-mysterious-commando-of-heavily-armed-foreigners-arrested-in-port-au-prince.html

In addition, the opposition challenged the legality of this special session and the reappointment of several ministers in the new cabinet. A suspension of the session decided by the President of the Senate, Carl Murat Cantave set at 10 minutes lasted for almost 3 hours... Beyond the lively verbal exchanges Senators Beauplan and Belizaire even came to blows...

In front of this distressing spectacle, at the request of the President of the Bureau, Carl Murat Cantave, a closed session was observed obliging the members of the Ministerial Cabinet accompanying the Prime Minister to leave the meeting room...

Returning from behind closed doors, after long hours of hard talk and heated debate, the four senators of the uncompromising opposition, who demanded control of the sovereign commissions, refusing all compromises and proposals, forcing Carl Murat Cantave after a exchanges, to postpone "sine die" the ratification session "The presentation of Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin's policy statement is suspended. A special conference of Presidents will be held Monday, May 13, 2019 at 9:00 am in the Senate announced the Senate Speaker.

SL/ HaitiLibre