3 days after the cowardly assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, the Senate and the opposition wereted no time in uniting in the hope of occupying the empty post of our late President.

Friday July 9, 2021, the Senate adopted a resolution (8 votes for, 2 abstentions) designating the President of the Upper House, Senator Joseph Lambert as Provisional President of Haiti until the entry into office of Parliament, the second Monday of January 2022, of a new President elected on February 7, 2022.

Reacting to this designation on his official twitter account, Senator Lambert wrote] "I understand the Senators' resolution. I express my humble gratitude to the political institutions that support me. I sincerely say thank you. I hope to meet many others to reopen the path of alternation essential to democracy."

Note that the same day, a mire of the opposition including INITE, DIRPOD, FUSION and PHTK and allies signed an agreement, confirming that they have chosen Joseph Lambert as provisional President of Haiti "in the spirit of article 149 of the Constitution". Except that in article 149 of the amended Constitution of 1987 there is no mention of this possibility https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34165-haiti-assassination-of-jovenel-moise-what-says-the-constitution.html

For their part, Fanmi Lavalas and "Pitit Dessalin", who have not signed this agreement, intend to present their own initiative to fill the presidential void... and try to occupy a coveted chair ...

to be continued...

Download the full Senate resolution (PDF) : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/resolution-senat-president-07-2021.pdf

Read also on the assassination of President Moïse :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34195-haiti-usa-uncle-sam-will-send-fbi-agents-millions-of-dollars-and-vaccines-to-haiti.html

Haiti - USA : Uncle Sam will send FBI agents, millions of dollars and vaccines to Haiti

10/07/2021 09:38:30

Haiti - USA : Uncle Sam will send FBI agents, millions of dollars and vaccines to Haiti

Friday in Washington DC Jen Psaki, the spokesperson for the White House declared in a press conference that the United States, at the request of the Haitian Government, will send to Haiti agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to help in the investigation into the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34162-haiti-flash-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-by-mercenaries-official-updated-7am-+-video.html

According to Psaki, the arrival in Port-au-Prince of the FBI and DHS agents will take place "as soon as possible" and their mission will be "to assess the situation and see how they can help" the Haitian authorities.

"We are also giving $5 million to strengthen the capacity of the Haitian National Police to work with communities and to resist gangs," said the spokesperson.

She also explained that the United States is preparing to send vaccines against Covid-19 to Haiti "as early as next week"...

Read also on the assassination of President Moïse :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34189-haiti-justicehunt-for-latin-americans-in-haiti-the-opc-calls-on-the-population-to-calm.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34188-icihaiti-flash-11-mercenaries-arrested-in-the-taiwanese-embassy.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34183-haiti-flash-the-commando-that-killed-the-president-included-26-colombians-and-2-haitian-americans-official-video.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34182-icihaiti-assassination-of-president-moise-15-days-of-national-mourning-text-of-the-decree.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34180-haiti-politic-assassination-of-president-moiserain-of-reactions-part-2.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34178-haiti-politic-what-measures-contains-the-state-of-siege-text-of-the-decree.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34177-icihaiti-usa-the-pm-met-with-secretary-of-state-anthony-blinken.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34176-haiti-un-the-security-council-condemns-the-assassination-of-president-jovenel-moise.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34175-haiti-assassination-of-president-moise-international-reactions-part-1.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34174-icihaiti-diplomacythe-assassins-of-moise-were-professional-mercenaries-dixit-bocchit-edmond.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34173-haiti-flash-the-police-intercepts-the-presumed-assassins-of-president-moise-official-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34172-haiti-flash-martine-moise-in-florida-for-treatment.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34170-haiti-flash-the-first-lady-martine-moise-would-still-be-alive-but.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34169-haiti-flash-rain-of-reactions-on-the-assassination-of-president-moise-part-1.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34168-haiti-flash-the-state-of-siege-is-declared-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34165-haiti-assassination-of-jovenel-moise-what-says-the-constitution.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34164-haiti-dr-luis-abinader-closes-the-border-with-haiti-and-convenes-the-military-commanders.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34163-haiti-flash-closure-of-the-airport.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34162-haiti-flash-president-jovenel-moise-assassinated-by-mercenaries-official-updated-7am-+-video.html

SL/ HaitiLibre