Haiti's new prime minister worked to build a unity government Tuesday, and with 11 of 13 ministers reportedly chosen, none was from ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Lavalas Family party. In accordance with a U.S.-backed plan, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue met with political leaders to form his transitional government that must be approved by interim President Boniface Alexandre, chief justice of Haiti's Supreme Court. An official involved in the process said all the 11 ministers chosen so far had not served in government since 2000 when Aristide was re-elected in a rigged vote.
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The official said the list included Yvon Simeon as foreign minister; Bernard Gousse, an anti-Aristide lawyer, as justice minister; Henri Bazan, president of the Haitian Association of Economists, as finance minister; and former Gen. Herard Abraham as interior minister.
Nothing but the best thugs to run Haiti into the ground! |
Maj. Xavier Pons, a French military spokesman, said plans were under way to divide the country into four peacekeeping sectors. Each of the armed forces on the ground now - American, French, Chilean and Canadian - would patrol a separate area. "We still don't know who will control where, but we should know by the end of the week," Pons said.
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