Haiti's transitional council sacks the prime minister with ‘illegal’ decree

HAITI’S transitionary council signed an “illegal” decree on Sunday sacking unelected interim prime minister Garry Conille and replacing him with business leader Alix Didier Fils-Aime.
Mr Conille’s dismissal brought even more turmoil to an already rocky democratic transition for Haiti, which hasn’t held democratic elections for years.
Mr Fils-Aime is a former president of Haiti’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry and in 2015 ran an unsuccessful campaign for a seat in the Senate.
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