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New leader sworn in to head Haiti’s transitional council amid corruption allegations
Ex-senator Louis Gerald Gilles (from left to right) pastor Frinel Joseph, barrister Emmanuel Vertilaire, businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr, interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, Judge Jean Joseph Lebrun, who is not a member of the council, former senate president Edgard Leblanc, Regine Abraham, former central bank governor Fritz Alphonse Jean, former diplomat Leslie Voltaire and former ambassador to the Dominican Republic Smith Augustin, pose for a group photo during an installation ceremony, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 25, 2024
A NEW leader has been sworn in for Haiti’s transitional presidential council as it grapples with serious corruption allegations against three of its members.
Leslie Voltaire replaced Edgard Leblanc Fils in the rotating presidency of the council, at the behest of the United States, after targeted gang attacks forced Haiti’s former prime minister to resign.
The United States provides most of the funding for the Kenyan-led military intervention in Haiti.
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