Haitian Prime Minister has called on Haitians to help find the killers, calling for cooperation | Conflicting Issues

Haitian Prime Minister Claude Joseph called on his countrymen on Thursday to hand over police officers suspected of killing President Jovenel Moise to the police so as not to harass them across the country.

Hundreds of people rioted outside police station in the capital Port-au-Prince on suspicion of shouting, “burn them” and set fire to what they thought was a deadly car.

Haitian police seized and shot four men suspected of killing President Jovenel Moise and searching for the perpetrators, Haiti’s police chief said at a news conference on Thursday.

At least two suspects believe he was involved in the case.

Director General of Police Leon Charles described the killings as “terrorists” and said security forces had a heated argument with the suspects who had been up all night and six suspects were arrested, while three bodies were recovered. Police have been patrolling the area since Thursday morning.

“We have bodybuilders, now we’re looking for smart writers,” said Charles.

The names and details of the men with the guns were still coming. One of those arrested was a Haitian-American citizen named James Solages, the Haitian Minister of Elections told the Associated Press. The U.S. State Department has not been able to confirm whether a U.S. citizen is among those arrested.

President Moise, 53, was he was killed in his home On the morning of July 7, it is seen as a group of well-trained assassins, opening up political opportunities as Moise and other leaders prepare for elections and discuss changes to Haitian law.

Moise, elected in 2016 with less than 600,000 votes out of 6.6 million, was sworn in as president in 2017. Opposition parties have said Moise’s term should end in February, five years after his successor stepped down, and he was trying to cling to power by law. Moise opposed his term until 2022.

With a population of 11 million, Haiti is the poorest country in the United States with 4 million hungry, displaced people Group violence and armed groups that control large areas of the country as well as most of Haiti’s capital. It is facing the COVID epidemic and has been facing political turmoil.

Moise on July 5 appointed a new prime minister to replace Joseph, Ariel Henry, who was forming a new government at the time of the assassination. Henry had not been sworn in and is challenging Joseph’s admission.

According to Haitian law, Moise is expected to be replaced by the President of the Haitian Supreme Court, but the chief justice died recently from COVID-19, leaving the question of who could replace him.

The UN special envoy to Haiti said on Thursday Prime Minister Joseph would remain president of the Caribbean until elections were held as he urged all parties to resolve their differences following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

“Stakeholders need to overcome their differences and work out a common solution to the crisis,” UN spokeswoman Helen La Lime told reporters from New York.

“Joseph has confirmed to La Lime that the elections are set to take place on September 26 and he will run again in November this year,” he said.

La Lime said a Security Council negotiations Thursday looks at Haiti’s request for additional security assistance.

The UN peacekeeping operation began in 2004, with the overthrow of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and ended in 2019 when the country collapsed.

Prime Minister Joseph is moving to “confirm the government’s resilience” within the “political residue” following the assassination of Moise, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States Bocchit Edmond told MSNBC newspaper on Thursday.

Edmond said Haiti is asking the US to investigate and investigate. The U.S. State Department says it is responding to a request for a search warrant.

Haitian Vice President Martine Moise was injured in the attack and was airlifted to a US hospital in Florida for medical treatment.

Haiti’s border with neighboring Dominican Republic and airport in Port-au-Prince was closed Thursday between emergency world announced by Joseph.

Street and street vendors were rare, a rare sight on the streets of Port-au-Prince.

Marco Destin, 39, was on his way to visit his family as there were no buses, called tap-tap, available. They were carrying their bread because they had not left their house since the president’s assassination for fear of their lives.

“Everyone at home sleeps with one eye and one eye closed,” he said. “If the head of state is not protected, I have no protection at all.”

Destin said Haiti has always been a crisis and that he does not know the future. “Haiti knows where it’s going right now,” he said. Honestly, I don’t know the answer to that. From ancient times, people have fought for positions of authority. ”