Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, Mohamed Irfaan Ali who is Guyana’s President and the current chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) announces.
The 74-year-old Henry tendered his resignation after CARICOM leaders held an emergency summit on the situation in Haiti where gang-led violence amid repeatedly postponed elections has caused chaos.
“We acknowledge his resignation upon the establishment of a transitional Presidential council and naming of an interim Prime Minister,” Ali said, thanking Henry for his “service to Haiti”.
Henry, viewed as corrupt by many in Haiti, was not at the summit, which took place behind closed doors. Haiti gangs, led by Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, had warned of civil war if Henry, who became Prime Minister after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, did not step down.
