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In Haiti, the Prime Minister was overthrown Monday, March 18 by a motion of censure in the lower house. Jean-Henry Céant was weakened. For a dozen days, the last month, Port-au-Prince and most provincial towns were paralyzed by protest movements. Thousands of people had taken to the streets to demand better living conditions and the departure of the head of state.
Fourteen deputies approved Monday, March 18 a motion of censure against the Haitian government, six voted against and three abstained. This session and this expeditious vote confirm the departure of Jean-Henry Céant. He is accused by the deputies of not having respected the engagements taken in September during his declaration of general policy, and of having done nothing to improve the living conditions of the population, after six months at his post .
The chief of the government was not present at this inquiry because he was answering senators' questions at the same time. What drives Jean-Henry Céant to qualify this session of unconstitutional. He supports, interviewed by the Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste , he is still the prime minister in office and it is his willingness to shed light on corruption cases that earned him this motion of censure.
The result of the vote was passed on to President Jovenel Moïse , who promised to hold consultations to appoint a new Prime Minister. Because important deadlines are coming closer, notably the partial legislative ones of next October. While a date is already planned for an upcoming anti-government mobilization. It will be March 29, the anniversary of the referendum ratification of the 1987 Constitution.