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In the news: in Haiti, the constitution of the transition council is delayed
Armed forces patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, March 13, 2024. AP - Odelyn Joseph
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The presidential transitional council “
which was to have been effective since Wednesday March 13, is still in the constitution phase
,” reports
Le Nouvelliste
.
Only six of the seven members of this council are known and have been communicated to Caricom, specifies the newspaper.
The problem comes from the signatories of the December 21 Agreement who “
designated not one, but three names
”.
“
Each branch of this agreement tries to impose itself
,” explains
Le Nouvelliste
.
According to
Radio Télé Métronome
, Caricom gave them until Friday noon to agree on a single name.
In the United States, a senior Democratic official calls for elections to be held in Israel
If this is not the first time that Democrats have expressed their reservations towards the way in which Benjamin Netanyahu is waging war, the words of Chuck Schumer, who described Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an “
obstacle to peace
”, mark a turning point.
As
The New York Times
points out , this criticism – “
the most acerbic ever formulated by a leading American elected official
” – does not come from just anyone.
Chuck Schumer is the leader of the Democrats in the Senate.
He is also “
the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the United States
”, and finally, the daily underlines, the White House was aware of what he was going to say and did not prevent him from hitting hard.
As The Washington Post
notes
, "
President Biden has often expressed frustration with Netanyahu in recent months, but he has never publicly suggested that the Israelis replace him
."
»
Chuck Schumer calls for a two-state solution
However, this is a bad electoral calculation, believes the
Wall Street Journal
.
It is not by proposing a solution that is impossible for the moment that the Democrats will win voters, judges
the daily
.
"
This reflects the political neurosis developing among Democrats, who want a sort of deus ex machina to allow Israel to 'win' the war against Hamas in a way that would minimize the anger of the anti-Israel left at the UNITED STATES.
»
Father of US high school student who killed four students found guilty of manslaughter
Last month, the mother of the 15-year-old boy was found guilty of the same charge.
In both cases, juries found that the parents could have prevented the killing.
They ignored the many warning signals, including the warnings of a professor the very morning of the tragedy, explains
the
New York Times
.
For the courts, the mother did not take care of her son while the father had given him a pistol four days before the massacre.
A weapon that he had not stored in a secure location.
This is the first time in the United States that parents have been directly condemned for the deaths caused by their child.
But before then, other parents have already been held responsible for the killings committed by their child, specifies the
New York Times
.
Until then, they had always been convicted of negligent conduct, possession or illegal supply of weapons, and had received sentences of a few months to a few years in prison.
There, the couple sentenced yesterday risks up to 15 years in prison.
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