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Jack Guy Lafontant, Prime Minister of Haiti, resigned Saturday from his position during the session of the Chamber of Deputies held to decide whether Parliament withdrew its vote of confidence.
The session was triggered after the crisis erupted in the country due to violent protests recorded last weekend before the announcement of a fuel price hike, which the government has then canceled due to social pressure.
Once the announcement of the resignation of Prime Minister Gary Bodeau, Speaker of the House, posted a message on Twitter asking the President of the Nation, Jovenel Moise, to elect a consensual Prime Minister taking into account the aspirations of all sectors of national life.
This morning, before the beginning of the session, Bodeau had already declared, in statements to Efe his desire that Lafontant resign, in his opinion, for the good of
the occasion of the parliamentary session, which raised great expectations, and after the unrest last weekend, the authorities organized a strong police deployment in the Haitian capital, including outside the parliament building, destination
The Prime Minister's leadership had been questioned for some time and, a few days before the violent demonstrations, he had been summoned by the deputies to analyze the fate of his government, but he did not go to the session
After the riots, sectors of opposition and local commerce and, even, of own oficialismo, demanded the resignation of Lafontant.
On July 6, the government announced increases between 37% and 50% in fuel prices in this country, where more than half of its population lives on less than $ 2 a day.
The rising cost of fuel, kerosene, widely used to enlighten Haitian households in large areas of low purchasing power, triggered violent street riots, during which several people died.
The situation was forced a day after the government rescinded the measure, which was the product of an agreement signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which body proposed this week the elimination gradual subsidy to these products.
Citizen pressure, moreover, led the government to withdraw from the general budget that it sent last week, as a way to avoid further protests.
The IMF said Thursday it was waiting for Haiti to create a reform plan that includes a gradual reduction of fuel subsidies, since, in its opinion,
At a In a press conference in Washington, IMF spokesman Gerry Rice said the subsidy limit would allow the government to free up funds to finance projects for the poor.
The UN Security Council condemned the violence unleashed in recent days in Haiti and called for calm and containment
In a statement approved by the fifteen member states, the Council Security Council called for the immediate cessation of all forms of violence and for those responsible for crimes to be brought to justice.
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