Prime Minister Ariel Henri Haiti resigned against the backdrop of violence and intensive protests caused by gangs in the country.
“We accepted the resignation of Ariel Henri after creating the transitional presidential council and the appointment of a temporary prime minister,” said the chairman of the Caribbean community (Caricom) and President of Gayan Muhammad Irfaan Ali.
The heads of 25 Caricom member states held an extraordinary meeting on the situation on the situation on the Haiti.
Following the results of Henry, who was waiting in Puerto Rico for security reasons from March 5, Caricom told his decision to resign.
Earlier, the leader of one of the Gaiti gangs Jimmy Sherizier, known as Barbecue, threatened the civil war against the backdrop of violence in the country if the country’s Prime Minister Ariel Henri does not resign.
Armed gangs, which demanded the resignation of Henri, entered into a clash with security forces, having made armed attacks on two prisons near Port-O-Prens and the Krua-de-Buke region on March 2 and 3. In the course of clashes, about 4 thousand prisoners fled from prisons, 12 people were killed.
The government announced on March 4 the 72-hour emergency and the introduction of commandant’s day for the capture of criminals who escaped from prison.
The gang of Sherizya has repeatedly tried to capture the metropolitan airport to prevent Prime Minister Henri to return to the country.
Henri was in Nairobi during gang attacks to consider the possibility of sending multinational security forces led by Kenia in Haiti.
72-hour emergency announced on March 4 in Haiti was extended for 1 month March 7.