PORT-AU-PRINCE, April 30 — Haiti’s new transition council is set to choose the country’s next president today, but leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control...
A child walks by a police vehicle in Port-au-Prince, Haiti , on April 26, 2024. A long-awaited transitional ruling council was sworn in on April 25 in Haiti , marking a critical step forward in restoring functional government in a country rocked by months of gang violence.
The council is formed of seven voting members and two non-voting observers, including politicians, a businessman and a pastor. The regional Caribbean Community body that led the drafting of the council’s make-up forbade gang members or those who were subject to international sanctions from joining. Kraze Barye forms part of a loose coalition of gangs known as Viv Ansanm, or “Live Together,” who now control most of capital Port-au-Prince.
“Viv Ansanm is ready to talk. It’s either we are all at the table, or the table gets destroyed with all of us,” he said.
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