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VIDEO: A crying Prime Minister, Jean Michel Lapin says good bye to Public Service

With tears in his eyes, Haitian Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin said goodbye to public service after having served his country for 32 years. Watch the video.

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Some people on the internet seem to have mistaken his tears for tears of regret. But instead the tears coming from the eyes of Jean Michel Lapin seemed more like tears of a man who could have done more for a country where to be an honest public servant is a joke.

In the presence of President Jovenel Moise at the investiture of new Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe, Jean Michel Lapin could not hide the tears.

"It's been 32 years since I made the choice, with all freedom of mind and conviction, to serve my country," The Prime Minister Lapin said. "Today, the time has come for me to say goodbye to public service."

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Haiti Nouvelles says...

Les larmes aux yeux, le Premier ministre haïtien Jean Michel Lapin a fait ses adieux à la fonction publique après avoir servi son pays pendant 32 ans. Voir la vidéo.

Certaines personnes sur Internet semblent avoir confondu ses larmes avec des larmes de regret.

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