Joseph Jouthe

While some political actors in Haiti are upset about the choice of Joseph Jouthe as Prime Minister, the international community, including the United States, is showing support for the new Haitian government established by president Jovenel Moise.

"The United States is ready to work with the new government of Haiti and its Prime Minister, " the American embassy said in a statement posted on Twitter Wednesday, March 4, 2020, a few hours after the inauguration ceremony. of the cabinet led by Joseph Jouthe.

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Opposition leader Andre Michel says the political battle continues against the new Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe whom he now considers an enemy of the opposition.

Only days after being nominated, prime minister Jouthe is now enemy number one of the Haitian radical opposition.

Democratic Sector spokesperson, André Michel, stressed that the way in which Joseph Jouthe was chosen gives reason to the political structures which had shunned political discussions and rejected any call for a truce.

"From the moment when Mr. Jouthe Joseph becomes Prime Minister under these conditions, he becomes a political opponent of the opposition.

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In a message posted Monday on Twitter, Haitian president Jovenel Moise thanked his former Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin for his services and set him free. Read what the president said.

Monday, March 02, 2020, President Jovenel writes:

"I want to thank the former Prime Minister, Jean Michel Lapin and his government, for the services rendered to the nation. I especially want to congratulate Mr. Lapin for his commitment, his loyalty, his patriotism and his spirit of sacrifice after a year spent at the Primature."

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Men bon nouvel pou tout policier en Haiti yo. Minis Ekonomi ak finans Jouthe Joseph fek deklare devan President Jovenel li pwal ogmante ti kat policier yo komanse 1er Mars 2020 an.

Minis Jouthe Joseph di devan President Jovenel nan Palais National li pwal DOUBLE ti kat la.

President Jovenel mande li konbyen li te ya, konbyen w ap mete sou li?

Minis la reponn: "Ti kat te 5 mil goud, nou pwal double li pou li rive 10 mil goud."

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Ministre Joseph Jouthe, Haiti's finance minister made sure to remind Maitre Claudy Gassant, the new boss of the anti-corruption unit ULCC that he took the job at a moment when the people of Haiti are incessantly demanding accountability.

Speaking at the installation ceremony of Maitre Claudy Gassant, Ministre Joseph Jouthe invited the new Director General of ULCC to fight the most decried cases of corruption in Haiti by putting in place mechanisms to discourage people from practicing corruption.

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The Moise administration wasted no time installing Maitre Claudy Gassant as Director General of ULCC. On the same day news broke of him being appointed, he was installed on his post as head of the Anti-corruption unit.

Related: Maitre Claudy Gassant appointed director General of Haiti Anti-Corruptoin Unit ULCC

Haiti economy and finance minister Joseph Jouthe proceeded to the installation of Maitre Claudy Gassant at ULCC to replace David Bazil in his post.

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