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Haiti, President Jovenel Moise killed in the night. The first lady is also dead – Corriere.it

The president of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, state killed in the night by some people not yet identified who would have broken into his private residence in Port au Prince, in the Pelerin district.

This was stated by the interim prime minister of the country, Claude joseph, with a statement released Wednesday morning. According to preliminary information, the head of state shot dead around 1 am, by people who spoke Spanish.

Among the victims also the first lady, Martine Moise, who died of serious injuries sustained in the attack.

Joseph, whom Moise intended to replace this week, also announced that he will take over the leadership of the country later the murder of the president. The interim prime minister said it state of siege in the country, after having presided over an extraordinary Council of Ministers.

In the meantime, Port-au-Prince International Airport was closed and the approaching planes were forced to turn back or change their course.

Hati under the control of the police and security forces, Prime Minister Joseph explained, inviting the population to calm down. All necessary measures will be taken to ensure the continuity of the state and to protect the nation. We condemn this act of hate, inhuman and barbaric.

Moise, 53, was the 42nd president of Haiti, elected in November 2016 and in office since February 2017.


For a long time on the capital Port-au-Prince there was an air of civil war: President In fact, Moise claimed that his mandate would expire next year, while opponents believed it ended in February. Moise did not take into account the first of his five years in power, when an interim government was bogged down by the protests over the electoral result.

The judicial system, centered on the Supreme Court, seemed to blame him and Moise shouted at the attempted coup. I am not a dictator, he repeated in recent months. On his side, however, he also had the powerful gangs that violently control part of the territory.

In fact Haiti had been governed by decree by the president for almost two years, which had suspended almost the entire Parliament, leaving a handful of representatives for 11 million inhabitants in office.

In short, more than a rule of law that of Moise was an authoritarian state. The US State Department supported the president’s thesis, already welcomed by the Trump administration for his opposition to the Venezuelan regime, but Washington called on the government to respect civil rights: the Haitian diaspora in the US in fact in the majority against Moise. Now, the White House reports, President Joe Biden is being briefed on the tragic attack and the United States will help in any way it can.

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July 7, 2021 (change July 7, 2021 | 16:22)

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