Interim prime minister of Haiti Claude Joseph has agreed to step down - Washington Post


Reuters | Updated: 19-07-2021 19:58 IST | Created: 19-07-2021 19:58 IST
Interim prime minister of Haiti Claude Joseph has agreed to step down - Washington Post

Claude Joseph, who has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, said in a Washington Post interview that he has agreed to step down, handing over power to a challenger backed by the international community.

The announcement, made an in an exclusive interview with the U.S. newspaper, ends a power struggle between Joseph and Ariel Henry, the 71-year old neurosurgeon who was appointed prime minister by Moïse two days before the killing.

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