people since 1987 to make sure that peopie in since 1987 to make sure that people in office could not be charged people in office could not be charged with the crime committed while in office. the opposition said he was a threat to democracy. do you think his death to democracy. do you think his death causes more political instability than he did in life? instability than he did in life? , , , instability than he did in life? , , ., life? of course. it is not exactly life? of course. it is not exactly clear life? of course. it is not exactly clear what - life? of course. it is not exactly clear what will i life? of course. it is not - exactly clear what will come next. currently there is no government so as you suggested there has been increasing gang violence in the country. thousands of people have been displaced and several hundreds have been killed as a result of the gang violence there is widespread poverty and inequality in the country and the situation is quite unst
yeah, but sadly, jovenel moise is dead, and you and other seniorfigures in politics in haiti today need to figure out where to go from here. of course. you ve already told me what you think of current prime minister ariel henry. what do you think needs to happen now? mr henry has ensured that elections are not going to happen any time soon. there s a powerful opposition group, i think they re called the montana accord group, in your country, who are now saying that the only way out of this is for the united states to very explicitly withdraw all support from prime minister henry and to back an alternative leaderfor haiti. and i think they are saying it should be fritz alphonsejean. now, are you behind that initiative? no, i m not behind
takes hostage a whole population. so this is exactly whatjovenel moise was denouncing. jovenel moise was not a politician. he was a family man from the northern part of the country. and when the then outgoing president martelly hand picked him, they thought that he could be a puppet. someone with the right background and history, someone who would nod yes to everything that they ask him. but they didn t realise that he can also carry out his agenda that he presented to the people. the agenda to have electricity, power, basic services on the 27,250 square kilometres. everywhere in the country. and this is whatjovenel moise was fighting for.
but the simple truth of the matter is that many of those afghan government troops have started to defect, some to leave for other countries, fearing the violence and the bloodshed that could lay ahead, following the withdrawal of american forces. david willis there. haiti s acting prime minister claudejoseph says he believes presidentjovenel moise may have been killed because he d taken on what he called haiti s oligarchs. the chief of police thanks 28 people were involved. mrjoseph said six members of the gang that attacked moise s house had been captured and seven shot dead. africa has experienced its most devestating week so far of the coronavirus pandemic, with worse yet to come according to the world health organisation. confirmed cases have already passed january s peak and are doubling every eighteen days with deaths
to find. . . help finding those criminals that actually killed the president. and that s what matters to me. have you been questioned? i mean, i was invited by thejudge. yes, i was invited by thejudge. and did thejudge ask you if you had involvement in the murder? because in the early days after the assassination of president moise, there were media outlets in colombia that pointed a finger at you. correct. but there is a credible journalist, and it was not credible journalism, but there was a credible journalist in the united states that actually belied this. and everyone knows that president moise was killed because of what he was pursuing in terms of socialjustice. and everyone knows that he was fighting against oligarchs, an elite few taking hostages, millions of haitians living with less than a dollar a day. well, you say everyone knows that. what some people seem to say in haiti is that