Role since the assassination in 2021 of the countrys last president. Armed groups have been calling for mr henry to step down, leading to widespread violence. Last week he was prevented from returning home to haiti. News of his resignation came during a high level meeting of the Caribbean Community injamaica. To that end we acknowledge the resignation of Prime Minister ariel henry upon the establishment of a transitional president ial council. Harold isaac is an independent journalist based in haiti. He gave us his reaction to the news. It is unclear for pretty much everybody here at this point, although in the past few hours there were serious indications that resignation was imminent. Prime minister ariel henry had been under tremendous pressure to resign in the past couple of weeks after he returned from kenya on a trip to get police support. As of late, you could see people rushing for instance to Money Transfer houses, trying to get some cash, trying to go to do groceries or to th
Welcome to the programme. We begin injamaica where the american top diplomat Antony Blinken is holding crisis talks with the review and leaders on the worsening violence in haiti due to criminal gangs. They have overrun much of the capital and close down its Main International airport. They are calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister who is currently in puerto rico and unable to return home. As he blinked and said the United States would contribute additional funding to a states would contribute additionalfunding to a un backed Security Force intending to help police fight against as well as humanitarian aid. What weve seen in recent days again should remind us that the already challenging and difficult Security Situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the Multinational Support mission even more important than ever. The United Nations Security Council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. Given this incr