Last Updated on March 6, 2020, 1:35 AM AST by Anthony Morris
The newly-elected Haitian Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe, while speaking during the first public appearance that he made since his appointment by presidential decree, said that he would pay attention to the matter of fighting insecurity and inequality amongst the people of the country and that He will do so while boosting the economy.
It is noteworthy that Jouthe is a qualified and trained civil engineer and was appointed this week by President Jovenel Moise as the Prime Minister of Haiti by a Presidential decree. Jouthe is considered to be an experienced policymaker.
He has been working as the environment minister and also as the interim finance minister, and He has also worked for the humanitarian agencies.
He said that Haiti is living today in a very volatile socio-economic situation which may result in a humanitarian disaster at any time and that Haiti is in agony.
He added that his Government repeats its promise and commitment to continue working to better the public finances to increase the gross domestic product (GDP), reduce inflation, fight and reduce corruption and increase public revenues.
Jouthe called for the Haitian citizens along with the divided political classes as well as the international organizations to support him at this hour of economic crisis.
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti rolled out a statement that it would work in coordination with Moise and Jouthe but requested them to improve the security and economic growth, and also made a strong demand that the Government should organize free, fair and credible legislative elections as soon as possible.
Economic setbacks of a three-month lockdown which had spread across the nation, are still unfolding in the Western Hemisphere’s most impoverished country. As a matter of fact, in Haiti, around two-thirds of adults are known to be either unemployed or underemployed.
President Moise has been ruling Haiti by way of a decree since the month of January because the votes of lower house deputies and most members of the senate have formally expired and no elections were held as such.
The newly elected Prime Minister Jouthe has replaced Jean Michel Lapin who was acting prime minister since March of last year. Later, he resigned from his post in July. Although many attempts had been made, his appointment could not be approved.
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