Haiti's President Defends Choice for Prime Minister
Published on: Wednesday 24 July 2019
Renan Toussaint contributed to this report from in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
WASHINGTON/PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian President Jovenel Moise defended his choice for prime minister Wednesday, following complaints that Fritz-William Michel is a virtual unknown who should not have been named.
Opposition lawmakers say Michel has close ties to Deputy Gary Bodeau, president of the Chamber of Deputies, and that he was not chosen by consensus.
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