The United States on Tuesday called on Haiti’s leaders to ensure credibility over competing personal interests after the crisis-wracked country’s prime minister was ousted.
The United States, which had led efforts to stabilize the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation including through a Transitional Presidential Council that took shape this year, said it would work with Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime.
“The acute and immediate needs of the Haitian people mandate that the transitional government prioritize governance over the competing personal interests of political actors,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.
After a previous tussle brought down prime minister Garry Conille, the United States called on the council and the new prime minister to “clearly delineate” each other’s responsibilities.
The effort should “include measures to hold one another accountable as appropriate while preventing further gridlock,” Miller said.
“It is also imperative to promote accountability within the TPC to maintain credibility with the Haitian people and the international community,” he said.
