It has been nearly a month since Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned under pressure from street gangs and ultimately from the United States. Since then, leaders have been putting together a plan for a transitional government. Yesterday an agreement was reached but there is likely a long road ahead to making this work.
A nine-member ruling council, made up of seven voting members and two non-voting observers, was named by a cross-section of political parties and civil society organizations whose leaders also signed the final document over the weekend along with the council members…
Members give themselves a considerable amount of power over the incoming government, including the authority to fire the next prime minister— usually the responsibility of an elected parliament — and to name people to a number of newly created agencies, including a national-security…
