While the Gourdes continues to depreciate (91.7 Gourdes for 1 US dollar) and the international community suspends its direct budget support for lack of a legitimate Government for 2 months now, aggravating the socio-economic crisis in Haiti, the new Cabinet of 18 ministers remains stuck because of disagreements with the parliamentary opposition.

In the Senate, after two failures of ratification of the Prime Minister lapin https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27730-haiti-flash-violence-in-the-senate-the-opposition-wins-a-2nd-victory-the-pm-ratification-postponed.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27715-haiti-politic-the-opposition-minority-forces-the-senate-to-postpone-the-ratification-meeting-of-the-pm.html , five days after the new presidential decree appointing 18 ministers for the same number of portfolios https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27798-haiti-flash-new-ministerial-cabinet-of-the-government-lapin-official.html one of the requests of the opposition senators, the latter stands on its positions and demands the withdrawal of the Cabinet of 7 Ministers from the Geant Government.

In addition, the minority opposition of the Chamber of Deputies seems to align with their colleagues in the Senate and also demand the withdrawal of all the ministers renewed in the new Government.

According to our sources, the parliamentary opposition plans to use all legal means to prevent what they call "the violation of the Constitution" which suggests that the ratification session could be again postponed.

In the meantime, the approval of the budget law for fiscal year 2018-2019 remains suspended for ratification by the Prime Minister, 8 months after its entry into force, confirmed Jean Michel Silin, Director General of the Budget.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27807-haiti-flash-provocation-only-provokes-provocation-dixit-senator-beauplan.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27798-haiti-flash-new-ministerial-cabinet-of-the-government-lapin-official.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27791-haiti-politic-ministerial-cabinet-the-government-yields-to-the-opposition.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27775-haiti-politic-the-senate-majority-group-rejects-the-demands-of-the-4-senators-of-the-opposition.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27747-haiti-flash-the-4-senators-of-the-opposition-pose-their-conditions.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27738-haiti-flash-president-cantave-apologizes-for-the-hideous-spectacle-in-the-senate.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27730-haiti-flash-violence-in-the-senate-the-opposition-wins-a-2nd-victory-the-pm-ratification-postponed.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27715-haiti-politic-the-opposition-minority-forces-the-senate-to-postpone-the-ratification-meeting-of-the-pm.html

SL/ HaitiLibre