ARTICLE - MARTELLY CONSULTS 2 CHAMBERS

MARTELLY CONSULT "UNOFFICIALLY" THE PRESIDENTS OF THE 2 CHAMBERS
(Haiti Libre) -

As part of the process for the designation of a new Prime Minister, President Martelly met unofficially Simon Dieuseul Desras, the President of the Senate, and Levaillant Louis Jeune, President of the Lower House. During this informal meeting, the President mentioned 3 names: Laurent Lamothe, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Thierry Mayard-Paul, the Minister of the Interior, and Anne Valérie Timothée Milfort, member of the Cabinet of the Head of State, and member of the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti (IHRC).

It is likely that this approach of the Head of State with the Presidents of the two chambers, aims to get a feeback to establish the profile acceptable for the Parliamentarians, of the next Prime Minister-designate.

Following the meeting, Simon Dieuseul Desras wished to clarify in a statement "...I can not say that there is an official confirmation; we can only say, there have been informal (unofficial) consultations. The official consultations are when the President calls the two Presidents of Chambers, according to the stipulations of the Constitution, and he communicates to us the names of the people he has chosen.

For the moment, these are preliminary consultations. The President has expressed his intention from a list of people [...] at that time, our mission as President of the Chamber is to go in conference .... in the Assembly of the Senators and of the Chamber of deputies, to inform the Assembly of the intentions of the President and, following the trend, perhaps the feedback will enable the President to guide his final choice.

Officially we can not say that the President held consultations; unofficially, yes [...] We talked about three names: the Minister of Foreign Affairs Laurent Lamothe, the Interior Minister Mr. Thierry Mayard Paul, and Ms. Anne-Valérie Milfort [...] the President Martelly has not yet decided on a name [...]"

However, according to some sources, Laurent Lamothe did not show great interest in the position of Prime Minister...