PortauPrince: Judge proposed by opposition to serve as acting president

PortauPrince, Feb 14 (AFP/APP): A judge proposed by the opposition to serve as acting president in Haiti’s latest political crisis ended days of silence Saturday by calling on people to fight against what he called a dictatorship. The comments by the judge, Joseph Mecene Jean-Louis, were seen as a direct challenge to unpopular President Jovenel Moise, who is embroiled in a dispute over whether his term ended last weekend or he has another year in power, as he claims. Moise has been ruling by decree for a year because there is no parliament right now. Legislative elections due in 2018 were delayed. The … Continue reading PortauPrince: Judge proposed by opposition to serve as acting president