https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/09/amer ... index.html[...]The Haitian government on Friday requested US troops to help protect infrastructure, ports, airports and energy systems following the assassination, Elections Minister Mathias Pierre told CNN. Mathias said the request was for a limited number of around 500 troops, and that he anticipated the threat to be "potential mercenaries."
Haiti's acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph also asked the UN to deploy troops to help secure the country's ports, airports and oil terminals. In addition, he asked the agency for assistance with electoral security and to help further investigate the assassination.
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The assassination leaves a huge power vacuum in Haiti. Its parliament is effectively defunct and two men are simultaneously claiming to be the country's rightful leader. Joseph has not been confirmed by parliament -- which has not sat since 2020 -- and he was in the process of being replaced by Ariel Henry, whom the President appointed shortly before his death. Henry told the Haitian newspaper le Nouvelliste that "Claude Joseph is not prime minister, he is part of my government."[...]
Claude Joseph versucht hier offensichtlich seine eigene Macht durch internationale Anerkennung und ausländische Truppen zu stärken. Denn wenn die Leute kommen, dann tun sie das auf seine Bitte hin und sie stärken ihm den Rücken. Derzeit hat Claude Joseph die Unterstützung der UN als de facto Staatschef:
U.N. Haiti envoy says Joseph to remain prime minister for now
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ ... 021-07-08/
