PORT-AU-PRINCE, Nov 6 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — After seven weeks of strong anti-government protests, Haiti’s capital is now experiencing a tense normality, with the resumption of commercial activities and public institutions.
Despite the controversial curfew decreed last Sunday by sectors of the radical opposition, many of the shops in Port-au-Prince opened their doors on Monday and Tuesday, collective transportation began to circulate, although schools have been closed since mid-September in the capital and the cities of Cabo Haitiano, Gonaives, among others.
Several analysts estimate that the recent discrepancies within the opposition, regarding a post-Jovenel transition period, in addition to the two months of semi-paralysis of the country, could have an impact on the popular mobilizations.
Although opposition parties and organizations agree that the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse is the first step to resolving the crisis, they disagree on the composition of the transitional government.
The Consensual Alternative for the Refoundation of Haiti, one of the platforms that has led the anti-government protests, proposes an Appeals Court judge assume the responsibility of head of state, accompanied by an opposition prime minister.
However, moderate structures propose a more plural government with a multi-member board of directors.
President Moïse insists on maintaining his post, and declared that a transitional government as proposed by the opposition will not benefit the country. — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
