Moïse will not negotiate his mandate

On the sidelines of the Jacmel Carnival, President Jovenel Moïse declared that he did not intend to negotiate the duration of his mandate and that he will remain in power until February 7, 2022 "I say to all the political actors who listen that I have 1 year, 11 months and a few days left in power. Those who aspire to lead the country must already enter the electoral campaign [...]". Calling again for dialogue, he warned that he did not intend to spend the rest of his mandate negotiating with the opposition, adding that it was not a threat but that he was coming when a responsible President must take the necessary decisions.

Cap-Haitien : Resignation to the Carnival Committee

At least 7 days before the start of the Cap-Haitien Carnival, Urlande A. Étienne, the President of the Organizing Committee for Carnival 2020 in a letter sent to Marc Georges, President of the Coordination Committee, has resigned, saying that it was up to him impossible to organize a grand carnival to meet the expectations of Capois.

Kidnapping, Moïse accuses the opposition

On the sidelines of the Jacmel Carnival, President Moïse accused the leaders of the radical opposition of being behind the increase in kidnapping cases, a strategy aimed at exasperating the population against the Government

Decreasing tax revenue

Mirardin Morlan, the Director General of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI), said he saw a drop in revenues, both at the end of the 2018/2019 fiscal year and at the start of the 2019/2020 fiscal year. He attributes the responsibility for this decline to the ongoing socio-political turmoil in the country. Morlan encourages residents to file their final tax return even when late arrivals have a penalty for not meeting the January 31 deadline.

Assessment of the Jacmel 2020 carnival

The results of the Jacmel Carnival, which took place on Sunday February 16, amounted to 20 wounded, mostly with edged weapons and 16 individuals arrested according to the National Police of Haiti (PNH).

COVID-19 Global report 18 February

Tuesday, February 18, 2020, the number of people infected worldwide with the Coronavirus COVID-19 (laboratory and clinical confirmed cases) amounted to 73,336, an increase of 1.526 cases, 40% lower than the previous day https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30050-haiti-news-zapping.html ; 1,874 deaths (+ 5.6%), 99 more than the day before (1,775); 13,021 people healed, ie 1,741 people (+ 15.4%) more than the day before (6.9 times more healing than death compared to 5.8 times the day before).

To date there are outside China, 898 confirmed infected people worldwide (after removing duplicates)

Number of deaths abroad unchanged (4): 1 in the Philippines, 1 in Hong Kong, 1 in Japan, and 1 in France.

HL/ HaitiLibre