May 2008 NEWS : About Robert Manuel

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haitian President Rene Preval has nominated one of his closest advisers for prime minister, seeking to break a deadlock that has left his country without a government for two months.

Presidential adviser Robert Manuel was nominated late Sunday to fill the country's No. 2 post, which oversees the government and appoints the Cabinet."There is a process.

The constitution says this choice has to be ratified," Manuel told The Associated Press.

Lawmakers must "move in a good direction as fast as possible," he said.
Haiti has been without a prime minister or Cabinet since April 12, when the Senate dismissed Jacques Edouard Alexis and his ministers amid riots over food prices that left at least seven dead and destroyed scores of businesses.

The move left no ministers to hold a scheduled international aid donors' conference, and threatens to further destabilize the troubled Caribbean nation.

Haiti's parliament is expected to begin considering Manuel's nomination immediately, Haiti's Radio Kiskeya reported.

Both houses must approve his qualifications before he can return to parliament with a proposed list of cabinet members, all of whom would be reviewed in a final vote.
The lower house rejected Preval's first nominee for prime minister, Inter-American Development Bank economist Ericq Pierre, on a technicality.

Some lawmakers distrusted Pierre's economic views and ties to the regional bank, while Pierre accused some of those who voted against him of corruption, saying they opposed his nomination because he had refused to dole out favors.

Timaurice, June 6 2008, 11:11 PM

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Timaurice, 6-Jun-08 11:11 pm
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