Haiti’s PM casts doubt on presidential vote by August as gang clashes grow | Conflict News | Al Jazeera
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Haiti’s PM casts doubt on presidential vote by August as gang clashes grow | Conflict News | Al Jazeera
Summary:
- Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime says security conditions are not stable enough to hold the presidential elections planned for August, pushing a potential election later in the year.
- Worsening gang violence in Port-au-Prince has disrupted daily life, with hospitals evacuating patients and large displacement (over 1 million affected; IOM cites 1.4 million displaced nationwide).
- Haiti has not held elections since 2016; Jovenel Moïse’s 2021 assassinati
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