Haiti’s new prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalized late Saturday after suffering a reported respiratory emergency.
The details on what led to the crisis remained scant. But a source familiar with the medical crisis confirmed to the Miami Herald that Conille, 58, was transported to a private hospital in Petionville in the capital where he was talking and his blood pressure had improved.
A longtime development expert with the United Nations, Conille was tapped by Haiti’s transitional presidential council late last month to lead the country’s new transitional government. He arrived in Port-au-Prince from Miami a week ago.
Since his arrival, Conille had been trying to put together a government, but has been embroiled in tensions with the seven voting members of the transitional presidential council about how large the new government should be, and who should serve in which ministries.
The council, which wants to retain control over the new transition, also has not formally sworn him in. As a result, Conille’s powers are limited and the country today has both him and finance minister, Michel Patrick Boisvert, the interim, in charge.
This is a developing story that will be updated when details are available.
This is a developing story that will be updated when details are available.
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