Haiti's interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a Washington Post interview published on Monday he has agreed to step down, handing power to a challenger backed by the international community.
Joseph has nominally led Haiti as acting prime minister since the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
He told the Washington Post that he and Ariel Henry, who was appointed prime minister by Moïse two days before the killing but has yet to be sworn in, had met privately over the past week, adding that he agreed to step down on Sunday “for the good of the nation.”
“Everyone who knows me knows that I am not interested in this battle, or in any kind of power grab,” he said. “The president was a friend to me. I am just interested in seeing justice for him.”
Official state that a new government will be formed Tuesday, adding that Henry is going to be the next Prime Minister. The announcement appears to end a power struggle between Joseph and Henry.
The Haitian President was fatally shot when assassins armed with assault rifles stormed his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince on July 7.
The assassination has pitched the already troubled nation into chaos, coming amid a surge in gang violence that has displaced thousands of people and hampered economic activity in the poorest country in the Americas.
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