Seven U.S. members of Congress call on Biden to withdraw support for Haiti's Henry

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Source: Reuters

Seven U.S. members of Congress call on Biden to withdraw support for Haiti's Henry

Brian Ellsworth
Thu, March 17, 2022, 7:50 PM

(Reuters) - A group of seven U.S. members of Congress on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to withdraw support for Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry, saying he lacks legitimacy to organize the elections needed to resolve the country's political crisis.

Representatives led by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Haitian American who won a Florida congressional seat in January, said in a letter that the United States should instead support efforts to create a transitional government.

"We humbly request that your administration allow the people of Haiti to determine their own political destiny and withdraw support from the de facto government," reads the letter, whose signatories are all Democrats.

Cherfilus-McCormick said stemming a rise in Haitian migration to the United States will require addressing the country's political situation, which was thrown into turmoil by the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last July.

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1. Haiti has always been an independent nation, but it also

easily falls prey to dictator wannabes. Not sure they can sort this out so easily. I live on the other side of the island, and folks try to come over almost every day to escape poverty, hunger, lawlessness ……