Former Sports Minister is new PM of Haiti; Council makes selection – Magnetic Media

Rashaed Esson

Staff Writer

On the backend of all the chaos in Haiti, leaders are making swift, concrete efforts to restore the country’s political stability aimed at rebuilding and fortifying the Republic’s society,  and the latest development is the naming of the new Prime Minister on Tuesday April 30. 

Fritz Bélizaire, the former Minister of Sports is now the nation’s Prime Minister, chosen by the recently installed Presidential Council.

He replaced the interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert.

Additionally, the Council chose its president, Edgard LeBlanc Fils who will represent it until it has exhausted its time in office. The Council, under legal obligatory agreements as stated in reports, has until February 2026 to bring Haiti to where there is a newly elected president, closing the power vacuum left by Jovenel Moïse’s assassination; a new fully functional Parliament; hopefully a new constitution and new and effective local representatives. 

With much more to be done especially with the worsening crisis as gangs grow angrier with every effort to restore the nation under governmental rule, the Council is reportedly planning to also name a Cabinet. 

As the Presidential Council’s meeting was in progress on Tuesday, reports say there were gunshots throughout Port Au Prince. It is believed gangs were responsible for the random shooting.  The action was reportedly not enough to deter decisions aimed at improving the living conditions in Haiti.