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| Reports out of Port au Prince are that Ms Michele Pierre-Louis, 61, has not yet been invited to present documents to legislators who must approve her nomination. (Photo: Tequila Minsky©2008) | |
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, July 2, 2008 - A week after being nominated to become Haiti's new Prime Minister, educator Michele Pierre-Louis has still not been called upon to begin the evaluation process that will determine her suitability.
Reports out of Port au Prince are that Ms Pierre-Louis, 61, has not yet been invited to present documents to legislators who must approve her nomination.
The delay has prompted Vice President of the Senate Andris Riche to call for the creation of a commission to invite the nominee to present her documents and to begin the analysis and evaluation process.
Ms Pierre-Louis, known internationally for her work on behalf of the poor and youth in Haiti, was put forward for the post late Monday. She heads the independent educational and cultural organisation, Foundation for Knowledge and Liberty (FOKAL), which aims to support the development of children, youth organisations, youth civil society associations, peasants and women's groups.
She is the third candidate presented by President René Préval after his first and second nominees - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) economist, Ericq Pierre, and security expert and presidential adviser, Robert Manuel - were both rejected.
If she secures the vote of confidence of legislators, Ms Pierre-Louis would be the second woman to serve in that position, following Claudette Werleigh who served from November in 1995 to February in 1996.
Haiti has been without a Prime Minister since April 12th when Jacques Eduoard Alexis was fired by the country's parliament on the heels of food riots which left seven people dead.
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