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Here is a picture of Haiti's Reception Center for Returnees at Malpasse following mass deportation of undocumented Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent.

Malpasse situated in the Ouest Department of Haiti, is one of the four land connections between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. To combat problem of statelessness of the Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic, the Haitian government reportedly set up reception centres at Malpasse. But these so called reception centres are far from capable to accommodate the deported people. The reception centre at Malpasse is nothing more than a flimsy plywood hut in the midst of desert of white gravel. The government had declared in June that the reception centres were ready to welcome the Haitians, but the reality of the situation is rather miserable. The migrants are in a devastated, homeless and stateless condition in Haiti.

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Here is a picture of the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA) in Haiti.

Recently, on Monday, May 26, the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA) has released a note expressing its denouncement on the campaign of disinformation and denigration accompanied by veiled threats against its reporting about the formal state officials, to the Parliament. However, as per the note, this act or campaign of intimidation will not affect CSCCA's ability and fairness to judge the acceptability of the public accounts, including the audit of records relating to any former ministers and prime ministers. The CSCCA will take all necessary measures to the person involved in the process including their family members. The CSCCA has been working extra time since January to cope with over 40 number cases pending before the court related to the former managers or ministers of public funds who wished to participate in the upcoming elections. Since the former managers and ministers' involvement with the public fund are under their scanner, it is not difficult to apprehend about the source of threats.

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Here is a picture of Mr. Ginot Bonnet who was installed as the new Director General at the Ministry of Interior

The Minister of Interior and Territorial Communities (MICT), Ariel Henry, helped to install new MICT Director General Ginot Bonnet.

Minister Henry urged Bonnet to work together with all actors of MICT to create an environment to support the peaceful holding of upcoming elections.

Bonnet assured Henry and employees and executives of MICT he would acknowledge their ableness and commitment ". . . to strengthen MICT interventions for better services to local government."

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Here is a picture of the new National Authorizing Officer of EDF Director, Mr. Jean Jacques Charles

On February 26, 2015, the Prime Minister Evans, Paul has appointed Jean Jacques Charles as the new National Authorizing Officer of the European Development Fund (EDF). EDF is authorized to co-manage the EDF resources on behalf of the government, as well as the resources of the National Indicative Program (NIP) and those of the Regional Indicative Program (RIP). Haiti will hold the rotating Presidency of this fund allocated to CARRICOM countries from July 1. We might remember that the new EDF National Authorizing Officer was a senior government official who had worked directly with the EU on issues of socioeconomic developments. He was the former Minister of Labor and Social Affairs in Haiti since January 25, 2013 and he worked tirelessly for the people to improve his ministry and those he served.

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Here are some pictures as Josué Pierre Louis replaced Lucien Francoeur as Secretary General of the Primature in Haiti

The former Minister of Justice and the President of the Permanent Electoral Council Josue Pierre Louis who was recently rejected by Belgium as Haiti's ambassador to Brussels and to the Eurpean Union, because of his alleged involvement in a rape to one of his colleagues in November 2012, has been designated by Haiti's Prime Minster Evans Paul as the Primature's Secretary General. The Prime Minister Paul described him as an integral part of the political life in Haiti and he fervently hoped he contributes his talent for the public administration. His appointment as the Secretary General of Primature has caused an uproar among the women's rights organizations in Haiti and abroad, accusing the Haitian President and his Prime Minister of impunity. However, the former Minister of Justice was never held guilty by a court of law, nor the rape charge against him was ever dismissed. No Haitian court has ever bothered to shed light on the myriad of accusations against him.

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President Michel Martelly swore in Evans Paul as new prime minister

Haiti's newly sworn Prime Minister, Evans Paul, was given his formal welcome into the post by the President, Michel Martelly, on January 16, 2015. The swearing in ceremony was attended by many prominent members of the political field and other diplomats. Despite this official ceremony, Prime Minister Paul has not been approved and ratified by parliament, since the country has been without a functioning parliament since January 12. Paul, a member of the opposition, vowed to incorporate more opposition figures within the cabinet to form the promised consensus government.

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According to some reliable sources, the order for Pierre Richard Casimir to become the new Secretary of State in Haiti was signed by President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Garry Conille. The order was already signed by both President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Garry Conille.

Pierre Richard Casimir was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on February 19, 1970. he received a Law Degree at Haiti State University in 1994.

Mr. Casimir held the following positions in the past: Program Director, USAID Poor Detainees Legal Assistance Program, 1995-1999. Legal Assistant and Interpreter, U.S. Embassy Ministerial Advisory Team on Justice. Legal Counsel to the President of the Republic of Haiti, 1999. Deputy Director, Private Office of the Minister of Justice, 2001. Member of the Private Office of the President of the Republic of Haiti, 2004-2005. General Consul of Haiti in Montreal, 2005.

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Here is a picture of Jean Renel Sanon, David Bazile and Pierre Richard Casimir. All three have a big date in the Haitian Senate on November 5th, 2013. They will likely be revoked from their positions as Ministers of Justice and Public Security, the Interior and local government and foreign affairs respectively.

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The new Haitian Cabinet was sworn in Monday (January 19, 2015) as President Michel Martelly will now run the troubled country without a parliament. A total of 20 ministers and more than a dozen secretaries of state were named and installed in a ceremony at the National Palace.

While President Michel Martelly has sworn in his brand new cabinet, those of the opposition who haven't been placated by the new changes to the political playing field have vowed to continue the protests that call for his immediate resignation. The President began his run in 2011 and is still in office following three years of suspended elections. He is set to leave office next year, but until then, seeing as the term for parliament members passed without a renewal, he will have until that time, free reign, ruling by Presidential decree.

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Here is the picture of journalist Rothschild Francis Junior, New Minister of Communication.

Among the recently sworn in new members of the Haitian cabinet is the country's new Minister of Communications, Rothschild Francis Junior. The former journalist was ushered into his post along with over 12 state secretaries and 19 other ministers in a ceremony put on by President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Evans Paul. Martelly's new consensus government includes half of the former ministers in his cabinet, with a few new additions. Even with all these new changes, including adding members of the opposition into key government roles, the continued threat of protests puts pressure on the President.

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