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Haitian Senate Stalls Prime Minister's Approval

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Haiti’s prime minister designate, Jack Guy Lafontant, was scheduled for confirmation Monday by the country's Senate. Instead, he and his newly appointed Cabinet were left in limbo when several senators from his own party walked off the floor of parliament in an apparent demand for power sharing. Lafontant, a member of the ruling Bald Heads Party (PHTK), needed 16 of 30 Senate votes to be confirmed. Nineteen senators had shown up at the parliament building, but repeatedly delayed the...

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