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Haiti vows to trim expenses and investigate PetroCaribe amid protests
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 17, 2019 / 2:35 PM / UPDATED 22 MINUTES AGO
Haiti vows to trim expenses and investigate PetroCaribe amid protests
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The Haitian government vowed to deepen the investigation into alleged corruption in the PetroCaribe oil program and to reduce its expenses, seeking to meet some of protestors’ demands as demonstrations roil the country.
During a televised address on Saturday night, Prime Minister Jean-Henry Ceant announced nine measures aimed at alleviating the country’s economic crisis. Ceant said the government will reduce its expenses by 30 percent, meet with the private sector to try to raise the minimum wage and appoint a new director to intensify the investigation into alleged corruption by PetroCaribe.
“I and the members of the government listen to (the opposition’s) voice, we hear his cry, we understand his anger and indignation,” Ceant said.
Since Feb. 7, thousands of demonstrators have called for President Jovenel Moise and Ceant to resign and for an independent probe into the whereabouts of funds from the PetroCaribe agreement, an alliance between Caribbean countries and Venezuela.
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Haiti vows to trim expenses and investigate PetroCaribe amid protests
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - The Haitian government vowed to deepen the investigation into alleged corruption in the PetroCaribe oil program and to reduce its expenses, seeking to meet some of protestors’ demands as demonstrations roil the country.
During a televised address on Saturday night, Prime Minister Jean-Henry Ceant announced nine measures aimed at alleviating the country’s economic crisis. Ceant said the government will reduce its expenses by 30 percent, meet with the private sector to try to raise the minimum wage and appoint a new director to intensify the investigation into alleged corruption by PetroCaribe.
“I and the members of the government listen to (the opposition’s) voice, we hear his cry, we understand his anger and indignation,” Ceant said.
Since Feb. 7, thousands of demonstrators have called for President Jovenel Moise and Ceant to resign and for an independent probe into the whereabouts of funds from the PetroCaribe agreement, an alliance between Caribbean countries and Venezuela.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-politics/haiti-vows-to-trim-expenses-and-investigate-petrocaribe-amid-protests-idUSKCN1Q60PK
