Emmanuel Macron believes that Haitian officers are “completely stupid” for dismissing former Prime Minister Garry Conille | EUROtoday

In a video filmed on Wednesday November 20 in Rio de Janeiro and which is circulating on social networks, French President Emmanuel Macron estimated that the Haitian officers who fired Garry Conille, appointed prime minister 5 months in the past to attempt to stabilize the nation, had been “completely stupid”.

In these photographs filmed on the sidelines of the G20, outdoors the presence of the press, earlier than his departure for Chile, the Head of State responds, in line with his entourage, to a Haitian who questioned him “insistently”, by accusing him and France “to be responsible for the situation in Haiti”. “There, frankly, it was the Haitians who killed Haiti, leaving drug trafficking”replied Emmanuel Macron. “And there, what they did, the prime minister was great, I defended him, they fired him! »he added, in reference to the dismissal of Garry Conille by the Haitian presidential transition council.

“It’s terrible. It’s terrible. And I can’t replace him. They are complete idiots, they should never have released it, the Prime Minister was great”he continues, earlier than the video interrupts. Emmanuel Macron then talked about the Haitian disaster on Thursday throughout a speech on the connection with Latin America delivered to the Chilean Congress in Valparaiso. “France will continue to support the Haitian people and support all initiatives aimed at restoring security and recreating a path towards a stable political situation. Haitians deserve it”he declared.

Plagued by political, safety, socio-economic and humanitarian crises, fueled by the violence of gangs who management 80% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, this Caribbean nation is in chaos. The choice to dismiss Garry Conille from his capabilities got here on November 10 when the Transition Council wished to alter officers within the ministries of justice, finance, protection and well being, in opposition to its recommendation. For Garry Conille, “the resolution of the Presidential Transitional Council (…) is clearly tainted with illegality”.