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Haiti: Prime Minister Resigns Haiti: Prime Minister Resigns
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Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced Sunday that he was resigning along with several ministers in the wake of anti-government protests and a commission’s call for him to step down. President Michel Martelly said earlier that he accepted the findings of the commission that had recommended that Mr. Lamothe be replaced, a step demanded by the opposition to clear the way for long-stalled local and legislative elections. Mr. Martelly’s administration has pinned the delay in holding elections on opposition senators who contend that legislation that would authorize the vote unfairly favored the government. The commission set up to break the impasse recommended that Mr. Lamothe resign, along with the chief justice of the Supreme Court and members of Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced Sunday that he was resigning along with several ministers in the wake of antigovernment protests and a commission’s call for him to step down. President Michel Martelly said earlier that he accepted the findings of the commission that had recommended that Mr. Lamothe be replaced, a step demanded by the opposition to clear the way for long-stalled local and legislative elections. Mr. Martelly’s administration has pinned the delay on opposition senators who contend that legislation that would authorize the vote unfairly favored the government. The commission set up to break the impasse recommended that Mr. Lamothe resign, along with the Supreme Court’s chief justice and members of the Provisional Electoral Council.