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Haiti: Prime Minister Lamothe reshuffles cabinet ahead of Oct. 26 elections
Thursday, April 3, 2014
This is the third sizeable Cabinet reshuffle since Lamothe became Haiti’s No. 2 official in May 2012. It’s the fifth change of its kind since President Michel Martelly took office in 2011.
The elections are more than 2 years overdue. They will fill 20 seats in the 30-member Senate, all the seats in the 99-member Chamber of Deputies and 140 municipal posts. The agreement proposes to hold the election October 26.
The Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the accord Tuesday. It still needs to pass the Senate.
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