News
Martelly facing removal from office for holding Foreign Nationality, says Senator
Haiti President., Michel Martelly
A member of a senate commission set up to investigate the nationalities of members of the government found that President Michel Martelly holds citizenship in a foreign nation. The president is subject to removal by the High Court of Justice, as per the Haitian Constitution.
The chairman of the senate commission that investigated the nationalities, Senator Moïse Jean-Charles (Nord/Inite), spoke on Radio Kiskeya on Wednesday and revealed that the President of the Republic, Michel Joseph Martelly, as well as, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Laurent Lamothe, the Minister of Tourism Stephanie Balmir Villedrouin and the Secretary of State for the Interior, Georges Racine, hold citizenship in foreign countries.
The parliamentarian did not specify the countries where the nationalities are held. The senate commission has not finalized its report.