PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haitis Office of Citizen Protection posted a video Monday demanding that Prime Minister Ariel Henry step down as authorities seek to interview him about telephone calls he allegedly had with a key suspect in the presidents assassination.
Attorney Renan Hdouville, who directs the ombudsman-like office, said Henry should appear at the public prosecutors office as requested to help shed light on the July 7 killing of Jovenel Mose at his private home. He described the offices decision to call for Henrys resignation as objective and courageous and it also urged the international community to stop supporting Henry.
We would all love to know the content of that conversation, Hdouville said of the reported calls between Henry and Joseph Badio, a fugitive who once worked at Haitis Ministry of Justice and at the governments anti-corruption unit until he was fired in May amid accusations of violating unspecified ethical rules.
On Friday, Bedford Claude, chief prosecutor…
