PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—
Ariel Henry,
a prominent neurosurgeon backed by the U.S., became Haiti’s new prime minister Tuesday, as it began official ceremonies to mourn assassinated President
Jovenel Moïse,
and police widened the list of suspects in his killing.
Dr. Henry was inaugurated to lead the embattled Caribbean nation as it struggles to form a new government and tame mounting civil unrest.
“The main goal is elections,” he said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal hours after taking his post. Those should take place within 120 days, handled by an electoral council that he said needed to be re-formed because Mr. Moïse had illegitimately appointed the current body.
“This council cannot organize elections,” the new prime minister added. “The people don’t trust them. The political parties don’t trust them. It’s obvious.”
Dr. Henry said new board members…
