Haiti’s new prime minister formed a unity government Tuesday, filling 13 Cabinet positions but excluding supporters of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Aides to Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue circulated a list of names for the Cabinet after Latortue met with interim President Boniface Alexandre at the National Palace. The Cabinet is to be sworn in Wednesday, aides to Latortue said.
Leslie Voltaire, a former Aristide aide, said no members of the former president’s Lavalas Family party had been chosen.
Aristide’s former prime minister, Yvon Neptune, said earlier Tuesday that ignoring Lavalas would lead to more trouble.
Aristide spent his second day in exile in Jamaica despite fears in Port-au-Prince and Washington that his presence would provoke more violence among his supporters in Haiti.
