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Weekly Report - 21 September 2017 (WR-17-37)
HAITI: Moïse faces more unrest
President Jovenel Moïse is facing the most serious unrest since his Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale (PHTK) government took office last February. Political opposition parties such as Platfòm Pitit Dessalines, of former 2015 presidential candidate Jean-Charles Moïse, and Fanmi Lavalas (FL), of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide (1991; 1994-1996; 2001-2004), together with civil-society groups, have been up in arms over the government’s newly approved G144bn (US$2.3bn) national budget for 2017-2018, which introduces several new tax increases. Coming weeks after protests over minimum wage demands [WR-17-21], the budget’s approval has left the government open to accusations from human rights groups of exacerbating existing social inequalities and lacking transparency.
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