A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appears to be crumbling as some political parties have rejected the plan to create a presidential council that would manage the transition.
The council would be responsible for selecting an interim prime minister and a council of ministers that would attempt to chart a new path for the Caribbean country that has been overrun by gangs.
The violence has resulted in the closure of schools and businesses and disrupted daily life across Haiti.
Jean Charles Moïse, an ex-senator and presidential candidate who has teamed up with former rebel leader Guy Philippe, held a news conference Wednesday to announce his rejection of the proposed council backed by the international community.
Moïse insisted that a three-person presidential council he recently created with Philippe and a Haitian judge should be implemented.
Meanwhile, Philippe, who helped lead a successful revolt in 2004 against former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and was recently released from a US prison after pleading guilty to money laundering, said no Haitian should accept any proposal from the international community.
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