FILE PHOTO: A Haitian police officer stands near a mural featuring Haitian President Jovenel Moise at the entrance of the house where he was assassinated, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti July 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ricardo Arduengo
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Fair elections in Haiti cannot be held for at least a year after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise due to the influence of violent gangs and a compromised electoral council, a senior opposition leader said in an interview.
The brazen killing of Moise last week by a suspected hit squad of foreign mercenaries has upended the impoverished Caribbean country, including its already fragile political system, which has been unable to hold elections since 2016.
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